Ride Wild and Live Well!

Coaching for Women Who Want More.

MTB Mamas is more than just mountain bike instructing — it’s rider focused coaching. I look for what’s missing, instead of just showing you how to do this or ride that.

This isn’t about ticking off features or chasing the next skill. It’s about understanding your body, the terrain and how you move on the bike, and why that matters.

Most riders don’t lack courage — heck, we’re badass! What most riders lack is awareness, connection and understanding of the forces involved in mountain biking.

Connect to the body, let the bike move underneath you, and understand the trail. This is where the real riding breakthroughs are.

When that’s missing, riding feels hard. Unpredictable. Scary.

But when you dial in these things — everything changes. Confidence stops being something you chase, and becomes a natural state.

“Better riding isn’t about being braver—
it’s about understanding and working with the forces on the bike.”

That’s what MTB Mamas is built on.

Coaching that goes deeper than instruction. We bring in how you move off the bike too, as well as core strength, breathing, nutrition, hormonal health and mindset.

This means Progression actually sticks.

👉 Confidence is often the result of competence and energy—not the starting point.

Join one of our Skills clinics and benefit from a space for women to ride with more confidence, clarity, and flow.

WHY MTB Mamas?

We are female-focused MTB and Fitness coaching.

WHY?

Because women need coaches that actually understand the female physiology and the female brain.

Women have significantly smaller muscles and bones, Yet, we ride the same trails, on the same bikes and often with similar speeds. We aren’t weaker. It just means Mountain biking is significantly harder for women. We don’t need dumbed down versions of coaching. We just need the right coaching.

Women are not just “smaller men”. Here’s just a few examples:

• Lower Overall and Upper Body Strength: Women generally possess 40-70% less upper body strength and 43-57% less lower body strength than men. This impacts the ability to muscle the bike through technical features, perform manual lifts, or manage the bike during low-speed, steep climbs.
• Absolute vs. Relative Power: While women can have excellent power-to-weight ratios (making them efficient climbers), they often operate closer to their maximum strength capacity, leading to faster fatigue.
• Muscular Distribution/Focus: Women tend to be more quad-dominant, whereas men rely more on their posterior chain (glutes/hamstrings). A lack of glute activation can make steep, technical climbs more challenging.
• Center of Gravity: Women generally have a lower center of gravity (1.5 to 2 cm lower than men). While this is beneficial for stability, it can mean that on steep downhill terrain, women need to shift their bodies more proactively to maintain grip and reduce fatigue.
• Pelvic Structure and Sit Bones: Women typically have wider sit bones than men, making women-specific saddles with a wider rear and specific centre. Cutouts can reduce pressure on the perineum.
• Proportions (Longer Legs/Shorter Torso): On average, women have shorter torsos and arms relative to their leg length. This means a standard “male-geometry” bike often feels too long in the reach causing overstretching and shoulder pain. Womdn also have less wide shoulders, meaning standard width bars (780-800mm) reduce stability and increase shoulder/neck pain.
• Weight: Mountain bikes are actually heavier for women relative to their body weight. This makes managing a full-suspension bike through technical terrain or lifting it over obstacles more demanding. It’s not just lacking skill – it’s physics!
• Suspension Damping: Because women are often lighter, they may struggle with stock suspension settings, which are tuned for heavier (male) riders. A lighter compression tune in the fork and shock is often required to achieve proper sag and use full travel
• Higher Endurance capacity: Women burn fat for fuel easier than men, and therefore have a greater tolerance for endurance events.
• Hormonal Fluctuations: Performance can be affected by the menstrual cycle. Changes in energy levels, energy availabllity and utilisation
• Research into the neurobiology of mountain biking suggests that, while both genders share a passion for the sport, there are distinct differences in how women’s brains process information, handle risk, and manage spatial awareness compared to men. These brain differences, often linked to hormone-driven structural variations, can influence riding styles, learning speeds for technical skills, and fear management on trails.
• Higher Concussion Risk: Women have less neck strength and are much more likely to suffer a concussion and head injury than men are. Women also take longer to recover from head injuries due to hormonal changes that affect the brain.

These differences mean that women often experience mountain biking as requiring higher absolute effort to manage bike weight and technical obstacles!

Most women aren’t held back by ability—they’re held back by coaching advice designed for men.

At MTB Mamas, coaching isn’t just about the bike — it’s about YOU. The FEMALE rider.

It’s understanding:

• how your body handles training, fatigue, and stress
• how your nervous system processes fear and safety
• how confidence is built through movement, mindset and healthy body, not pressure.

I combine mountain bike coaching with evidence-based women’s health so you can build skill, strength, and long-term athletic longevity—no matter your age or starting point.

Women’s bodies are amazing. Let’s train with it — not against it.

ABOUT ME

Hi, I’m the founder and coach behind MTB Mamas—a space where women can build strength, confidence, and knowledge both on the bike and in their everyday lives.

I’m a mountain bike coach, fitness professional, and passionate advocate for women’s health. Over the years, I’ve worked closely with mums, peri-menopausal athletes, women returning to sport after pregnancy, and riders discovering the sport for the first time. What I’ve learned is simple:
when women understand their bodies, they ride better, feel better, and stay in the sport longer.

My coaching philosophy blends skills training, strength and conditioning, and evidence-based women’s health education—because your body isn’t “just a smaller version of a man’s.” Your physiology deserves to be understood, supported, and celebrated.

I’m especially passionate about helping women navigate the changing seasons of life:

• Pregnancy and postpartum recovery
• Menopause and athletic longevity
• Pelvic floor and menstrual health
• Training for energy, resilience, and confidence on the bike

Whether I’m running skills clinics, guiding trail days, teaching online programs, or sharing facts on social media, my goal is always the same:
to empower women with knowledge and help them feel strong, capable, and unstoppable.

MTB Mamas isn’t just about riding better—it’s about building a community of women who know their own power, challenge themselves, and find joy and freedom even when life throws curve balls.

If you’re ready to feel stronger, learn more about your body, and ride with me, then let’s chat.