Welcome to Rowdy Ryder Academy

Mountain Bike Coaching / Strength and Conditioning

Rowdy Ryder Academy was founded in 2023 by Tina Meinhardt, a physical therapist and mountain bike coach from Ohio, who also started the Girls, Gears and Beers women's mountain bike club upon moving to Denver in 2018, with hopes of meeting other women who share her same passion for mountain biking. 

Tina has been riding for over 25 years and holds the BICP Level 2 Mountain Bike Coach Certification. She is also an Instructor Trainer for the BICP, now offering Level 1 courses for riders interested in also becoming coaches. She enjoys teaching and motivating riders to improve their skills and confidence, making riding more enjoyable and safe. As a physical therapist and CrossFit Level 1 Trainer, she is able to use her knowledge in biomechanics and kinesiology to help assess and correct positioning, as well educate and train riders to improve their strength, speed, power and mobility on the bike.

Tina and her husband, Bruce, bought a 2 acre property in West Arvada at the end of 2022, where they are building their dream "mountain bike ranch."  The ranch has a 4,000 sq ft turf field, a hillside of trail - switchbacks, corners, technical climbing obstacles, a jump line, and a technical descending line.  The ranch also includes a progressive drop zone, a tabletop jump, technical climbing features, berm corner, teeter totter and skinnies, with more features continuously being built.