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Vega Brhely - President & Founder
[email protected] Vega moved to the Roaring Fork Valley from Boulder with her partner, Erik Obermeyer, in 2017 to enjoy a lifestyle centered around cycling and skiing. She is a Licensed Acupuncturist, USAC coach, and certified Professional Bike Fitter who owns Hill Climb Acupuncture & Bike Fit in Basalt. Vega has had a lifelong love affair with bicycles and is passionate about getting more women on bikes. She spent grad school racing her road bike in Chicago and Boulder. Since "retiring" from road racing, she has participated in Bike MS as a top Colorado fundraiser for the past 9 years, completed the Double Triple Bypass, raced the local bike park series, has tested the waters of gravel racing with an age group win at the FoCo Fondo, and is looking forward to a 545-mile charity ride for AIDS/LifeCycle this June. She is also an ambassador for Alchemy Bikes. Vega created Inspire Cycling out of the collective desire that many clients and friends expressed to have more ladies to ride with for fun. She loves connecting people and building community and encourages ladies to find their potential both on and off the bike. |
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Molly Josephson - Vice President, Community Outreach Director/Social Media Guru
[email protected] Molly is a philosopher and writer who moved to the Valley in 2020 after teaching and earning dual degrees in North Carolina and California. In a previous life, she maintained a 14-year running streak, ran the Boston marathon, did sprint triathlons, spent a decade as an ocean lifeguard, and rowed surfboats competitively in the Atlantic. She got into MTB a couple years ago as a way to exercise her very active pup while recovering from knee surgery. After completing the White Rim (supporting the Treadsetters para-FKT effort) in a day in 2022 using a secondhand bike, she is now fully hooked! Her day-to-day involves meditation, mindful movement, and studying topics like pain neuroscience, body neutrality, and energy availability. She aims to disrupt the patriarchy and improve the experience of women in sport. She loves philosophizing out on the trail and is always stoked to go for a ride! |
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Jaime Fiske - Secretary
[email protected] Jaime is the secretary of Inspire Cycling. Originally from Aurora, CO, she moved to the valley in 2009 and has been an active part of the community ever since. With a passion for fitness and inspiring others, she is dedicated to helping others achieve their goals through cycling. Jaime's first triathlon was the Glenwood Triathlon in 2011, and she competed again in 2013. She was part of the Roaring Fork Women's Triathlon Team from 2014-2016. During this time, Jaime helped plan yearly women's rides to support Shannon Galpin's mission of enabling women to ride bikes in Afghanistan. In addition to her love of cycling, Jaime owns SUP Marble with her mom, where she shares her passion for stand-up paddleboarding and connecting with others on the water. She is excited to be part of the Inspire Cycling board! |
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Megan Blaszak - Treasurer
[email protected] Megan is a Michigander who moved to the Roaring Fork Valley in 2019 to pursue a new career and way of life. When she's not working as a social worker, she can be found out on the trails or roads in every season. An avid ultra runner, she rediscovered biking after an unfortunate injury in 2022 and now owns more bikes than she has room for. In the winter, she spends most of her time skiing (uphill and downhill), nordic skiing, and playing hockey. She enjoys all adventures, big and small, and believes the best ones always involve friends (and cheese). |
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Jackie Skramstad - Sponsorship Director
[email protected] Jackie grew up in the Roaring Fork Valley. After high school she lived in the Bay Area in California before moving back "home" to the Valley. She is a social worker in the valley and believes in the healing power of nature and the outdoors. Jackie loves to spend time hiking, backpacking, cycling, stand up paddle-boarding, cross country skiing and is currently trying out trail running. She is always up for an adventure outdoors and wants to inspire others to get out in nature. She joined the Inspire Cycling board to support opportunities for women to come together and create community around their shared love of cycling and being active outdoors. |
Ride Leaders
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Claudia Capitini
Claudia is an avid bike after a lifetime of competitive running, field hockey and various backcountry sports. When she is not working as a sustainability scientist and communicator, she can usually be found on her mountain or road bike somewhere in the Valley. Claudia finally moved to the area full time after some 15 years of commuting from Boulder and Seattle. In Boulder, she was on several local bike club teams and could regularly be found adventuring unabashedly around Boulder in bike kit. Claudia learned to mountain bike as a 'grown up' and has also dabbled in gravel riding more recently. Because of this, she loves to ride local trails all across the Western Slope that are flowy and fun - with the ultimate goal of avoiding crashes and drama. She originally hails from South Africa and brings an athletic and social vibe to all her rides. Claudia is also thrilled to be in her 40s, basking in all the wisdom and confidence that affords. She is passionate about being an athlete in midlife - and is always up for some intervals or a fun challenge if you are down to join! |
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Lily Binford
Lily, our former Secretary and Membership Director, is still relatively new to the RFV but hardly new to bikes. While attending the University of Texas at Austin, she joined forty other students to complete the Texas 4000, the longest annual charity bicycle ride in the world: a seventy-day, 4000-mile journey from Austin to Anchorage on a Trek 1500. This experience introduced her to long-distance cycling, and she's been happily rolling on tow wheels ever since. She moved to Rifle, CO in 2021 from Dallas, TX with her husband James and husky Haze. She recently expanded from road to MTB, and again to gravel. Lily currently teaches middle school science at Two Rivers Community School in Glenwood Springs, where she finds every opportunity to get her students outdoors to explore the natural world. She enjoys camping, hiking, crafting, reading, skiing, and, you guessed it, cycling. Find Lily leading rides way out in California (actually just New Castle and Rifle). |
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Heidi Kanayan
I am thrilled to join the Inspire Cycling organization and help spread the love and empowerment of cycling to all. Cycling has taken me to parts of our country I never thought I would see; to countries I only dreamed of riding in; and showed me that I can overcome anything by putting my head down and just taking things one pedal stroke at a time. It has also been my saving grace that has helped me overcome numerous injuries in my time as a professional ski instructor and achieve my goals within the ski industry. To say that cycling is my life blood is an understatement. Outside of my time with Inspire, I coach mountain biking and conduct staff training for the Snowmass Bike Park and Roaring Fork Cycling along with part time coaching at the Aspen Dirtbike School (yes moto, lol). During my 25 years in racing I participated in Cross Country, Cyclocross (pro), Downhill, Enduro (pro) and dabbled a bit with road crits. My winters are spent teaching skiing for ASC. Now that my racing days are shifting to coaching and fun rides, I am looking forward to riding with you all on the trails and sharing trail snacks. My favorite rides are ones outside on a bike. Let's ride! |