#nopodiumgirls - Pretty. Damned. Fast.
I was honored when Pretty Damned Fast asked me to write a post for the site about podium girls - specifically, why cycling should stop using them like, yesterday. Hope you enjoy it.
To make a gnarly hill, just add mud
Coryn Rivera at US Cyclocross Nationals 2015
Photo credit: Bloomingcyclist
Helen Wyman: Pressing the equality button | Cyclingnews.com
Yes, that means 14 riders got paid €300 each, despite not even finishing on the lead lap. That’s a total of €4,200. The entire prize fund for women’s race is €7,400. So an amount equal to 56% of the total women’s prize fund goes to men who couldn’t finish on the lead lap.
Helen Wyman is fed up with the massive gender disparity in race earnings, and she breaks it the fuck down in this article. It’s stark, it’s depressing, and it really needs to change.
Cool video of Katie Compton at the Milton Keynes World Cup race. The mud splattering on the camera makes for a nice effect.
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I just moved to NYC (holler at me if you wanna ride!) and really feel this sad face. This weather suuuuucks but taking the subway sucks more!
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SO MANY BIKES <3 <3 <3
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Here’s my pumpkin this year (Satan stole the seat tube).
Happy Halloween! Ride extra safe tonight, ghouls.
Hey dude
Yeah, I guess she is good looking. I was actually looking at her bike though. She’s come to a bike race, not to be gawked at. No, you’re boring, you’re on repeat..
This whole thing is great but this part…
Why should you split the money 50-50? You beat so many more people than they did… They didn’t rig the race so that fewer women would come. They came out and beat everyone who was willing to race them. Just because there aren’t as many women competing doesn’t mean that they didn’t race as hard and as smart as you. It’s not their fault there weren’t more women racing. If anyone’s, it might be partly your fault, that thoughtless attitude isn’t exactly drawing a female crowd in.
EVE
Women who blog
I’m constantly disappointed when I log onto cyclingnnews.comand see little to no coverage of the latest women’s races. While there are websites like Podium Cafe and cyclingtips that try to report on most of the big women’s races a lot of the best stories come from the riders themselves.
Below I’ve compiled a list of ‘riders who blog’ (thanks to twitter!) so you can go straight to the primary source and get the inside story on how Ellen van Dijk attacked the peloton to win solo or how Rabobank shattered the peloton in the crosswinds.
This is a fantastic resource for keeping up with women pro cyclists. After today’s abysmally low coverage of La Course, it’s clear we’re just gonna have to find this stuff out ourselves.