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Racing to Wandering: How Ruth Winder Learned to Love Riding Slow

Racing to Wandering: How Ruth Winder Learned to Love Riding Slow

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Racing to Wandering: How Ruth Winder Learned to Love Riding Slow

Road racing gave Ruth Winder structure. But years of constant travel and strict schedules wore her down, and at the end of the 2021 season she retired from the pro women’s peloton. Now, at 29 years old, she is learning how to ride her bike for fun, while also competing in North American gravel and mountain bike races for herself as a member of Trek’s Driftless program.

Visit with Winder in her home in Colorado, tag along as she rides within the stunning scenery just outside her front door, and learn what it’s like to be a former hardcore racer adapting to a lowkey lifestyle.

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