Happy International Women’s Day
Happy International Women’s Day everyone. The campaign theme for this year is “Accelerate Action” which fits beautifully with the role the humble bike has had
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Don’t cultivate a ‘bicycle face’ and other amusing advice for women in 1895
As a history buff, I can’t go past this fantastic list of don’ts for female cyclists published in a newspaper called New York World in 1895. My
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The fascinating life of female cycling trailblazer Elsa Von Blumen
I especially love a story that combines my love of cycling, my fascination with social history, and my interest in the female suffrage movement, so
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Australian war hero Nancy Wake riding a bike across france in world war ii
Today is Anzac Day in Australia so I thought it fitting that I find a story about an Australian woman riding a bicycle during a
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let’s commemorate the first woman to ride from Sydney to Melbourne
When Sarah Maddock searched the Internet for her name back in the early 2000s, she had no idea that nearly 20 years later she’d be
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On the eve of Anzac Day, let’s remember the role of the humble bicycle in the First World War
On the eve of Anzac Day (a holiday in Australia to commemorate the battle at Gallipoli during the First World War) I thought it would
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