Missoula, Montana’s
gender-expansive bikepacking group
Slow Spokes provides resources, community, and experiences for non-binary, trans, gender-expansive, and women riders of all abilities to have safe, confident, barrier-free fun bikepacking in the Missoula area.
Film below lovingly created by Media Committee member, Gretchen Powers.
Slow Spokes was founded by women and non-binary pals who love adventuring outside, but have long experienced gender-based discrimination in outdoor recreation spaces.
We wanted to create a space for those who share a desire to escape and deconstruct the sexism and misogyny prevalent in the bikepacking world, and to create something more inclusive, positive, fun, and beautiful in its place.
For Slow Spokes to facilitate mission-driven spaces, it’s important that our events are by and for trans, nonbinary, gender-expansive folks, and women. Slow Spokes events are NOT for people who identify as men (unless otherwise stated).
Our events are not a space for ANY people who perpetuate sexist, ableist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, or any other identity-based microaggressions or aggressions.
