{"id":1390,"date":"2024-02-11T11:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T22:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lightfoot.org.nz\/?p=1390"},"modified":"2024-04-05T10:09:44","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T21:09:44","slug":"aotearoa-bike-challenge-queenstown-wahine-tell-us-why-biking-is-awesome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lightfoot.org.nz\/aotearoa-bike-challenge-queenstown-wahine-tell-us-why-biking-is-awesome\/","title":{"rendered":"Aotearoa Bike Challenge – Queenstown Wahine tell us Why biking is awesome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
My love affair with biking got off to a rocky start. I grew up in a hilly Dunedin, and it wasn\u2019t until I was about 10 that I learned to ride. I cut my teeth on pedalling myself dizzy up steep roads and wobbling down again. Despite regular crashing, nothing matched the soaring freedom of roaming by bike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Road cycling was my first love: meditative, fast, simple \u2013 my bike and the road, swooping amongst the mountains and the sky. Queenstown roads are glorious: climbing for days. But you don\u2019t ride a bike in Queenstown for very long without dabbling in the harder stuff. For me road cycling was the gateway drug: enter mountain biking, and the return of wobbly, crashing Kat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mountain biking was a lot more challenging than the delicious simplicity of riding road. I had to think, ride dynamically, brake less and dig for a level of testicular fortitude that often remains elusive. But I have persevered, and fear has given way to being head-over-heels for mountain biking too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is a lot I love about biking, especially biking in Queenstown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I love to ride with my talented and patient friends who invariably wait for me to walk \/ tumble down difficult trails (long after they have mastered them). Following these strong and technically brilliant cyclists has improved my riding no end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n