The Women's Cycling Meeting will take place in the Abaraxka Hostel and this first edition is designed especially for women who start riding bikes. Hence the organizers, Women on Bikes-Bizikume and Kukuerri Elkartea, have prepared outings for both mountain bikes and road bikes.
The Quedada program starts on Friday, October 1, in the afternoon, with a talk by Erkuden Almagro (Women on Bikes-Bizikume), one of the main references of the rise of women's cycling in the Spanish State and coordinator of the program Women In Bike.
Kukuerri Elkartea, a non-profit association created around the team of Abaraxka Azkoitia Hostel, thus confirms a trend that began since the first cycle of conferences organized at the end of December: its interest in promoting the use of bicycles in the valley, especially among women. “For us it is a fundamental instrument of social and cultural change, especially now that the need to transform our habits of production, consumption or mobility, to name just three aspects of our daily lives, is more urgent than ever due to the current situation. climate emergency we are experiencing.”
The meeting also aims to serve as an impulse and connecting factor between women who ride or begin to ride a bike, “and at this point the experience and work of Mujeres en Bici-Bizikume, a Navarrese club and project in its origin but “With a much broader impact and reach now, it is very important for us.”
With those goals in mind, to encourage and connect women who are starting to ride a bike, this first meeting in Abaraxka takes into account both those who ride mountain bikes as well as those who use road bikesa.
On Saturday the 2nd in the morning there will be two departures: the mountain bike route will follow the Urola Greenway towards Zumarraga, to go up to the hermitage of La Antigua, and The road will depart towards the Guipuzcoan coast.
On the same day, there will also be a group meal and a basic mechanics course for the participants in the meeting.
On Sunday the 3rd there will also be two departures, but that day both groups will converge at a point on the route to return together to Abaraxka. Those of BTT will go towards Zestoa following the Vía Verdand and those of road will go to Ormaiztegi to take the Mandubia road and go down towards Azpeitia.
"The idea - as Erkuden Almagro comments - is to have a great weekend and that in a way the meeting serves as a meeting point for girls from the valley and other parts who are starting to walk or are already riding a bicycle, to connect with each other. us and encourage other women to use the bike.”
Important! To participate in the Women's Cycling Meeting at the Abaraxka Hostel, whether to spend the entire weekend or take part in one of the events or outings, it is necessary to contact the telephone number 679464473, where they will provide all the necessary information and If interested, they will make the relevant reservations.
