Jess Notzing

Community champion

Jess Notzing

Founder of School of Rocks Cardiff

Having rediscovered her love of cycling in 2016, Jess explored all the track she could find in Cardiff on her gravel bike during the pandemic. Unable to find a local gravel group, she set up School of Rocks Cardiff to encourage women and trans people not confident off-road to learn skills, organising rides and bikepacking trips, growing a truly inclusive, accessible and diverse gravel community in Cardiff.

“It has been an absolute pleasure the last two years seeing the club grow, share the routes I found, see women gaining such confidence and be able to ride their bikes wherever they want.”