She believed she COULD so she DID
Paige Onweller
Professional Off Road Cyclist
Founder of Rosie Up
Physician Assistant (PA-C)
Fierce advocator to reduce gender disparity in sport and to get more women on gravel
Hello! This is a landing page for all things Paige. My goal in creating this website was to provide access to my story and share my journey in a raw and transparent way.
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I started cycling in 2020 as a way to crosstrain when I was injured running. I had a history as an endurance athlete and had been a long time distance runner and ran collegiately (many moons ago). As it turns out, when I started riding bikes, I fell in love with cycling and soon discovered I had a lot of raw talent on the bike. There was only one problem…I didn’t know how to ride a bike outside, let alone race a bike among other people. I started off getting recruited to a zwift e-sports racing team at the premiere level, but started questioning if I could produce the same results in real life (IRL). In 2021, I signed up for my first mass start gravel race and the rest is history. I dedicated myself to becoming a student of the sport and I'm still learning every day, even now!
Through my experiences racing at the elite and professional level in 2022, I quit my day job as a Physician Assistant and now race full time. My goal is through sharing my journey, I can get more people on bikes, particularly women! This sport is very intimidating from the technical side of things and our society also has a massive gender disparity in all sports. We need more females on bikes, and this is possible when people are approachable, knowledge is made accessible, and you have good mentors.
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