I was the only woman in the single-speed bike category, which meant the race was mine to lose. Never mind that I’d never raced before and never ridden a single-speed bike. Photos: Suzie Dundas Piece by piece, I turned my Pivot LES into a hard-charging singlespeed machine. It’s one of the last true point-to-point mountain bike races left in the country, meaning you start in one town and finish in another. Under all of it runs a loop that feeds itself: few women race, so few women see women race, so few women race.