From the Field: Lael Rides Alaska + 2021 Femme-Trans-Women’s Scholarship
From the Field: Lael Rides Alaska + 2021 Femme-Trans-Women’s Scholarship
Words: Lael Wilcox
Video/Photos: Rue Kaladyte
In 2014, I started borrowing my mom’s road bike to ride as far as I could. In 2017, after racing and riding around the world, I came back in the spring to run Anchorage GRIT and ride all of the roads in the state. That’s when I met Rue. We fell in love and have been doing everything together since. In 2020, I came back to Alaska to ride from home and bring Rue and my family with me. This is our story.
Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/UQKL7kWqTZs
Alaska is my home, the place where I started imagining riding far and a place I want everyone to see.
Lael's 2021 Femme-Trans-Women’s Scholarship
In the summer of 2017, Lael Wilcox rode all of the major roads in Alaska, totaling 4,500 miles on mixed pavement and gravel. Lael is fourth-generation Alaskan. This is where she began endurance riding and her goal to get to know her home state.
In 2020, Lael went back to Alaska with her girlfriend Rue, a photojournalist, to ride together and document her project of riding all of the roads.
This scholarship is intended to enable another woman to design and ride her own 1,000 mile Alaskan adventure in the summer of 2021. This scholarship is open to a woman (including femme, trans and non-binary) of any age with any level of bicycle touring experience. We are looking for positive energy and a strong desire to experience the remote roads of Alaska and have some fun.
The recipient of the scholarship will receive a $1,500 travel stipend provided by Easton Cycling as well as a Specialized Diverge bicycle, equipped with our AX series wheels. Plus, they'll receive Revelate Designs bikepacking bags, PEARL iZUMi apparel, a premium subscription to Komoot, a Wahoo ELEMNT ROAM GPS, Big Agnes camping equipment, Rene Herse tires, a year subscription to Bicycle Quarterly and Trail Butter.
Prepare a digital application based upon the questions on the following page and send to Lael Wilcox and the selection team at laelridesalaska@gmail.com no later than February 6, 2021. Provide your responses as the text of an email. The recipient of the scholarship will be announced April 5, 2021.
The scholarship selection team includes Lael Wilcox, previous scholarship recipients Kailey Kornhauser and Brooke Larsen, Abigale Wilson from PEARL iZUMi, Cari Carmean from The Radavist, and Natsuko Hirose from Bicycle Quarterly.
Head to LaelWilcox.com to apply for this scholarship!
Words: Lael Wilcox
Video/Photos: Rue Kaladyte
In 2014, I started borrowing my mom’s road bike to ride as far as I could. In 2017, after racing and riding around the world, I came back in the spring to run Anchorage GRIT and ride all of the roads in the state. That’s when I met Rue. We fell in love and have been doing everything together since. In 2020, I came back to Alaska to ride from home and bring Rue and my family with me. This is our story.
Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/UQKL7kWqTZs
Alaska is my home, the place where I started imagining riding far and a place I want everyone to see.
Lael's 2021 Femme-Trans-Women’s Scholarship
In the summer of 2017, Lael Wilcox rode all of the major roads in Alaska, totaling 4,500 miles on mixed pavement and gravel. Lael is fourth-generation Alaskan. This is where she began endurance riding and her goal to get to know her home state.
In 2020, Lael went back to Alaska with her girlfriend Rue, a photojournalist, to ride together and document her project of riding all of the roads.
This scholarship is intended to enable another woman to design and ride her own 1,000 mile Alaskan adventure in the summer of 2021. This scholarship is open to a woman (including femme, trans and non-binary) of any age with any level of bicycle touring experience. We are looking for positive energy and a strong desire to experience the remote roads of Alaska and have some fun.
The recipient of the scholarship will receive a $1,500 travel stipend provided by Easton Cycling as well as a Specialized Diverge bicycle, equipped with our AX series wheels. Plus, they'll receive Revelate Designs bikepacking bags, PEARL iZUMi apparel, a premium subscription to Komoot, a Wahoo ELEMNT ROAM GPS, Big Agnes camping equipment, Rene Herse tires, a year subscription to Bicycle Quarterly and Trail Butter.
Prepare a digital application based upon the questions on the following page and send to Lael Wilcox and the selection team at laelridesalaska@gmail.com no later than February 6, 2021. Provide your responses as the text of an email. The recipient of the scholarship will be announced April 5, 2021.
The scholarship selection team includes Lael Wilcox, previous scholarship recipients Kailey Kornhauser and Brooke Larsen, Abigale Wilson from PEARL iZUMi, Cari Carmean from The Radavist, and Natsuko Hirose from Bicycle Quarterly.
Head to LaelWilcox.com to apply for this scholarship!