We’re taking a HOLIDAY!

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Dear Readers What a wicked 10 months its been since we first started blogging on SheRides Cycling! It’s time for a holiday though, so for the month of September you wont be seeing us on Facebook, Twitter and there will be nothing new published. Ride safely ladies. Regards SheRides Cycling  

Women’s Club Forum

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For the second year running I went along to a relatively new initiative by Cycling Victoria in the Womens Club Forum.  The intention of the forum, among other things, is to share ideas between club representatives to improve the female membership base of clubs, and address issues that some club members find as barriers to … Read more

Is All Publicity Good Publicity?

SheRides Cycling was never intended to be a platform to deal with politics or sexism, the only intention I have ever had was to give people 5 minutes of something else in their day, maybe they would find something here that would get them through the day. On my my commute home last night, I … Read more

Elissa McConaghy Rides Trek

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For a while now I’ve wanted to talk about bikes, we’re not just women who ride bikes. We know about our bikes and we care about our bikes, a lot of women out there in the community actually know what they’re talking about when they walk into a bike shop. This is Elissa McConaghy and … Read more

I pulled the plug on Yeppoon 70.3

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I pulled out of Yeppoon Ironman 70.3 last Friday. Not the easiest thing I’ve had to do. I’d been so pumped from the training session the week before, I honestly felt ready, and then it all started crumbling away. My FELT AR4, fondly known as Ginger needs a new chainstay; a carbon fibre one. 4 … Read more

Girls take on the Schools Cycling Championships

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This week I had the opportunity to watch women’s racing at its grass roots. Trying a sport at school has to be as grass-roots as it gets, and Cycling Victoria run a schools championship series, in which students that want to try racing can compete without a licence.   I’ve gotta say, Cycling Vic have … Read more

Summer in Europe by Von

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Von Micich recently avoided part of Melbourne’s stunning winter weather by jet setting to France. I asked her to write something; to give us a few minutes of peace out of our day. Her words below. ___ Recently I went on a holiday that some would call a “once in a lifetime experience”. I spent … Read more