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WOMEN on The Chainlink (officially ;) Please share your submissions!

Friday, March 8th is International Women's Day!

To all of the female riders out there who enjoy the utter bliss of cycling every day...

And to those who have harnessed that joy to encourage other women (and men!) to get into the saddle too...

To all of the women who lead group rides, captain teams, write blogs, make and sell bike gear, advocate, organize, race, wrench, brunch, tour, coach, and parent car-free...

And to all of the many, many female leaders in Chicago's cycling community...

...today we are honored to give you a tip-of-the-helmet and a two-wheeled salute by way of your very own page here on The Chainlink:

WOMEN. 

We love you.  

Tell us: what is missing?  Please share your submissions for this page. 

See you in the ladies' room, where you've long-since powdered your nose, but still scrub the chain grease off your calves and finger-comb the sweat out of your helmet-hair. 

 Ladies bicycle soiree, circa 1900. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Ladies Dirt Day #3 - 2011, Photo Credit: Amy Dykema

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on March 8, 2013 at 8:34am

First let me say that the Chainlink is welcoming to all.

One thing that I thought of that would be especially good for women who are just getting into regular cycling is a compilation of non-threatening routes for commuting, errand running, and recreation.  I learned a lot from just posting and reading posts, but it is hard to find that information by searching the forum.  We could all submit our favorites and I bet we would end up with something for just about every part of the city and maybe suburbs, too.

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on March 8, 2013 at 8:39am
Yeah good idea lisa. I remember someone (maybe anika or jen james) asking for kid friendly routes.
Permalink Reply by Julie M. on March 8, 2013 at 8:43am

This is one of my favorite chainlink threads that I was able to locate again:

http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/would-you-share-your-favorite

But it would be great if we could add all of our favorites in one place.  

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on March 8, 2013 at 8:47am
If you post them here for now we can organize them and get them ready for the redesigned site.
Permalink Reply by Melissa on March 8, 2013 at 12:35pm

Interesting article from this week about accessibility and a growing market: 

http://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-news/2013/03/05/women%E2%80...

Permalink Reply by Joe Guzzardo on March 10, 2013 at 9:17am

Hmmm, my LBS, Uptown Bikes, is woman owned and managed and it's a great shop. Maybe Victoria's Secret could open up a bike department? Women might not find it any more accessible, but I'd sure feel a little more emboldened in said department. Offers a whole new milieu for ineffective pick up lines.


Melissa said:

Interesting article from this week about accessibility and a growing market: 

http://www.bicycleretailer.com/industry-news/2013/03/05/women%E2%80...

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