Our Story
In the spring of 2010, Kim Trimpert was working at the PV Bicycle Center in Rolling Hills Estates, CA, and began meeting women coming into the shop purchasing bike gear for their husbands. When asked if they ride, the ladies said that they often took spinning classes at the gym and occasionally rode with their husbands, but that they did not ride as often as they might because they did not want to venture out alone. Many were concerned that they would not know what to do if they got a flat tire or experienced another problem with their bike. After several weeks of meeting women that sounded "JUST LIKE ME," Kim started collecting names and email addresses to put together a roster of women to ride together.
Since that first meeting of about a dozen women in March 2010, the group grew to over 200 women, ages 18–80, living in and around the Palos Verdes Peninsula as well as the surrounding cities of the South Bay area near Los Angeles, California. In June 2012, Kim and her family transitioned to their next Coast Guard assignment. Her amazing legacy and work continued when the group of wonderful women she brought together formed the official PV Bike Chicks club in the summer of 2013.
And Now …
Some of us are brand new to cycling and are interested in riding with women who are learning about shifting, riding in groups, and just basically building their confidence on a bike. Others desire to meet like-minded women who want to ride their bikes along the strand a few miles or around the peninsula or the Los Angeles area. We often finish our rides at a local coffee café, enjoying friendships, making new friends, and planning future fun.
Some of us are stay-at-home moms, some work full time, and others are retired. Some in the group are triathletes, hikers, runners, and/or swimmers. Many participate in charity rides or destination rides — European tours, weekend get-away rides, or organized rides throughout Southern California and beyond, varying in distance from 15 miles all the way up to 100 miles. It is a very fun and diverse group! We use the member roster to coordinate rides at different times during the week — mornings, afternoons, and evenings.