Hello,

Thanks to those of you who came to She Got Bike - I had so much fun - even though I was gritting my teeth in pain (and I wasn't even riding )

Anyway --- question for you ladies - next year we decided to make a change to the routes and our ride leader philosophy. We are going to have one much easier ride (for those really, really new to the sport) AND...

Now that we are picking up a lot more momentum (almost 500 women came - woooo hoooooo!!!!!) we are going to have Ride Mentors instead of ride leaders at a 1 mentor per 10 rider ratio.

We want mentors who are willing to pre-ride the courses as a group and can also really support our riders - see if they are in too hard of gear, make suggestions, etc.

I think a lot of you would be PERFECT as Ride Mentors. I know it's early, but we always start planning for the next year 12 months in advance

Would any of you be interested? We have a fantastic elite racer, Janet Olney, who is going to run the Ride Mentor program and offer instruction to our Mentors to help them be even more AMAZING than they already are. Janet is a Cat 2 racer and a certified cycling coach and can help you be able to offer help like "hey, your seat is too low" etc.

Besides getting to come for free and mentor incredible women, you'd also be able to connect with Janet and ride with her a couple of times pre-event - which is truly a great opportunity.

Anyway, I know this sounds like a sales pitch (okay, it is), but I am so impressed by the women on this forum - your compassion, passion and just downright good-woman-ness ----- anyone interested?

Let me know if you'd like to consider it - we won't consider you committed until sometime next year - I just want to feel it out with you.

Susan O.