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…
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Track cyclist Alison Shanks of New Zealand competes in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games women's individual pursuit qualifying at the Laoshan Velodrome in Beijing on August 15, 2008. Wendy Houvenaghel of Great Britain clocked the fastest time in qualifying for the women's individual event. AFP PHOTO/Daniel Garcia (Photo…
Hey Ladies, Let's Talk About Our Cycles
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…
