The 2006 Dirty Divas Mountain Bike Clinic – a day to remember

We’re the Dirty Divas of MTB Cincy, an all-women’s mountain bike team, and our vision is to get more women on mountain bikes. On Saturday, June 3, 2006, we GOT more women on mountain bikes. Lots more. Fifty or so. Don’t believe us? Have a look for yourself.

Women of all ages and skill levels turned out for the 2006 clinic. This year, the intermediate/advanced group was bigger than it has been in years past, and many of the intermediate riders were beginners at a previous Dirty Diva clinic. We like it when someone comes back for more. It shows us they really love to ride.

Achievement awards given out this year included “Most Determined” (which, looking at the recipient, could also be re-named “most bruises”); Most Improved; and the dubious “Best Saves” award. This last one went to a woman with an uncanny ability to encounter more gnarly spills than anyone while always managing to land on two feet. What is her secret???

The 7 th annual Dirty Divas Mountain Bike Clinic for women has come and gone, but the fever for riding lives on in all the amazing women who came out that day to ride, fall, get bruised, get dirty, get up, and ride some more. Now that the clinic is over, we hope they keep riding.

Our women’s mountain bike clinic is our biggest event of the year, but it’s just one day.