May 8, 2015Leave a Comment
80 women raced 74 miles in gorgeous weather around Lake Tahoe in the first stage of the women’s Amgen Tour of California road race today. See results under the photo.
May 7, 20151 Comment on Amgen Tour of California Women Photo Gallery
84 cyclists from 14 teams will compete in the pro women cycling stage race beginning Friday morning at South Lake Tahoe, California.
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March 4, 20151 Comment on Levi’s launches cycling apparel for women
Four years after Levi’s introduced their Commuter line of cycling-specific jeans and other clothing for men and one year after I tweeted about their plans, Levi’s announced their Commuter apparel for women.
March 3, 2015Leave a Comment
You might know Betabrand for their fleece “dress slacks” and YouTube ads for their awesomely obnoxious disco pants, but did you know this San Francisco clothing manufacturer has been selling practical urban cycling apparel since at least 2010? A woman’s cycling pant was added in 2012, and they’ve continued to expand their women’s bike-to-work clothing through 2015.
They have jeans, slacks, skirts, a shirt dress, shoes, socks and scarves. View and buy the complete collection here.
March 2, 20151 Comment on Annie Cohen Kopchovsky biked around the world
March is Women’s History Month, when bike bloggers quote Susan B. Anthony ( bicycling “has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world”) and temperance reformer Frances Willard, who used bicycling as a metaphor for control over her destiny
Their achievements are notable, but let’s talk about the first woman to wheel her bicycle around the world: 24-year-old Annie Cohen Kopchovsky who changed her name to Annie Londonderry in a wager to show that women are capable of anything a man can do.
February 3, 20151 Comment on Cycling Cairo women overcome cultural prejudices
Haitham El-Tabei wrote about the challenges women face when cycling in Cairo, Egypt. He notes that women enjoy more freedom in Egypt than in some neighboring countries, but they still must endure sexual harassment and violence in a culture that considers it inappropriate for women to ride bikes.
31 year old Yasmine Mahmoud rides her bike to work after carrying it to street level from her 10th floor apartment. As a member of Go Bike in Cairo, she helps encourage other women to try going anywhere and everywhere on a bicycle.