Why Sunday Parkways organizers are reaching out to female volunteers
“Our effort to recruit female leaders is about the core mission of Sunday Parkways to build community.”
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New ad for women’s jeans raises the bar for marketing bike products
The video launched today bursts through a dozen dull stereotypes.
Comment of the Week: The challenge of speaking up as a woman who bikes
“This is a systemic problem of which we have only scratched the surface.”
New shop on Williams Ave, ‘Gladys Bikes’, caters to women
Leah Benson, owner of Gladys Bikes.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Portland has a new bike shop. But before you react with, “Really? Another one!?”, keep in mind that unlike any other shop in Portland, Gladys Bikes (Facebook) at 3808 N Williams caters specifically to women. The shop is the work of 30-year old north Portland resident … Read more
Six lessons for Portland from the League’s new ‘Women Bike’ report
Common, but not quite common enough.(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland) Even in Portland, people who really ought to know better (links to FB) still claim now and then that biking is a thing for young dudes. Still, in a town where only 31 percent of people on bikes tend to be female (it’s about 25 percent … Read more
PBOT launches women’s cycling survey
Survey asks what women want.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) The Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has released a women’s cycling survey. The survey comes from PBOT’s Active Transportation Division and it aims to learn more about women’s current bike use and interest in cycling in general. PBOT’s Women on Bikes program has been leading rides and creating … Read more
Portland women team up for ‘Let’s Race Bikes!’ initiative
A member of Sorella Forte racing at PIR.(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) A new initiative launched in Portland aims to get more women racing bikes on the road. Let’s Race Bikes! is a coalition led by local teams that want to see larger women’s fields at races throughout Oregon. “Basically, a group of women have joined … Read more
Beaverton Bike Gallery to hold special “Women’s Night” event
The Beaverton Bike Gallery is hosting a big Women’s Night event this coming Tuesday (1/11). On their website, the shop says the event is, “The perfect opportunity to talk with knowledgeable staff, industry reps, and other female cyclists about women’s clothing and bikes, family riding, and more.” I was curious about the event, so Beaverton … Read more
Hey ladies, this survey’s for you!
Survey hopes to figure out what makes women more likely to ride.(Photo © J. Maus) Women are widely regarded in bike wonk circles as an indicator species of a city’s level of bike-friendliness. If women are riding, the thinking goes, then biking conditions must be good. But why is this? What specific factors motivate women … Read more
Editorial: My year as a woman in a city of bikes
But even here in Portland, particularly in parts of the bike scene with a strong connection with sports and business, assumptions about gender often remain unquestioned. February: I am asked to volunteer on a committee for a bicycle organization “because we need more women.” The person who invites me says that he had been frantically … Read more