Women on Wheels

As you know, I ride a recumbent trike. Before making what some might say was a lunatic decision (I think this myself sometimes when I wonder how I can take my trike on a plane for touring - uprights are sooo easy to pack-up, and so familiar to airlines) I researched carefully.

Terry's Bicycles site was a light-bulb moment for me. Being small in stature, some unkindly have said "hobbit-like" (only friends and family), with kinda short arms and legs, I was fascinated to read about Georgena Terry's exprerience. She started off as a cyclist, became a design engineer to get skills to design a better bike frame for women, and here it is. Unfortunately, I can find no Australian distributor for her bike, but here is a link to a whole bunch of videos around upright bicycle knowledge and her design logic. Enjoy! (And no, I'm not the Carole who is quoted on the link! It's just that great minds think alike.)

This woman's story is inspirational. As a confirmed cynic, I do not use "inspirational" lightly - spinal compression, cancer, thyroid removed, 8 children (only 7 of them by birth, ladies), 58 days across the US by trike, and runs a trike tour company. I need to win Lotto, and go, go, go. And she likes pink! Yes! Lucinda Chandler you rock. What do you think Lucinda might do next .. across the Andes by frog, perhaps? Wow!

Team Estrogen is another great site - although mostly an on-line shop, go to community and learn lots.

Meanwhile, back at home ... some Australian women cyclist's stories.

From Carolyn.

Unicycle Mania

Just when you thought it was safe to hop on your bike - someone comes up with a new idea. Or, is it an old idea, revisited? Anyway, I discovered that even unicycles can be duplicitous - there are trick ones, touring ones (yes, touring) and my goodness only knows what other kinds. The mind boggles, but it looks fun.

It is good to see our youth are off the streets and trick cycling (20" wheels) - even if some of the language is explicit. Be warned, Emma is a lady, but the second one has got street language in it.

Emma's unicycle show

Unicycle championships set to rap (Explicit language).

But wait, there's more, they're off on a tour of India - single wheels strapped to their backs - what size are those wheels (26")?

And now a link to a wheely good website.

Enough!

Happy Cycling to All - whether it be one wheel, or two, or three, or four (yes, four!), be it with / without a small motor ... you get the drift ...

from Carolyn