March 2025

Written By Rachel Nash

Hello MountainAdoras!

Happy March! We’re grateful to everyone who supported us with our first membership sale and we’re looking forward to using those funds to put on some great events in 2025. If you didn’t sign up for membership, no worries – rides and events are still open to women and femmes in the community, we just may ask for a donation here and there to support the group! If you did sign up for membership – friendly reminder to sign up for the membership portal, your code will only be valid this month and we cannot manually add you! Go to the website and do it now!!!

Rides -  We have a new calendar page on our website that we will keep up to date with any scheduling changes. This is what we have planned so far: 

  • Women-led Road Rides will continue this month, meet at 8:30 AM at Handlebar on De La Vena for an all levels road ride.

  • BBB – Bikes, Burritos, and Beers is BACK this month after daylight savings. What is BBB? It’s a MountainAdoras favorite where we’ll hit a few Elings laps and then cruise to Super Cucas on the West Side afterwards for some Burritos and Beers. We’ll host our first BBB of the season on 3/17 starting at 5:30 PM from Moser Meadow (top of Elings by the jumps) with all non-meeting Monday's to follow. Be mindful of where you park as most lots close at sunset, lights would probably be a good idea for the first few rides this month. Mountain bike recommended, gravel would be OK too – there is something for everyone at Eling’s!

  • MTB group ride – 3/23 Camuesa Connector – meet at 9:15 at the bikers parking off Paradise Road and plan to roll out at 9:30. This is an intermediate ride of about 12 miles with 1,800 ft elevation including some steep grades! Bring water and snacks!

  • Senduro – this month’s Senduro challenge is a classic spring road ride in the Santa Yanez Valley – the gals did a group ride on 3/1, battled the wind and were fueled by some tasty treats at Bob’s Well Bread along the way. You still have time to ride the route the rest of the month! Join our the MountainAdoras Strava group and get after it!  ROUTE: https://www.strava.com/routes/3329290468484350466

Tech Clinic –

  • Bike Fit Clinic – Thursday 3/20, 6:30 PM at Velopro in SB. Join us for a tech clinic and learn the basics of bike fitting. Free event for members, asking for a $10-25 donation from non-members.

Social Events -

  • Sea Otter Preview – Join us on Monday March 10th 7:30-9PM at Draughtsman Aleworks in Goleta to chat about the Sea Otter schedule, hear from members who have participated in various races (XC, enduro, downhill), and watch some short films from previous year’s events! We’ll even have pizza! This event is open to the community, free for members and asking a $10-25 donation from non-members to support our group.

Other Community Events:

WOW THAT WAS A LOT - Congratulations if you’ve made it this far! Please join us for our next monthly Meeting on March 31st at 7 PM at Topa Topa in the Funk Zone. Hope to see you there!

Happy Shredding,

Rachel

Rachel Nash
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