EVENTS
IRIS events bring our community together through rides, gatherings, and moments that reflect our values.
IRIS Supported events are partner-led, with our backing to grow inclusive cycling.
Community Spotlight events are the ones we love, led by allies creating energy and spaces on bikes.
IRIS Events
The Weekender
Pack your bike and your sense of adventure. The Weekender is a three-day, self-supported ride for women of all backgrounds, designed for fun, connection, and a little personal growth along the way.
The Cheer Squad
The Cheer Squad is a celebration of cycling, community, and the women’s peloton. Join us for the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift as we bring energy, colour, and love for the sport IRIS style to cheer together and make every moment unforgettable.
IRIS x Gregario Overnighter
IRIS and Gregario Cycling Services (Amsterdam) invite you to celebrate the summer solstice with a two-day women’s bikepacking adventure. Perfect for both first-time overnighters and experienced riders, this relaxed self-supported ride brings together just 25 women for a magical night under the solstice stars. Expect campfire chats, morning coffee, and the freedom to ride at your own pace.
Spots are very limited and expected to fill quickly — sign up now to secure your place.
IRIS Supported Events
Rare Femmes
IRIS ambassador Cris Maristany works with Rare Femmes, an organisation creating fun, empowering, and educational cycling experiences for women, non-binary riders, and anyone who loves to ride. IRIS proudly supports these events. To find out more, head to their Instagram or website.
The W Collective
IRIS ambassador Corina Montero collaborates with The W Collective, a global women+ community creating inclusive rides, events, and meaningful moments outdoors. Built on the belief that everyone deserves to feel welcome, supported, and free in nature, The W Collective connects people through movement and shared experience. IRIS is proud to support these initiatives. Discover more via their Instagram or website.
gravELLE Club
IRIS ambassador Sara Bukies is the founder of gravELLE club, the largest female gravel community in Switzerland since 2022. The club brings women together through gravel rides and bikepacking overnights, focusing on shared experiences, connection, and growing the female gravel community. Occasionally, events take place under the label “+FRIENDS”, welcoming a mixed audience. IRIS proudly supports these events. To find out more, head to their Instagram or website. 🚴♀️
Good Time Tuesday
Good Time Tuesday is a welcoming weekly road ride in Düsseldorf, Germany, running every Tuesday from April to September. Designed for women of all levels, it offers a supportive and inclusive space to ride together, build confidence, and share experiences. With typically flat routes and a moderate pace, riders can enjoy a social, group-focused atmosphere while developing skills and a collective passion for road cycling. To find out more, head to their Instagram.
Snail Trail Cycling
Snail Trail Cycling is a FLINTA*-focused cycling event that brings people together through multi-day road and bikepacking rides. It creates an inclusive and empowering space where people with different experience levels and backgrounds can ride at their own pace, connect with others, and explore new places together. Snail Trail is not about competition, but about shared experiences, mutual support, and making long-distance cycling more accessible for FLINTA* riders. Head to their Instagram or website to find out more.
Community Spotlight Events
Sneak Peaks by Orbit360
Sneak Peaks is a single-stage, unsupported bikepacking expedition through the Italian Dolomites, starting and ending in Bolzano. Riders traverse remote ridgelines and high alpine terrain, with 13 refuges along the way offering food, drink, and shelter.
Canyon Events – Netherlands & Worldwide
Canyon, long-time partner of The Weekender, hosts a range of events across the Netherlands and beyond—from social rides to test rides and community gatherings. Join upcoming rides in Maastricht, Amsterdam, and Eindhoven, or connect with the wider global community.
