"I think [the bicycle] has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world," feminist pioneer Susan B. Anthony said in 1896. "It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. The moment she takes her seat she knows she can't get into harm unless she gets off her bicycle, and away she goes, the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood."
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| L to R: Christy Jensen, Juli Huddleston, Syhalla Bales. |
When I saw the first tweets about the national
CycloFemme ride start appearing on my twitter feed, I knew I had to make it happen in Salt Lake. A bicycle ride celebrating women, on Mothers Day, sounded like the perfect way to spend a Sunday morning. I also knew that in Utah, Sundays are a day of rest when few people want to don their two wheeled steed and head out for a short bike ride.
Although the turn out for Sunday's CycloFemme ride was not nearly the size of of Saturday's Tweed Ride, the few women and man that showed up to casually pedal around the Jordan River Parkway were treated with breakfast, courtesy of Saturday Cycles. They will forever share memories of deep discussions on bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure in the city and how we view ourselves as women on and off the bike.
A huge thank you to Mark at
Saturday Cycles for all the hard work he put into helping make this a reality and joining 13 countries in celebrating the past, present, and future of women and endless possibilities bicycles give them. We hope to see more people next year.
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