The person behind Katie Bikes NZ and The Rebel Ride is Katie McLennan.
She founded The Rebel Ride in 2022 as an accessible, self-supported bike-packing ride designed specifically for women in New Zealand.
The Mission of The Rebel Ride is to bridge the gap between casual day riding and grueling multi-week biking events (like the Tour Aotearoa). It gives women a supportive, non-competitive space to try multi-day bike-packing.
"I haven’t always been adventurous. I’d been waiting for someone to come along to show me how to do it. How to bike across a country. Because it seemed like a cool idea. But then I got sick of waiting, googled some stuff and had a grand old time taking my bike around New Zealand in 2019. It was the best adventure I ever had and I wanted to show more people that you don’t have to be an athlete to be a bike-packer." - Katie
Getting in touch
katie.bikes.nz@gmail.com - Note this email is not regularly monitored.