Send us a text International MTB Destinations ✈️🚵♀️ From the slabs of Quebec to the jaw-dropping peaks of the Dolomites and the jungles of Bolivia, we’re dreaming BIG and going GLOBAL! We chat about our own international ride experiences and dive into epic mountain biking destinations around the world: 🇨🇦 Whistler & Quebec 🇮🇹 Dolomites & Finale Ligure 🇫🇷 Morzine 🇳🇿 Rotorua & Queenstown 🇵🇹 Madeira 🇧🇴 La Paz 🇦🇺 Cairns Plus tips on planning, seasons, and why the Dolomite...
Jul 15, 2025•57 min•Season 4Ep. 66
Send us a text 🎪 From gear to group rides, camping hacks to trail etiquette — we’re covering it all. Whether it’s your first fest or your tenth, you’ll walk away with something new. 💡 Bonus tip: ride the e-bike, bring your bug spray, and never forget the cash for raffle tickets! 🔥 Trail Network Shoutout: Ascutney Trails Association in Brownsville, VT — home to 45+ miles of hand and machine built singletrack carefully planned and routed to guide you through some of the most beautiful and diver...
Jun 17, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 65
Send us a text We’re stoked to welcome Ash Zolton from ROAM Events —the force behind some of the most inclusive, empowering MTB festivals out there. 🚵♀️✨ From BIPOC fellowships to para-adaptive rides, queer scholarships, and deaf shredder support, Ash and her incredible team at Roam Events are redefining what it means to belong on the trails. 💥 We talk about: 🌈 How ROAM Fest creates community 🔧 Making MTB more accessible 🌱 Growth over the years 🔥 Trail Network Shoutout: 18 Road in Fruita,...
May 20, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Season 4Ep. 64
Send us a text We’re pulling back the curtain on what it really takes to keep the GLOW stoke alive. 💫 It’s more than just a Thursday night ride… ✨ How GLOW MTB started ✨ How it grew from bikes to skis, hikes & more ✨ The events, swag, and stoke ✨ Staying true to our mission without burning out Plus! We share our favorite rides (or lack thereof 😅), seasonal feels (longer days FTW), and why we keep showing up for this amazing community. 🔥 Trail Network Shoutout: Musquash Conservation Area i...
Apr 15, 2025•58 min•Season 4Ep. 63
Send us a text Let’s face it—falls happen. But did you know you can actually get better at bailing? In this episode, we break down key techniques to minimize trauma when things don’t go as planned. From riding within your limits to practicing exit strategies, we cover how to fall smarter and get back on the bike. Some tips we dive into: ✅ Ride within your wheelhouse & take breaks when tired ✅ Keep your bike & gear in top shape ✅ Wear protective gear—helmet, pads, gloves, sunglasses ✅ Lea...
Mar 18, 2025•53 min•Season 4Ep. 62
Send us a text In this episode, Anna, Janet, and Juli sit down with Laura Jorgenson, a skilled local Physical Therapist, to dive into the real value of mobility training for women’s mountain biking. 💪✨ Discover how mobility can boost your performance, prevent injuries, and keep you shredding trails with confidence! 🔥 Trail Network Shoutout: Aqueduct - Woodstock, Vermont Managed by WAMBA/VMBA Located off Cox District Road 14 miles with over 3,000 ft of total descent & 635 ft vertical Trails...
Feb 18, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Season 3Ep. 61
Send us a text In this episode, Anna, Janet, and Juli shift gears and dive into planning for the year ahead ! We’re talking about goals, trips, events, and those big purchases that fuel our passion for the ride. 🌟 Tune in as we share our plans and dreams for the year, and let us know what YOU’RE looking forward to in 2025! Are there trails calling your name, goals you're chasing, or adventures you can’t wait to embark on? Drop us a comment and share your ride-ready resolutions! 🚵♀️✨ We’re als...
Jan 21, 2025•50 min•Season 3Ep. 60
Send us a text In this episode, Anna, Janet and Juli reflect on the last year’s riding season, goals we established for ourselves at the start of the year and gratitude for all that goes into this incredible community. We share what riding means to us individually and ask our fellow GLOW Ladies why they ride, listen into their responses an share with us WHY DO YOU RIDE? Our shout out goes to a NEW Fatbike Event in Woodstock, VT - Widestock Fatbike Rodeo! Saturday January 25th. Join WAMBA and von...
Dec 17, 2024•51 min•Season 3Ep. 59
Send us a text In this episode, we connect with fellow GLOW ladies Gretchen, Stacia, and Devon to share their experience bikepacking along The Aquarius Trail Huts System this summer! Also described as “The Greatest Bicycle Adventure in the American West”. Located out in Utah, the route goes from the peak of Brian Head, through Panguitch, Hatch and Bryce, down to the beautiful town of Escalante. This incredible group covered over 18K feet of climbing, 197 miles, in 6 days of riding! In this episo...
Nov 19, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 58
Send us a text In this episode, Anna, Janet and Juli connect with Caitrin Maloney to talk about the development and updates regarding The Velomont Trail! The Velomont Trail is a hut supported trail system that will stretch the length of the state of Vermont. Once complete, it will be 485 miles of new and existing trails that will connect 23 VMBA MTB chapters across public and private land, linking 27 communities! Caitrin has been involved from the beginning and continues to serve on the board. T...
Oct 15, 2024•50 min•Season 3Ep. 57
Send us a text In this episode, Anna, Janet and Juli share with you the things we often think we absolutely must have, but in reality, you don’t actually need. It's so easy to get wrapped up in the latest and greatest gidgets and gadgets and then we think we need them, we MUST have them, but we are here to admit we probably don’t and remind you that neither do you. Our episodes are live on the 3rd Tuesday of the Month, our next episode will air on October 15th. Check out our website: GLOW MTB Fo...
Sep 17, 2024•47 min•Season 3Ep. 56
Send us a text In this episode, Anna, Janet and Juli talk about riding as we age! We were fortunate to have a really inspirational panel of guests join us to share their secret sauce that keeps them on the trails decade after decade. These ladies are the real Queens of our sport! Julie T. “Tumble Down Tilden” age 79 Jill C. age 70 Lisa T. age 68 Kim W. age 64 These ladies have been riding since the 90s and share with other us how to enjoy the ride as we age. We hope you enjoy this conversation, ...
Aug 20, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Season 3Ep. 55
Send us a text In this episode, Anna, Janet and Juli talk about riding in the heat and humidity. We share our tricks to prepare, endure, recover, and even share some awesome benefits from riding in the heat! Our shout out goes to Killington Bike Park Divas of Dirt Group Rides. Dirt Divas bring the female mountain bike community together of all ability levels to share their passion for the sport and meet likeminded members of the bike community during bi-weekly Friday night group rides that take ...
Jul 16, 2024•56 min•Season 3Ep. 54
Send us a text In this episode, Anna, Janet and Juli interview Jess Hana aka Jess The Maker is a MTB Influencer on Instagram and she is hilarious!!! Jess has over 93K followers and we know why, not only is her content is so creative and relatable, Jess is just such a wonderful person. We get to learn about her story getting into this niche field and what she has in store next! Other fun facts about Jess, she loves street tacos + margaritas, is a Level 2 PMBIA Certified Air MTB Instructor and is ...
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 53
Send us a text In this episode, Anna, Janet and Devan interview Liz Koch, DPT and founder of The Ride Life a program for women to build strength and confidence on and off the bike. Liz is also a Level I PIMBIA Coach and her Facebook community has over 38K women. Liz took her own physical challenges she experienced herself and created a strength and training program in 2018. Learn more about Liz’s Mountain Bike Strength and Training Programs for Women: IG: @the.ride.life.mtb.ladies Website: https...
May 21, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 52
Send us a text In this episode, Anna, Janet and Juli connect with UVMBA Board Member, Taylor Hardin about trail building and maintenance. Taylor shares his story about how his dream for the trail “Warrior Princess” aka “Taylor Swift” trail segment on Strava in Boston Lot/Landmark Trails, a trail Taylor designed, built and maintains came about and lessons he learned along the way. Our shout out goes to Gene Hamilton’s BetterRide’s Women’s MTB Camp, Clinic and Skills Coaching which offers a SUPPOR...
Apr 16, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 51
Send us a text In this episode, Anna, Janet and Juli talk about the changing seasons and what we do as winter is winding down and we are getting ready to get back to trail riding! It is right around the corner my friends and we can’t wait! We talk about everything from our bikes, our gear and our mindset. Our shout out goes to Deb’s Delightful Ladies Rides in Hurricane, UT. Deb leads an awesome no drop ride for beginner and intermediate riders. What resonated with us in the description is to pla...
Mar 19, 2024•55 min•Season 2Ep. 50
Send us a text In this episode, Anna, Janet and Juli have special local guest, Kelly Mitchell AKA Kelly The Rippa on to talk all about suspension - taking us through what it does, what to consider when buying a bike and how to tune it to YOU and making adjustments based on where you are riding. A little background on Kelly - she has been shredding bikes for 30 years, raced enduro Professionally for 4 years with 2 wins and 15 podiums, in college was the team captain of D1 Field Hockey team and NC...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 49
Send us a text In this episode, Anna, Janet and Juli discuss our thoughts on what holds us back from progressing, why that may happen and share some ideas to try to mitigate. We also introduce a new segment, we covered our bikes, parts and pieces thoroughly and are now going to share with you a High, a Low and something we Learned from our experiences on the trail. As a reminder, our episodes will now be live on the 3rd Tuesday of the Month, our next episode will air on February 16th. Our shout ...
Jan 16, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 2Ep. 48
Send us a text In this episode, Anna, Janet and Juli take a look back at 2023 and ALL the things we have done with GLOW throughout the year and share our favorite moments. We look back at the goals we set for ourselves in 2023 and share our goals for 2024 in the new year ahead. Our shout outs go to a weekend with back-to-back days of fat bike festivals in February. The Winter Woolly at Highland Mountain Bike Park on Saturday, 2/3. Highland is a lift service downhill bike park and they will shake...
Dec 26, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 47
Send us a text In this episode, Anna, Janet and Juli take a listeners’ suggestion for an episode topic and talk about all the things to think about and do when you are prepping your bike for winter storage. We share pitfalls that we have experienced and what we have learned. Our bikes parts and pieces we have broken down most of our parts, but with winter storage we talk about many of those parts. Our shout outs go to Überwintern - a day of fatbiking, feasting, and hearty brews around warm fires...
Dec 12, 2023•55 min•Season 2Ep. 46
Send us a text In this episode, Anna, Janet and Juli have 3 special GLOW guests with us to talk about their experience and knowledge around adaptive riding. Our dear friend Skye Kerr, an adaptive rider and T4 paraplegic, Kim Bean is on the Board of Directors at Green Mountain Adaptive and a VMBA ambassador, and Mary Bouchard, a Vermont Adaptive super volunteer for over 20 years. Skye shares her personal story of her accident and Kim shares her perspective from witnessing the accident and support...
Nov 28, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Send us a text In this episode, Anna, Janet and Juli discuss all things braking, including for our bikes parts and pieces segment we talk about the brakes, levers and biggest differences when dialing things in for your style of riding. Our shout out goes to the Hunters we share our trails and forests with and our reminder to “Know Before You Go” head on over to your state’s Fish and Game site to know the dates. Check your local trail systems, some close. Wear orange, consider going after dark, a...
Nov 14, 2023•59 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Send us a text In this episode, Anna, Janet and Juli sit down with GLOW’s own Dr. Amy Paris to talk about our lady bits, the saddle and pelvic health while riding. From saddle sores, to pelvic pain and numbness Amy is our expert on all things gynecology to keep us comfortable on the trail. Amy is a NH native, but headed out West to California for undergrad at Stanford and Medical School at UCLA before heading back East for Residency and Fellowship training in Boston. Amy is now the Director of F...
Oct 31, 2023•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 43
Send us a text In this episode, Anna ask Janet and Juli talk about riding alone. We share our experiences and some tips for those thinking about going out on their own solo ride for the first time and how to properly prepare yourself. In our bike parts segment of the episode we talk about the chain stay. Our shout out goes to the Memphremagog Trails event Grateful in Newport, VT on Saturday Oct 21st - No podiums, No Pressure, No Prejudice! It is a 5K cyclocross, 1K time trial sprint, 20K XC epic...
Oct 17, 2023•42 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Send us a text In this episode, Anna ask Janet and Juli talk about the importance of our feet, their placement on the pedals and techniques we use while riding. In our bike parts segment of the episode we break down the pedal. Our shout out goes to the Upper Valley MTB Association and their 4 Peaks Ride at Boston Lot / Landmark Trail Network this Sunday October 8, Kickstands Up at 9 AM! IG: @uvmba FBook: Upper Valley Mountain Bike Association Website: www.UVMBA.org Check out our website: GLOW MT...
Oct 03, 2023•50 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Send us a text In this episode, Anna ask Janet and Juli learn from Roxy about MTB Instructor Certification, what inspired her to get into the career she has now and what advice she has to those considering getting their certification. We hope this inspires many women mountain bikers to consider becoming a certified coach. Roxy has been a full-time Mountain Bike Coach for over 13 years. She spends her life traveling the world, coaching all levels of riders - from Beginner to Olympic Pro. As an In...
Sep 19, 2023•56 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Send us a text In this episode, Anna ask Janet and Juli talk about life access riding, to help us unpack all the benefits and challenges of downhill lift access riding, we are honored to have Jimena Florit join us. Jimena is a 2X Olympian in XC MTB racing, has won the Pan American Games, 4X NOBRA National Championships and UCI XC Masters World Championship. In our bike parts segment of the episode we break down the bottom bracket (BB). Jimena’s friend and colleague from Trek Bikes, Service Manag...
Sep 05, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 39
Send us a text In this episode, Anna ask Janet and Juli a series of assumptions/statements about mountain biking and they guess if it is a truth or a myth. In our bike parts segment of the episode we break down the all important chain - and wow is there more to the chain than meets the eye. Our shout out goes to an upcoming event - Slate Valley Trails is partnering with MTBVT to host the third annual Meeting of the Grinds, a cycling festival that melds the eclectic cultures of gravel and MTB int...
Aug 22, 2023•58 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Send us a text In this episode, Anna, Janet and Juli talk about how we approach all the different types of features on the trail from roots and rock gardens to wall rides, rollers, drops and jumps. In our bike parts segment of the episode we explore the parts and pieces of the shifter. Our shout out goes to Michelle’s snot rags! Ok, well they are actually called Tuckerchiefs - wearable handkerchiefs that go on your wrist, made in VT! Reusable, washable, sustainable and convenient. Follow them on...
Aug 08, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 37
