A Pioneer in Women’s Cycling

“The first Olympic cycling race for women wasn’t contested until the 1984 Los Angeles Games (the individual road race, won by American Connie Carpenter), and women’s professional cycling was barely a recognized sport until the 1990s.

But women were riding long before that, slowly and steadily paving the way for the women at the forefront of the sport now. They were showing up to races, demanding membership in the League of American Wheelmen, and swapping skirts for bloomers so that today, riders like Kate Courtney, Coryn Rivera, Ayesha McGowen, Clara Honsinger, Amity Rockwell, Rebecca Rusch, Ellen Noble, and others all over the world could continue the fight.”

-Molly Hurford

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To say that being named a pioneer of women’s cycling would be an understatement; as far back as I can remember I’ve always wanted to push the bounds and make a name in a world dominated by men. To be put in this category among other women doing groundbreaking work is a dream come true. 💖

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However, our work to push the limits as female riders is FAR from over. This year @redbull formation was one of the most significant and important events for women’s cycling thus far. Women of all ages, all backgrounds, and varying disciplines took to the desert of Utah to push themselves and the sport of women’s cycling to a place that it had only ever dreamed of being in before. 💥

WOMEN CAN DO ANYTHING. And we are. 👑

Read the whole @bicyclingmag article at the link below

#BeGood

https://www.bicycling.com/culture/a35866989/historic-women-in-cycling/

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