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CYCLE Kids Brooklyn Launch Lead

Bringing the Joy of Cycling to Brooklyn Schools

Susi // advocacy
Few encounters are more memorable than those between children and new bikes. The magic was on full view at Wednesday’s launch of the CYCLE Kids program in Brooklyn at Benjamin Franklin Elementary School. Throughout the morning, students handled bicycle tools, spun wheels, peppering volunteers with [...]
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Women's Cycling Forum 2013

Scenes from the National Womens Bicycling Forum

Susi // advocacy, women in cycling
The National Womens Bicycling Forum in Washington DC this week heralded “a new day,” one that’s bursting with energy and creative thinking to bring the joys and advantages of riding bicycles to a broader community and to engage more women at all levels of [...]
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National Women's Cycling Forum

Sign Up for the National Women’s Cycling Forum!

Susi // advocacy, women in cycling
Here’s why I’m excited about the new National Women Bike Campaign organized by the League of American Bicyclists: It’s the first coordinated effort not only to encourage more women to ride bicycles, but also to engage them in leadership  – as advocates, engineers, [...]
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world bicycle relief

4 Great Ways to Give Back to Cycling

Susi // advocacy
Tick tick tick. The year is coming to an end, so now – right this very second – is the perfect time to open a new window in your browser and make a tax-deductible, online contribution to a cause that makes the world a better [...]
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National Women's Bicycling Summit Ride

Power and Potential at Womens Bicycling Summit

Susi // advocacy, women in cycling
The imperative for women to rally together to close the gender gap among cyclists in this country truly hit me, not at the innaugural National Womens Bicycling Summit in Long Beach, CA, but a few days later at the Interbike cycling industry trade show [...]
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Q & A: NYC Cycling Advocate Caroline Samponaro

genevieve // advocacy, women in cycling
It was Caroline Samponaro’s first taste of freedom in the Connecticut suburbs, on a red BMX-style kid’s bike like the one in E.T., that kindled a long-term relationship with the bicycle. Fast-forward to a year-long bike tour of Japan, an undergrad thesis on New York [...]
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my (social) ride with olympic cyclist evelyn stevens

Susi // women in cycling
As the Olympics kick off this weekend, I can tell you where I’ll be on Sunday at 7 a.m. EST: In front of the TV, cheering on Evelyn Stevens and Team U.S.A. as they compete in the women’s road cycling race in London. Those [...]
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10 u.s. cities where female cyclists rule roads

Susi // advocacy
One measure of a city’s progress in embracing cycling for transportation and recreation is Bicycle Friendly Community designation, ranging from bronze to platinum levels, awarded by the League of American Cyclists.  I often refer to the gender imbalance in bicycle commuting in New York [...]
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nyc women join in global cyclofemme celebration

Susi // advocacy
Last Sunday, women in 14 countries gathered for 164 rides to celebrate cycling under the unifying banner of the inaugural CycloFemme. Among the events, organized to “honor the past, celebrate the present and empower the future of women’s cycling” on Mother’s Day, were three [...]
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majorca in springtime: where bicyclists belong

Susi // advocacy
Picture a world where people on two wheels are ubiquitous. Where bicycles are lined up in the springtime sun outside every outdoor cafe — and their riders are welcomed, indeed wooed. Where vehicles, even hulking buses, give way to groups of riders, and where the [...]
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