More Than Miles™
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12-Week Pilot Cohort

More Than Miles™ — A Women's Gravel Cycling Pilot Cohort·In partnership with Trek Bicycle Shawnee

Become the rider you've quietly hoped you could be.

“I just want to see the world at my speed.” — founding cohort rider

More Than Miles™ is a psychologically safe on-ramp into gravel cycling for women who are ready to stop wondering if they're “the kind of person who rides” — and start discovering they already are.

This isn't where you come to belong. It's where you become.

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Amanda Duling, Founder and Head Coach of More Than Miles™, standing with her bike
Built around
becoming, not proving
  • USA Cycling Certified Coaches
  • Red Cross CPR / AED Certified
  • Trek Bicycle Shawnee Partner
  • Kansas City Metro
More Than Miles x Trek Shawnee community partnership lockup
Community Partner

Stronger together with Trek Bicycle Shawnee

Bikes, service, and mechanical support for every rider in the cohort.

Is this you?

Most cycling programs teach people how to ride. More Than Miles™ helps women feel safe enough to stay.

If any of these sound like you, you're exactly who this cohort was built for.

More Than Miles women gathered with their gravel bikes before a group ride.
Pre-ride check-in — More Than Miles group ride.
  • You've tried group rides and didn't quite find your people.
  • You're physically capable — but feel behind on gear, etiquette, and confidence.
  • You want adventure, not a podium.
  • You're in a season of change, and cycling feels like part of who you're becoming.
  • You've been figuring it out alone and want real direction.
  • You'd rather build community than chase a KOM.
“I'd been wandering along trying to figure it all out. On gravel I felt safer than on the road — mentally and emotionally freer, even in the suffering.”
— Founding cohort rider

A 12-week pilot cohort built around the four things that turn first rides into lifelong riders.

Permission

No-drop. No ego. Beginner-normalized. You do not need to earn your place before you show up.

Guidance

Gear that fits. Bike fit that works. Fueling. Ride etiquette. Practical guidance from people who've helped hundreds of riders stop guessing and start riding.

Becoming

You don't just learn how to ride gravel—you become the rider who trusts herself. It happens in conversations between rides, in small victories, and one day you realize you're encouraging someone else instead of wondering if you belong.

Confidence

Build real confidence through shoulder-to-shoulder coaching on gravel. Learn to corner, descend, ride loose terrain, and handle the moments that once felt intimidating.

This is not an elite race team.

This is not a suffer-to-belong program.

This is a supportive entry point into gravel cycling.

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What we expect

You're not just signing up — you're shaping it. This is a pilot cohort. Expect a supportive, evolving experience, and expect to be asked for feedback that helps shape the future of the program.

Safety-certified leadership. Program leadership maintains current American Red Cross First Aid, CPR, and AED certification.

More than riding

Skills for the road and the real world.

Confidence isn't built only on the bike. We teach the practical skills most riders never learn until they need them—from performing a simple drop test to identify loose components before a ride to understanding your legal rights as a cyclist.

Drop test — learning how to safely put the bike down on gravel.
KC Bike Law attorney leading a legal rights session for More Than Miles cyclists at Trek Bicycle Shawnee
Legal rights — KC Bike Law teaching cyclists how to protect themselves.
Cyclists listening during the KC Bike Law legal rights session at Trek Bicycle Shawnee
Real learning — questions answered in the shop.
Coach Roger Williams holding KC Bike Law mascot Gretchen during the legal rights session at Trek Bicycle Shawnee

Coach Roger Williams with Gretchen, the KC Bike Law mascot, during our Cycling Safety & Legal Rights session.

"I learned a lot! This was a valuable session! Thank you for arranging it for us!"
— Founding cohort rider, after the KC Bike Law session
Becoming

Becoming Happens One Ride at a Time

Nobody wakes up feeling like a gravel cyclist.

It happens one conversation…

one question…

one ride…

one small win at a time.

Week 1

“I hope nobody notices I don't know what I'm doing.”

Week 3

“I finally wore my cycling jersey.”

Week 5

“I stopped apologizing.”

Week 7

“I trusted myself.”

Week 9

“I answered another rider's question.”

Week 12

“I realized I'd become the rider I used to admire.”

We don't measure success by how fast you ride. We measure it by the moment you stop wondering if you belong.

On the road

This is what it looks like.

Real women. Real gravel. Real community.

Fits & rides — a look inside a More Than Miles Saturday.
Straight from the road — a moment from a recent More Than Miles ride.
Amanda Duling and the More Than Miles cohort riding together on a gravel road
In motion — a More Than Miles group ride.
Three smiling More Than Miles riders in helmets and riding gear taking a selfie together on a group ride
This is what community looks like — a pause mid-ride to laugh together.
Your coaches

Coached by Amanda Duling & Coach Roger.

A structured women's beginner gravel cycling coaching program. Amanda Duling, MS is a USA Cycling Certified Coach and Head Coach — Coach Roger Williams is a USA Cycling Level 3 Certified Coach leading gravel skills and on-course coaching. Complementary expertise, both directly coaching riders.

Amanda Duling, Founder and Head Coach of More Than Miles, in cycling gear ready to coach

Amanda Duling, MS

Founder, Head Coach, and USA Cycling Certified Coach

Amanda Duling is a USA Cycling Certified Coach and the Founder and Head Coach of More Than Miles™, a structured women's gravel cycling coaching program serving the Kansas City area. She directly coaches beginner riders in bike handling, cycling confidence, equipment selection, fueling and hydration, group-ride readiness, safety, and preparation for their first gravel event.

Her approach combines formal cycling education, endurance-sport experience, Ride Marshal experience, and professional expertise in behavior change and helping people navigate unfamiliar systems.

Credentials

  • USA Cycling Certified Coach
  • MS — Master of Science
  • Experienced endurance athlete
  • Cycling Ride Marshal
  • Founder & Head Coach, More Than Miles™

What Amanda directly coaches

  • Beginner bike handling and confidence
  • Shifting, braking, cornering, and gravel-surface skills
  • Equipment and bike-selection guidance
  • Fueling and hydration education
  • Group-ride preparation and etiquette
  • Rider safety and supported progression
  • First-gravel-event preparation

Amanda entered gravel cycling the way many women do: late, unsure, intimidated, and quietly convinced everyone else already knew what they were doing. She built More Than Miles™ into the structured, coached on-ramp she wishes had existed when she started.

Published works

Sh*t I Wished People Told Me When I Started Endurance Racing

The honest beginner's guide nobody handed her.

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Butt Stuff: A No-BS Field Guide to Saddle Comfort, Skin Health, and Not Hating Your Bike

Real talk about the things riders quietly Google.

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Coach Roger Williams, USA Cycling Level 3 Certified Coach, with his gravel bike

Roger Williams

Gravel Skills and On-Course Coach

USA Cycling Level 3Founder, Gravelleurs Coaching LLC

"As a lifelong athlete I have found cycling as my therapy — and I want to share it."

Roger is the founder of Gravelleurs Coaching LLC and works alongside Amanda as the program's Gravel Skills and On-Course Coach — providing complementary expertise in gravel-specific skills, bike handling, and on-course coaching during rides and events.

gravelleurscoaching@outlook.com
#gravelleurscoaching#thegravelleursrides
Safety standards

How we keep beginner riders safe.

Structured coaching means structured safety. Every rider is supported by clear expectations, planned routes, and clearly assigned coaching responsibilities.

  • Participant intake

    Every rider completes a short intake so coaches understand experience level, riding goals, and anything that helps us plan a safe, supported cohort.

  • Waivers & emergency contact

    Enrolled riders sign a program waiver and provide emergency-contact information before their first coached ride.

  • Ride expectations

    Ride briefings cover pace, regrouping, hand signals, and etiquette so no rider is ever guessing what happens next.

  • Route planning

    Routes are pre-ridden or vetted by coaches, with mileage, elevation, surface, and bail-out points shared in advance.

  • Supported rides

    Coached rides run with sweep support so no one is dropped. Ride Marshal experience informs how the group is managed.

  • Assigned coaching responsibilities

    Amanda leads rider development, confidence, equipment, fueling, and first-event readiness. Coach Roger leads gravel-specific handling, technical skills, and on-course coaching.

  • Safety-certified leadership

    Program leadership maintains current American Red Cross First Aid, CPR, and AED certification.

  • Legal-rights education

    Cyclists' legal rights are taught in partnership with KC Bike Law so riders know how to protect themselves on shared roads.

More Than Miles x Trek Shawnee — Stronger Together community partnership poster
Community Partner

Built with local support from Trek Bicycle Shawnee.

More Than Miles™ is supported in partnership with Trek Bicycle Shawnee, a local bike shop serving the Shawnee and Kansas City cycling community.

This partnership helps create a safer, more welcoming entry point for women entering gravel cycling by providing a real-world home base for bike confidence, beginner questions, mechanic education, and community connection.

The bike shop is not just a sponsor — it is the physical trust anchor of the program.

Trek Bicycle Shawnee
10412 Shawnee Mission Pkwy
Shawnee, KS 66203
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Before & after

The quiet before. The becoming after.

Unedited words from current cohort riders — the version of themselves they arrived as, and the version they're becoming.

Before
“I've never worn a cycling jersey because it felt imposter-y.”
After
“I finally wore it.”
Before
“I thought everyone else knew what they were doing.”
After
“I realized we were all learning together.”
Before
“The mean girl in my head imagined everyone judging me.”
After
“Suddenly, I could not care less what anyone thought.”
Before
“I bought the jersey thinking, 'someday, I might wear it.'”
After
“Someday became this Saturday.”

From the cycling community

Screenshot of Brett Downs' comment: I spent 17 years in the industry and realized women's cycling needs female leadership. Thanks for what you do.
Brett Downs — 17 years in the cycling industry
More Than Miles founding cohort riders together after a group ride with their bikes
This is what community looks like.

Quotes shared with permission. Names withheld to protect the privacy of the women in our current cohort.

More Than Apparel

More Than Apparel.

Our team store isn't about matching kits — it's about celebrating a community that's helping more women discover gravel cycling with confidence.

Whether you're a More Than Miles participant, coach, volunteer, supporter, or simply believe in our mission, you're welcome here.

If our jersey makes you smile, we'd love to see you wearing it. If not, we'll be just as excited to ride beside you.

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Questions

The questions we hear most often.

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Every rider's journey is different. If you still have questions, join the private Facebook group to learn more from the community, or email Amanda to enroll.

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Become the rider you already hoped you could be. You don't need elite gear, race experience, or perfect confidence — just a place where it feels safe to start.

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