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Cycling UK’s 100 Women in Cycling celebrates extraordinary women who inspire, encourage and empower others to experience the joy of cycling

Equalities watchdog removes interim response to supreme court ruling on legal definition of a woman from its website

After a legal threat from GB News presenter Michelle Dewberry, Virgin Active turned their back on the trans community and enforced a changing room and bathroom ban on trans people across all their gym...

Supported by Forest, this is a celebratory social ride suitable for families and children hosted by the Women’s Network.   We’ll meet near Speakers Corner in Hyde Park beside the […]

Reliable and detailed data are required for the evaluation of pro-bike investments. Longitudinal studies that compare the cycling levels before and af…

Folks want to keep politics out of bike racing so bad, but that’s simply not reality. With a sport funded by whoever has the most money to give, teams and riders inevitably end up promoting political ...

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The following opinions are completely my own. &nbsp; To absolutely no one’s surprise, USAC has announced a change in the rules and put a blanket ban on trans women competing in women’s races. Whic...