Wimmin Bike MCR
Ride Like A Girrrl
A monthly ride for women cyclists
Ladies Do Lycra
A monthly road ride for women that want to ride a bit faster
Women's Bike Maintenance Classes
Women's Cycle Confidence Classes
Aims to:
Promote bicycle riding,
Provide wimmin only events and activities and therefore an environment where wimmin can feel safer and supported, without any conscious or subconscious gender inequalities,
Enable women to learn and gain skills that they might have been less likely to learn in the past due to gender and cultural bias/stereotyping,
Encourage more women to ride bikes, as statistics show they are under-represented in the bike community,
Promote positive self image for people no matter what their body shape or appearance, and to celebrate the empowerment of women,
Provide an activity where wimmin can connect (and reconnect) with their own bodies, and gain a feeling of strength and physical well-being,
Encourage health and fun exercise that isn’t in expensive, boring gyms,
Promote riding bikes as a mode of transport that is safer, more sociable, more rewarding, more fun, less damaging to ourselves and the people and environment around us than this massive car culture,
Have fun!
I often get asked why women only, well, apart from the reasons above, it is obvious to me, if it's not to you then try reading some Sheila Jeffries, Adrea Dworkin et al.
There are also a few good things on the internet. But really i think you just need to sit down and have a little think... X
http://www.rapereliefshelter.bc.ca/issues/kinesis.html
