Jezebel: Cycling

Keep Your Thighs on the Road

Cassie Murdoch — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 16:05:00 EST

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 08: Stuart O'Grady of Green Edge Cycling leads riders up Mount Buningyong Road during the 2012 Cycling Australia Road National Championships on January 8, 2012 in Buninyong, Australia. (Photo by Mark Dadswell/Getty Images) More »

Woman Targeted For Biking While Sexy Inspires Protest In NYC

Lane Moore — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:30:00 EDT

After hearing about a recent incident where a woman was allegedly pulled over by a police officer for wearing a short skirt, a group of women (and some men!) participated in a "lighthearted" protest in the form of a "skirt bike ride." More »

NYPD Officer Reprimands Woman For Biking While Sexy

Margaret Hartmann — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:30:00 EDT

Jasmijn Rijcken, general manager of a Dutch bicycle company, says she was cycling in Manhattan last month when she was pulled over by a police officer for wearing a short skirt. "He said it's very disturbing, and it's distracting the cars and it's dangerous," Rijcken said. "I thought he was joking around but he got angry and asked me for ID ... I didn't even think for one second that my outfit could be harmful or disturbing." Rijcken wasn't given a ticket, and didn't get the officer's name. More »

Cyclist Sets Her Sights On The Competition

Margaret Hartmann — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:32:00 EST

[England, February 20: Stella Tomassini of Italy waits to race in the Women's Keirin First Round during day three of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classic at Manchester Velodrome. Image via Getty.] More »

Upon Reflection

Anna North — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 11:30:00 EST

[Pruszkow, Poland, November 7: Victoria Pendleton of Great Britain keeps an eye on Dimitra Patapi on day three of the European Elite Track Cycling Championships at the BGZ Arena. Image via Getty] More »

French People Love Cycling, Hate The Gym

Anna North — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:02:00 EDT

Yet another blow to the idea that French people are paragons of health: they apparently hate going to the gym. More »

An Athlete In The Middle Of Her Cycle

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:18:00 EDT

[England, September 23: Victoria Pendleton of Great Britain and SKY Track Cycling in action during Qualifying for the Women's Sprint Championship at the British National Track Cycling Championships at Manchester Velodrome. Image via Getty.]

7-Year-Old Girl Cycles 600 Miles For Charity

Margaret Hartmann — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:25:00 EDT

This summer 7-year-old British girl Skye Parnell covered 610 miles on a three-week cycling trip from Washington, D.C. to Pittsburgh and back. Parnell traveled with her parents and grandparents, raising $775 for a charity that benefits children with leukemia. More »

The Patronizing Tradition Of Britain's Podium Girl

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:59:00 EDT

The Tour of Britain is seeking a "presentation hostess," aka a "podium girl." Part of the job description includes kissing the winning cyclists. Sexist? Not really, says tour officials. More »

— Kelly Cutrone

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:30:00 EDT

who loves barreling down the bike lanes of New York City. [NY Times] More »

Vicious Cycle

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:10:00 EST

[Doha, February 5. Image via Getty.]

Pornographer Plans Movie Based On Dugard • Woman Marries Dead Fiancé

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:20:00 EST

• An adult filmmaker has announced plans to release a movie based on Jacyee Dugard's life, called Abducted Girl: An American Sex Slave. • More »

The 21 Club

Anna Holmes — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:10:00 EDT

[Dambulla, Sri Lanka; October 7. Image via Getty]

In 1982, at the age of 25, Barbara Buchan...

Margaret Hartmann — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:15:00 EDT

In 1982, at the age of 25, Barbara Buchan was competing for a spot on the U.S. cycling team when a horrific accident shattered her skull and left her in a coma for two months. Doctors didn't think she would survive, and even when she woke up they said she may never speak or walk again. But Buchan struggled through six years of painful rehabilitation determined not just to walk, but to compete in cycling again. Yesterday, at 52, Buchan finally fulfilled her dream of winning a gold medal, breaking a world record in the individual 3,000 meter cycling pursuit at the Paralympics in Beijing. Though she still has trouble reading and speaking and coordination problems in her arms and hands that make shifting gears difficult, she has built up her leg strength and endurance to compensate, and relies on her team mates to help tighten bolts and tweak her bike before races. It's an incredible comeback and she's still not done — Buchan will race again in Beijing on Friday in the 25-kilometer road time trial. [NY Times] More »

Golden Girls: Anne-Caroline Chausson

Margaret Hartmann — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:25:00 EDT

Golden Girls: Alison Shanks

Anna Holmes — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:50:00 EDT

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 »