Mountain Bike for Her Issue 4 - Dec/Jan 2015 | Page 15

exciting new products to consumers.
KK: Where did you grow up?
JK: I have a complicated answer for
where I grew up. I was born just outside
Philadelphia then moved to Southern
California as an infant. My dad was
in the Navy and I moved all over as a
military brat... Maryland, Guam, back to
Maryland, Spain, Florida. I had a short
stint as an intern for the US Olympic
Bobsled team in Lake Placid, NY. Then
I got my first real job out of college in
Atlanta. I was there for 15 years. My two
years in Paris, France were super fun – I
used to ride my mountain bike rogue in
the Bois de Boulogne, which is like the
French equivalent of Central Park and
then back to Georgia. My husband and
I moved here in February 2012 and hope
to stay forever!
KK: You said you mountain bike every
weekend, and ride your road bike, cargo
bike and commute to work and ride with
the women’s group you launched. What
do you love about cycling?

GIRLS’ RIDE! KAREN KEVAUVER (RIGHT,
WEARING HER HELMET) AND JESSICA
KLODNICKI (CENTER, IN TURQUOISE)
PRE-RIDE AT EPICENTER CYCLING.

Photo: Epicenter Cycling

JK: I feel like a kid again when I ride my
bike. It is rejuvenating for me. When I ride
my bike to the office in the mornings, my
day is better — breathing in the air and
getting my blood pumping before I start
my day. I love the grind and the workout
of climbing, but especially love the payoff
riding downhill.

JESSICA KLODNICKI SHOWS HER SKILLS
ON A STEEP DESCENT AT WILDER RANCH
STATE PARK, ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR
MOUNTAIN BIKE DESTINATIONS IN SANTA
CRUZ, CALIFORNIA
Photo: Juliann Klein

THREE TRENDS AT INTERBIKE
Enduro racing: “I know the word seems
overused, but it really reflects the type of
riding that most of us get to do in Santa
Cruz, even if we aren’t racing. There
are more and more great bikes and
equipment that are perfectly suited for
the type of all-mountain riding that we
get to enjoy here every day.”
Bike packing or bike overnights: “We see
a lot of energy around combining biking
and camping or off-road adventures.
There are tons of ‘gravel grinder’ bikes
(basically road bikes that can take you off
road) and gear to accommodate packing
your own gear for a self-supported trip.”
Commuting: “As more and more cities
build bike-friendly infrastructures, it
is making commuting by bike more
accessible for more people. So, there
is a lot of great product to support this
— such as fantastic bags and crossover
apparel that can live on and off the bike.”

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