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If you're watching the Tour de France, but not the Giro Donne, change that immediately.
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corollary: if your group ride is all white and/or all male, you're doing it wrong
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Absolutely. As someone who leads a lot of rides, it's work to make them legitimately inclusive, but it's absolutely worth it.
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what has really helped locally are the "big tent" groups being a catalyst for a lot of smaller groups. lots of cross-pollination has meant that everyone is in a few signal chats that leave them plugged into all the rides going on
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That's a great strategy. Being in a smaller area we don't benefit from that as much, but I have noticed some of the larger rides being a good connector for people to learn about other rides, etc. We also have one local shop killing it with newbie-focused rides that is having a trickle down effect.
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yeah, we hosted the 2015 uci world championships which was rocket fuel for the local scene, was good before but has never let up since
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That's awesome that it's still going strong!
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Which shop is that? What kind of rides? We’re trying to do something along those lines here but we only have a couple of tricks. I’d love to hear what that shop is doing, and perhaps send some folks their way.
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Ugh, I just wish it wasn't only on Max. Time to get the VPN figured out.
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Ah yeah, I already have Max anyways through my Xfinity plan so easy for me to watch. My free option I always tell people about is to create an account with SBS in Australia and then you can use a VPN to watch their live stream and on-demand. It's great coverage.
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I know, but RCS wants us to use Giro Women.
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Ohhh okay. Yes, I saw that haha. I like Giro Donne. It flows so nicely!
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