Super cool women doing neat things on bikes

MTB and BMX legend - Anne Caroline Chausson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onRqnTFi0A4

A pioneer...

http://cyclingtips.com/2016/05/the-devil-in-a-dress-the-woman-who-raced-the-giro-ditalia/ !

I just found this picture of Jane Jacobs on a bike to illustrate a Guardian article:

Jane Jacobs was an immensely important figure in urban activism of the 20th century. A wonderful writer, her most famous book 'The Death and Life of Great American Cities' is a must-read.

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/04/jane-jacobs-100th-birthday-saskia-sassen

What a great story!

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/may/15/juliana-buhring-how-cycling-round-the-world-saved-me

Doing neat things with bikes.
She runs the shop and is trying to expand in frame building.
Built this monster cross:
http://www.feeduvelo.com/#!vlos-fdv/cf42
Entered in this competition:
http://www.victoire-cycles.com/en/news/presentation-concours-de-machine-2016-13.html

Awesome.

https://totalwomenscycling.com/news/female-cyclist-lael-wilcox-beats-everyone-win-trans-bike-race-78828/#lhhSb4busxvvLSZg.97

I wasn't sure where to post this, but considering that it contains the early cycling exploits of various female literati, here is probably as good as anywhere:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/01/wheel-life-and-fiction-bicycling-in-literature

super proud & happy to see so many women racing at RHC yesterday

Awesome

http://www.vitalmtb.com/features/Vital-Stat-Attack-Rachel-Atherton-2015-2016-Anatomy-of-a-Win-Streak,1453

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD9s71lMVH4

This might not exactly be on bike - but cool women doing things to or with bikes...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2016/apr/07/why-are-so-few-british-bike-frame-builders-women

Gorgeous bikes!
https://www.instagram.com/hartleycycles/

I wish the best of luck to the amazing Sharon Laws in her fight against cancer;

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sharon-laws-announces-she-has-cervical-cancer/

http://www.casquette.co.uk/people/2017/2/2/head-opinion-the-nicole-cooke-testimony?utm_content=buffer43f8b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

A great interview with Victoria Williamson and her battle back to fitness.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/feb/07/victoria-williamson-track-cycling-back-pelvis-neck-injuries

A super cool woman who won't be riding on the velodrome any longer, as Jo Rowsell-Shand has today announced her retirement from competitive cycling.

https://www.joannarowsell.com/single-post/2017/03/14/Annoucement

(Let's hope a sub editing course is on her to do list).

That surprises me, but I suppose not everybody can race well into their thirties. Nicole Cooke retired quite early, too.

I'd suspect a web-site monkey to be responsible for that one--the text itself is fine.

This is Anna. A few weeks ago she'd never really cycled further than the shops. Then she decided she wanted to ride solo to Spain, so bought a bike, and is leaving at the start of May.

She's going to keep a blog type thing on instagram, so have a look if you're interested in following her progress. There are just a few photos from some training rides so far, but it should be quite interesting: https://www.instagram.com/adventuresof_anna_/

There's a bit of a family history: her mum rode from San Francisco to the Rocky mountains, on a spontaneous whim!

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I will never, ever understand why cycling could possibly be considered a threat to the moral integrity of women. I'm not talking about the dress issues in Iran, as that's quite a separate issue. Of course, disapproval of women and cycling is not limited to Iran, but occurred very strongly in the rest of the world, too, such that in Europe cycling for a short time even became a symbol of women's liberation.

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/jun/12/girls-ride-bikes-iranian-women-defy-cycling-fatwa-tehran

Any excuse to repost this web-site made by our very own @kat:

http://bikesandbloomers.com/

http://www.energyfm.net/cms/news_story_482560.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

Chapeau.

Reminds me of the famous Susan B Anthony quote...

Just looked it up:
“Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel…the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood.”

Dunno how to feel about some of these posts, deffo a vibe of 'look how well these women are doing men stuff'
Its 2017.
Same when people are shocked by female bus drivers, taxi drivers, HGV drivers et al. We exist.
I dunno, don't mean to be rude but someone on a bike is someone on a bike and thats cool enough for me.

^ each to their own, I like this thread

These two are both awesome women, everyone should go: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-adventure-syndicate-present-an-evening-with-ayesha-mcgowan-tickets-35728018465