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How the Bicycle Helped Bring about Women’s Equality

“Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel…the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood.” Suffragette Susan [...]

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LRRH2012

Little Red Gets Her Groove On: The 25th Anniversary Ride

It isn’t uncommon for the Little Red event organizers to receive a thank you notes after the race, but this one was from a man and was penned many months after the event.  He wrote to thank them and to tell them what the ride had meant to him and his wife. The husband said that [...]

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KeyHole

VOTE…2011 Photo Contest…VOTE

Ready … Set … VOTE!! It’s time to vote for the winner of Cycle & Style’s  2011  “IN MY HOMETOWN” Photo Contest Winner.   Please take a look through our great photographs and vote for your favorite.  C&S have ten entrants from across the United States this year with over 35 photographs to start with [...]

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Green Strider

Teaching Early Biking Skills with a Strider Bike (+BIKE GIVEAWAY!)

Strider Bikes are running bikes designed for children, ages 1-5 and have several advantages over tricycles and bikes with training wheels in teaching the balance and coordination skills necessary to making a smooth and speedy transition to a two-wheeled bicycle when the time comes. As Strider Bike inventor Ryan McFarland notes if a child can [...]

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Summer family

Why Summer Loves the Cycling Life

“I am not a pro biker, but I’m passionate about cycling.” –Summer Sanders You would think that for a retired Olympic gold medalist in swimming that taking on the challenge of competing in a triathlon for the first time would be a huge advantage.  The expectation was there that Summer Sanders, the world class swimmer, [...]

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Lori Harward: The Driving Force Behind Utah’s High School Mountain Biking (NICA) League

Lori Harward: The Driving Force Behind Utah’s High School Mountain Biking (NICA) League

Everything about Lori Harward exudes enthusiasm, passion and commitment, especially her involvement in the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA). After only meeting her once briefly at a press conference about NICA I knew I wanted to talk with her more in depth because her gusto was infectious… A few short emails later and she had [...]

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