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Women cycling

“Everybody hates you!” Fuming phone driver abandons car in traffic and confronts Cycling Mikey; Aggressive car culture putting women off cycling, report finds; Stop peeing in bottles, Giro warns riders; Mallet’s mechanical mayhem + more on the live blog

Rest day? What rest day? There’ll be no sponsor duties, coffee stops, or recovery rides while wearing suspiciously long sleeves for Ryan Mallon today. Instead, he’ll be busy bringing you all the latest cycling news and views on the Monday live blog. The Giro peloton has it so easy…

Mon, May 18, 2026 09:59

“We’ve learnt to normalise rubbish behaviour”: What stops women cycling? Abuse, intimidation, and how to make cycling safe for everyone

On episode 70 of the road.cc Podcast, cycling campaigners Eilidh Murray and Kate Bartlett discuss the recent report on the shocking abuse suffered by women cycling in London, and how infrastructure and education are essential to making cycling safe

Fri, Feb 09, 2024 18:04

Female Cyclist, London. (copyright Simon MacMichael)JPG

“He drove towards me at speed, then shouted ‘b***h’ in my face”: Nine out of ten women face abuse while cycling, shocking new survey finds

77% of female cyclists in London say they experience verbal, physical, and sexual harassment and intimidation once a month, with over one in five revealing that they’d given up cycling as a result of this abuse

Wed, Jan 17, 2024 13:02

Women cite badly-lit routes and lack of safe infrastructure as major barriers to cycling

New research from Lime makes five key recommendations including calling for more segregated infrastructure

Fri, Dec 01, 2023 13:01

Win funding to help get more Manchester women on bikes

Apply now for a chance to be a part of Women on Wheels 2017

Sat, Dec 31, 2016 07:25

Calling all women and girls: A special week of events and rides just for you

British Cycling's new #WeRide events for women and girls of all abilities - find yours here

Sun, Jul 05, 2015 11:00

Cycling central to Saudi women’s driving protest

Protests against legislation restricting women from cycling due on October 26

Wed, Oct 23, 2013 14:34

VIDEO: Kerfuffle in the USA over topless woman cyclist

Stacey Schnee says women should be able to go bare-chested too - and her campaign is getting plenty of attention

Sat, Sep 21, 2013 10:00

World champion female triathlete slams Saudi’s ‘gesture’ of allowing women to cycle

Helen Russell says there is no move towards the independence cycling can give women

Sun, Apr 07, 2013 10:39

Christine Bleakley Cycling and the City YouTube still

TV star Christine Bleakley hosts Barclays films aimed at encouraging women to take to two wheels (+ 4 videos)

TV presenter fronts initiative designed to help overcome some barriers to cycling

Tue, Mar 26, 2013 11:44