December 6, 2017
Ruby Isaac: The Littlest Ambassador
There’s a line in the
Worth It Manifesto: Trust that gutsy girls become gutsy women. Early in 2017, Ruby Isaac caught our eye as someone who epitomized this journey, reminding us what it means to be fierce and mighty, and to love things with all our hearts. Her enthusiasm and barely-contained love for cycling is truly infectious, and prompted us to bring her to the USA in May to report on the Tour of California as
Race Reporter Ruby, cementing her place as Specialized’s littlest ambassador. She nailed the assignment, but we couldn’t help but wonder—what's next on Ruby’s journey?
When you meet her, you just want to bottle all Ruby’s bubbly might and fierceness into a jar and store it away for your own confidence emergency, and it’s easy to forget that, like anyone, she gets nervous, too. She has doubts, sometimes. But in Ruby’s own words, when faced with things you’re not certain you can do, you “just keep trying.” Sometimes this means doing things that you’ve never done before—like traveling to the Netherlands to compete in the European Junior Cycling Tour Assen, a six-day race that would be the longest race Ruby had ever attempted. In late July, we spent several days with Ruby as she got ready to tackle this challenge. Click through to read about her preparation for the race and to hear the hopes, dreams, and flat-out wisdom of a nine-year-old girl in the accompanying video.