Jezebel: Biking

Mom Bikes To Hospital During Labor

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:15:00 EST

After going into labor, 41-year-old Susie Weber bicycled one mile to a Wisconsin hospital. Weber had already biked to 10 of her prenatal appointments and says, "[I] enjoyed every minute of the ride, even when I was having a contraction." More »

Katy Perry's Stealthy Soft-Pedal

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 19:21:00 EST

[New York, November 10. Image via INFDaily.]

Pink & Carey Put Their Wheels In Motion

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:49:00 EDT

[Santa Monica, October 1. Image via Pacific Coast News Online.]

Cycling Declared Chic

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:30:00 EDT

George Bliss, who owns Hudson Urban Bikes in a posh part of New York City says of women: "They are my best customers." More »

Careful, Ladies: Jared Leto Is On His Cycle

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:00:00 EDT

[New York, August 31. Image via INFDaily.]

Of Hipsters And Hasids: Female-Flesh Politics

Irin Carmon — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 13:00:00 EDT

A young woman in shorts, biking down a city-designated lane. Liberated enthusiast of a healthy, environmentally-friendly transportation — or flagrant hussy? Well, it's complicated. More »

Conde Cutbacks Force Self Editor To Exercise

Anna North — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:20:00 EDT

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Due to budget cuts, Photoshop-defending Self editor Lucy Danziger is now biking to work — in Tory Burch. Expect new features on using unsold magazines as free weights, and how laying off employees is great for the glutes. [NYT] More »

"Put Some Fun Between Your Legs"

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:40:00 EDT

Because that's where cycles go… er… come from. [Vintage Ads] More »

Gennifer Moss, a woman notorious in Ashland,...

Maria — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:40:00 EDT

Gennifer Moss, a woman notorious in Ashland, Oregon for skating and biking around the 'burg in the buff, was asked to tone it down after construction workers complained about her to the police. (Apparently, in Oregon, gallivanting around while nude is protected as free speech, and the construction workers come from a different planet.) [CBS News] More »

Hey Ladies, Let's Talk About Our Cycles

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:00:00 EDT

Over on Salon, Rachel Shukert is writing about bicycles. "A bicycle is a perfect machine: simple, elegant and efficient. It does exactly what it needs to do, whenever it needs to do it," she writes. And "there's a convincing case… that the bicycle advanced the cause of women's liberation more than any other inanimate object." General interest magazine Mental Floss explains that "the Victorian lady rarely exercised or engaged in physical activity, which left her poorly conditioned." But when the bicycle took off in the late 1800s, "There was no reason a woman couldn't get on a bike and sedately pedal farther from her home than she'd ever been before." There have been some disparaging remarks regarding cyclists on this site, but shouldn't we all be biking more? More »