2021 International Female Ride Day
The Motorcycle Perspective Instagram takeover
At Bike Directory, we wanted to celebrate International Female Ride Day and what better way to do that than to publicly scream about women across the world that inspire us.
What is International Female Ride Day?
It was set up 15 years ago by an amazing lady called Vicky Gray – the Motoress (see below) – she set up a day to celebrate all women riders, to empower other ladies to get into biking and to celebrate all of the achievements of women in the motorcycle community and within the industry.
The first female that I want to mention is the amazing Vicky Gamble at The Motorcycle Perspective. We met recently as part of the Mental Health Motorbike project and we knew instantly that we could work together to help promote positive mental health among riders. She, as The Motorcycle Perspective took over our Instagram account and the rest is recent history. SO! without further ado…
Vicky Gamble
Riding bikes since 2012, right now my current ride is a 2018 Triumph Street Twin, I spent the last 5 years living in Canada in Vancouver BC, loved riding the road over there, there are some beautiful mountain roads if you ever get the chance to go! Right now I live in Bournemouth, Dorset. I love exploring the country roads around here and getting more connected with the motorcycle community which is something I’m especially passionate about.
- Mastermind behind International Female Ride Day
- Does a ton of work to promote all women in motorcycling & encourages other women to start their moto journey
- Thank you for everything you do for women riders!
- Gemma Harrison, Maite Storni & Namin Cho, the founders of VC-London, have created a global community connecting women through events, lessons, talks, camps, brand collaborations, meet ups and SO MUCH MORE!
- These are the ladies behind the amazing Camp VC. I’ll be hitting this up in July and can’t wait!
Vanessa Ruck – The Girl On A Bike
- A motorcycle lover sharing her journey from accident to enduro, 7 years, 7 surgeries and a discovery of bikes.
- Vanessa inspires us to get up everyday and tackle the battles life throws at us with gratitude and happiness.
- First person to circumnavigate the globe and ride a bike on all seven continents.
- Inspiring all of us to plan our next adventure
- Runs epic trail riding weekends in beautiful Wales with Moto Junkies
Ina Lombard-Ogilvie and Ellen Ogilvie of MotoGirl
- Created the first all-woman focused moto clothing brand in the UK
- Combining their passion for motorcycles, head for business & dream of moto gear that is both fashionable and safe, they are now a GLOBAL brand!
- Held the Guinness World Record for being the fastest woman to lap the Isle of Man TT
- founded ‘Woman on a Motorcycle’ a community space where like-minded ladies can share experiences and ideas, also set up women only track days!
- Breaking boundaries to pave the way for more women racers and motorcyclists alike
The Hooligan in Pigtails: Leah Tokelove
- Goal is to get more women riding motorcycles and more women racing them
- Became a professional racer on her Indian Motorcycle for the Hooligan series
- Founder of the motowich collective
- Connects women riders across the globe through her podcast and weekly live chats on clubhouse
- Founders of the London contingent who describe themselves as proud dykes and love to ride their bikes.
- Mission is “to support philanthropic endeavours in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and women’s communities and beyond, and reach out to empower a community of diverse women through rides, charity events, Pride events and education”– San Francisco Dykes on Bikes® Women’s Motorcycle Contingent.
- This amazing group ran regular online talk events with incredible guest speakers during the lockdown.
- The epitome of GIRL POWER, teaching us that age is not a barrier!
- After sustaining a leg injury back in 2019 this amazing young lady bounced back to dominate the mini-moto racing scene. At only 11 years old she’s already a legend!
- First female rider to win motorbike world title
- Teaching us the power of perseverance and resilience
- Recently recovered after breaking two vertebrae during a training accident & was back on the bike 1 hour after getting the all-clear!
- Motorcycle enthusiast who uses her qualifications in counselling to support the biker community
- Runs weekly live discussions on her IG account, Tuesdays at 11am.
- Raising awareness and normalizing talking about mental health
- UK Bike Girl – Moto Blogger
- Dirt Biker and Video Blogger.
- Founder of Female Riders UK
- FOUNDER OF THE PETROLETTES: an initiative to support & promote women in motorsport with a series of events and projects
- Absolute Queen!
All images that we have used have been taken from each individual riders Instagram account and can be found by clicking their names.
Author: Martin Northern
Founder of Bike Directory
