Monday night at London Bike Kitchen is W.a.G. night (Woman and Gender-variant). WaG is a dedicated space for women and gender-variant people to fix their own bikes, with mechanics on hand for help and advice. We also run (mixed gender) introductory courses (on other days) for people who are very new to bike mechanics, or want to […]

Pedallers’ Arms Part of the spokeswomen project, Pedallers Arms is a DIY bike workshop where you can come and fix your own bike, with help on hand if you need it. Pedallers is really women friendly but also has a Sunday session for women/trans – 3rd Sunday of the month Women’s cycle training – on road […]

I heart bikes – Bike mechanics courses for women, run by women. Run on Saturdays throughout the year. Contact . Women’s cycle training– on-road cycle training for women from the perspective of a woman. Currently we are working on a project with JET, Re-cyke Y’bike, Northumbria University and Newcastle Science city. This project focuses on engaging women from black […]

I found this website the other day all based on one woman’s experience of cycling through London. Here is just one of her experiences: “Our first wanker was angry that a bicycle was on the road. He hit his horn whilst behind me, whilst I was waiting in the cycle box at the traffic lights. As he […]

Theres a lot of talk about women being more nervous of cycling on the roads than men.  I don’t know if I agree with that.  I do think they’re often more prepared to admit fear, which is definitely not the same thing. I suspect that men often mask their nerves in lycra and bravado whereas […]

Given that I always find myself encouraging people onto two wheels, my scepticism of a public London bike scheme felt slightly at odds. I loved the idea but really didn’t know what to expect, and if Boris was in charge felt sure it was destined to fail. How wrong could I have been? Yeah there is […]

This is a blog for women who cycle and stand up for women’s right to ride, fix and have good old-fashioned fun on bikes. Spokeswomen, you might say.   We believe every woman who braves the cat calls and takes to the road on a bike should be applauded. We want to be part of […]

This week (16-23 june) is Oxford Bike Week. To mark the occasion we took to the saddle and we went looking for free food on the toe paths and in the hedge-rows of oxford. We found loads of elderflower, lime leaves, nettles, horthorn, berries, poppies, some fungus and even pre-packaged sandwiches and salads from a well-known […]

In the midst of all the recent media celebration and speculation about about South Sudan’s new nationhood – a topic which I’m going to skim right over on account of an unforgivable lack of knowledge – I read an article by Laura Powell in the Guardian which really spoke to me. It was the story […]