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Kerena
@beancycling.bsky.social
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🏳️‍🌈 Bike rider (fietser!), LCC Women’s Network. Trying to do my bit for our 🌍 & for a better world for all. 🇵🇸 🍉Trans Ally 🏳️‍⚧️
Co-owner of Stanley the Wirehaired Fox Terrier.
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beancycling.bsky.social
In 2018 I was proud to be one of the @cyclinguk.bsky.social “100 Women in Cycling” for my work with @newhamcyclists.uk - alongside some brilliant women.
Their decision to restrict the awards to ‘biological’ women (whatever they are) is a massive disappointment.

www.cyclinguk.org/100-women-cy...
100 Women in Cycling 2025
Cycling UK’s 100 Women in Cycling celebrates extraordinary women who inspire, encourage and empower others to experience the joy of cycling
www.cyclinguk.org
November 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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letsgetcracking.bsky.social
🌞 weather gods are currently behaving for Sunday's Family ride !
Sign up lcc.org.uk/events/wn-fa...
and look out for local feeder rides eg lcc.org.uk/events/islin...

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@cyclinguk.bsky.social
Weather for Sunday showing some sun, no wind and no rain
October 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
beancycling.bsky.social
We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...
Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name
notinourname.org.uk
October 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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mimmymum.bsky.social
A Whitehall source said: “Unfortunately this looks like the EHRC deflecting – they still haven’t sent ministers the information requested in order to assess the draft code. The EHRC should be cracking on with their job, not giving lectures on timing while government still awaits their material” 🔥
EHRC drops interim trans advice and urges ministers to act fast to approve its guidance
Equalities watchdog removes interim response to supreme court ruling on legal definition of a woman from its website
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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carolinerussell.bsky.social
Once again - cars are never the most resilient solution. 🚗 💨

Invest in reliable and affordable public transport and safe conditions for walking and cycling for the win.
🤸🏽 🚶🏽‍♀️ 👩‍🦽‍➡️ 👨🏼‍🦼‍➡️ 🚌
October 16, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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goodlawproject.bsky.social
A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – it's time to fight back.

Keep Hampstead women’s pond inclusive - add your name 👇
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive
October 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
beancycling.bsky.social
I've just used Good Law Project's tool to let Virgin Active know they're following transphobes, not the law. You can do it too here: goodlaw.social/638d25
Virgin Active: Stop following transphobes, follow the law
After a legal threat from GB News presenter Michelle Dewberry, Virgin Active turned their back on the trans community and enforced a changing room and bathroom ban on trans people across all their gym...
goodlaw.social
September 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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letsgetcracking.bsky.social
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🚲 🌳 🍂 Family pootle in central London's parks
🗓️ Sunday 26 October
⏰ 1200
📝organised and led by @londoncycling.bsky.social Women's Network & @joyridersuk.bsky.social.

Get your 👕
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Women's Network Family Ride - London Cycling Campaign
Supported by Forest, this is a celebratory social ride suitable for families and children hosted by the Women’s Network.   We’ll meet near Speakers Corner in Hyde Park beside the […]
lcc.org.uk
September 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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letsgetcracking.bsky.social
64% of bike trips made by women ?!!

How did they do that !

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modacitylife.com Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · Sep 22
With 29% of all trips made by bike and 64% of bike trips made by women, Osaka is a cycling city beyond compare. What makes it even more remarkable is these gains were made in spite of very little dedicated infrastructure. So what can we learn from a place that didn't build it, and they came anyway?🧵
People of all ages and abilities wearing regular attire ride sturdy, upright bicycles on the streets of central Osaka. People of all ages and abilities wearing regular attire ride sturdy, upright bicycles on the streets of central Osaka. People of all ages and abilities wearing regular attire ride sturdy, upright bicycles on the streets of central Osaka. People of all ages and abilities wearing regular attire ride sturdy, upright bicycles on the streets of central Osaka.
September 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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davelee.me
Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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walkridegm.org.uk
Evidence shows more women cycle when our highways and public spaces are designed with women’s perspectives and lifestyles at the forefront, including ‘trip-chaining’ between various destinations.

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Build it and give ‘em bikes, and they will come: The effects of cycling infrastructure and bike-sharing system in Lisbon
Reliable and detailed data are required for the evaluation of pro-bike investments. Longitudinal studies that compare the cycling levels before and af…
www.sciencedirect.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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letsgetcracking.bsky.social
As styled on various happy jaunts - cycling with @parisenselle.fr, on the Greenway, at an endangered LTN in Tower Hamlets and at 'special bikes allowed' evening at Kew. Quality, sustainable and fun !
4 women wearing Women want Freedom to Ride T-shirts Two women wearing Women want freedom to ride T-shirts 3 women on bikes , two wearing Women Want Freedom to Ride T-shirts Two women wearing Women Want Freedom to Ride T-shirts in front of an LCC stall at Kew Gardens
September 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
beancycling.bsky.social
You too can own one of our fab t-shirts & support the cause!

freedom-to-ride.teemill.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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londoncycling.bsky.social
Great presentation by the LCC Women's Network at the 2025 London Walking, Wheeling and Cycling Conference. Well done Kate! 👏

Reminder: London's Cycleways need to be routed through safe places - eg not parks - to work for everyone 24/7 🚨

lcc.org.uk/news/womens-...
Kate from the LCC Women's Network stands to the right, next to a City of London lectern, speaking to the audience. Behind her are four people on chairs and a screen for the presentation. It is in front of a colourful stained glass window in Guildhall Four women stand together from the LCC Women's Network at the 2025 Walking Wheeling and Cycling Conference in Guildhall, City of London
September 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
beancycling.bsky.social
More wise words from Ayesha…

www.aquickbrownfox.com/blog/2025/9/...
Pro- Palestine Protestors Disrupting La Vuelta — A Quick Brown Fox
Folks want to keep politics out of bike racing so bad, but that’s simply not reality. With a sport funded by whoever has the most money to give, teams and riders inevitably end up promoting political ...
www.aquickbrownfox.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social
‘Stop starving Gaza’: Cosmetics giant Lush closes UK stores in solidarity with Palestinians - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/stop-starving-gaza-cosmetics-giant-lush-closes-uk-stores-solidarity
‘Stop starving Gaza’: Cosmetics giant Lush closes UK stores in solidarity with Palestinians
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September 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
beancycling.bsky.social
www.aquickbrownfox.com/blog/2025/9/...
I'm Outraged That Trans Women Are Completely Banned from USAC — A Quick Brown Fox
The following opinions are completely my own. &nbsp; To absolutely no one’s surprise, USAC has announced a change in the rules and put a blanket ban on trans women competing in women’s races. Whic...
www.aquickbrownfox.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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letsgetcracking.bsky.social
Love that gilet @jillborcherds.bsky.social !

Other merch available freedom-to-ride.teemill.com/product/free...
4 women wearing Women want freedom to ride'. T-shirts
August 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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letsgetcracking.bsky.social
Great to welcome @parisenselle.fr Camille and Flor for a ride round the good, the bad and the downright dangerous cycle routes in the east - and to admire @towerhamletsnow.bsky.social LTNs
@joyridersuk.bsky.social
@beancycling.bsky.social
@lewishamcyclists.bsky.social
@londoncycling.bsky.social
Group of cyclists at Bethnal Green Stairway to Heaven memorial Cyclists waiting at a bridge which is raised to let boats through Cyclists admiring view of Tower Bridge Admiring a LTN which is under threat from a misguided local council
August 11, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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transsolidarity.bsky.social
This is an emergency.
The time to act is now.

They aren’t slowing down, they aren’t changing course.

Tell your MP why this matters. Tell them parliament makes law in this country, not the courts.
This
August 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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transsolidarity.bsky.social
The EHRC is not changing course on their bathroom ban.

They don’t care what the consultation said.

So what happens now? 🧵

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Ban trans women from single-sex spaces, equality watchdog to say
August 8, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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letsgetcracking.bsky.social
🙏🏻🙏🏻 to @londoncycling.bsky.social local groups @lewishamcyclists.bsky.social and southwarkcycles for getting #DunwichDynamo riders and bikes back home safely yesterday. Great work,much appreciated ! Here's a 'before' pic - no need for 'after' !
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@benhouse.bsky.social
Group of bikes and riders at London Fields before setting off on 120 miles through the night from London to Dunwich
July 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
beancycling.bsky.social
Great video about the expansion of cycling in London!
Featuring @letsgetcracking.bsky.social in one of our fabulous t-shirts!
July 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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betterstsnewham.bsky.social
In case you were still in any doubt of the benefit of low traffic neighbourhoods…
peterwalker99.bsky.social Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · Jul 7
NEW: Big study of low-traffic neighbourhoods in London suggest they cut road injuries and deaths by more than a third within their boundaries with no apparent negative safety effect on nearby roads. This feels a *major* boost for proponents of such schemes.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’
Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
beancycling.bsky.social
I’ve nominated an inspirational woman to be considered for Cycling UK’s 100 Women in Cycling 2025!
These awards recognise and celebrate women who inspire, encourage and empower others to cycle.
You can nominate until 5pm, Monday 28 July.
cyclinguk.org/100women/2025
100 Women in Cycling 2025
Cycling UK’s 100 Women in Cycling celebrates extraordinary women who inspire, encourage and empower others to experience the joy of cycling
cyclinguk.org
June 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM