Anna Greetis on being the go-to mechanic for the pros

The Adventure Stache

Anna Greetis is a mechanic and race technician for SRAM and one of the unsung heroes who helps athletes stay on track during big events. She travels around the world to gravel events like Unbound and the Traka, road events like the Tour de France Femmes and Paris-Roubaix, and occasionally to cyclocross races and triathlons where she is the point person for athletes whose bikes need fixing. Anna sat down with Payson last week after the Durango Derby to talk about what it’s like being a female mechanic in a male dominated sport, why even she feels unwelcome at bike shops sometimes, and some of the on-the-fly fixes she’s done over the years that she’s most proud of. She also talks about the equipment she recommends everyone bring to a race, her experience at Migration Gravel in Kenya this year, and her not-so-secret horticultural skills.

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