Global Solidarity Ride – Breckenridge

Global Solidarity Ride – Breckenridge

Be part of the bigger picture and ride on Saturday, August 30th in the  MTN Town Magazine’s  Global Solidarity Ride! Mountain bikers, cyclists, commuters, cruiser and strider riders around the world will take to their wheels in support of Afghan women that dare...
Girls on Bikes – A Revolution on Two Wheels in Real Time

Girls on Bikes – A Revolution on Two Wheels in Real Time

by Shannon Galpin Mountain2Mountain We got some amazing photos from Kabul this week.  These girls are learning to ride bikes in Kabul.  They are not part of the national cycling team, or even aware of it at the time they sent us the photos.  These girls simply started...
Bikes Not Burqas

Bikes Not Burqas

By Shannon Galpin Mountain2Mountain “It’s time to stop referring to Afghan women as weak, as helpless. Its time to refer to Afghan women as strong, catalysts for change. How can we expect Afghan women to fight if we continue to label them as victims?” I said these...
For the Love of a Bike

For the Love of a Bike

By Shannon Galpin Mountain2Mountain 4/30/2014 Do you remember your first bike?  Odds are, you remember distinctly the color, the shape of the seat, it may have even had a name.  Mine was a  bright blue Schwinn.  It was stolen off my front porch a few months later and...