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Fancy Women Bike Ride 22 September

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  1. sallyhinch
    Member

    The Fancy Women Bike Ride is coming to Edinburgh this year - organised by myself and Suzanne Forup. This is an annual ride on World Car Free Day to make women on bikes more visible (not in the hi-vis way) and encourage more women to ride.

    We'll be gathering outside the Scottish Parliament at 4pm ready to ride in Holyrood Park on the closed roads - more details to be announced as we work them out.

    Dress code: 'fancy' (dressed up, rather than dressed up as something). Men can participate too

    Facebook event here https://www.facebook.com/events/361436411203983/

    Fancy Women Bike Ride page here https://www.suslukadinlarbisikletturu.com/en/

    Posted 4 years ago #

  2. chdot
    Admin

    “Men can participate too”

    In what sense?

    “

    Fancy Women Bike Ride is an annual women-only cycling event held on the World Car Free Day.

    “

    https://www.suslukadinlarbisikletturu.com/en/

    Posted 4 years ago #

  3. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Perhaps we could form a peloton behind the pelotonne at a discrete distance?

    Posted 4 years ago #

  4. Arellcat
    Moderator

    In what sense?

    Where's maninaskirt when you need him?

    Posted 4 years ago #

  5. sallyhinch
    Member

    @IWRATS - pretty much. Men are asked to stay at the back

    Posted 4 years ago #

  6. sallyhinch
    Member

    @chdot - ah, that's not the instructions we've been given from the main organisers, which is basically that the rides can only be organised by women and that we ask men to stay at the back. Possibly a difference in translation?

    Posted 4 years ago #

  7. sallyhinch
    Member

    Here are the instructions for any men who want to attend (I might have known all the focus would have been on this detail)

    https://www.suslukadinlarbisikletturu.com/en/can-men-partecipate-to-the-ride/

    "Well, the name of the event is Fancy WOMEN Bike Ride and it is organized by women for women.

    If you are a man and you want to partecipate to Fancy Women Bike Ride, we would ask you to respect the following rules:

    Dress code: chic
    Behave like a gentleman
    You don’t need to wear lycra, it is a slow short bike ride.
    Please follow the group, don’t try to be the leader of the group.
    Take photos and make videos and share them on social media."

    Posted 4 years ago #

  8. Morningsider
    Member

    "Behave like a gentlemen" - excellent advice that should be interpreted as "Honestly, chaps - stay out of this one. Do you really have to take part in a Fancy Women's Bike Ride? Pretty much every other cycling thing is dominated by men, can't you let us have this one in peace."

    I appreciate the advice is really to counter any "What about the menz?" type comments - which is pretty depressing.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  9. gembo
    Member

    we could have also No Mansplaining, no changing the route, et cetera

    I like the sound of the event and the name. I see that I should not be someone wanting to go or someone even asking if a man can go.

    I do like the scene in Dirty Harry where Clint Eastwood is being verbally abused by either another male cop or maybe a male villain (or indeed spoiler alert the cops were the villains) for his 70s flares

    Look at you in your fancy shoes and your fancy pants and your fancy shirt, Do you know what that makes you?

    Clint replies Yeah - Fancy.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  10. unhurt
    Member

    (I might have known all the focus would have been on this detail)

    But Sally, it's the MOST IMPORTANT detail. Always.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  11. unhurt
    Member

    I'm only going along to see Sally in a tweed dress.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  12. sallyhinch
    Member

    I would totally rock a tweed dress. Might not be considered fancy enough though?

    Posted 4 years ago #

  13. Arellcat
    Moderator

    I'm only going along to see unhurt not wearing her SPD hiking boots.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  14. sallyhinch
    Member

    Thinking back, I've realised the last dress I bought I got married in (if I could find it, it would actually be suitable as it was short and pink). The last dress I even considered buying was a fantastic fitted Paul Smith pinafore-style shift dress (it might even have been tweed) that was way out of my budget. This is going to be as much of a culture shock to me as getting on a bike would be for some women of my acquaintance

    Posted 4 years ago #

  15. gembo
    Member

    Tweed dress might be a bit warm? I find with Tweed, one suffers for one's art

    Posted 4 years ago #

  16. chdot
    Admin

    Sally

    Now affordable. -

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lovely-PAUL-SMITH-multi-colour-summer-shift-party-dress-size-44-UK-10-12/392368195161

    (Not judging style or size, plenty others too.)

    Posted 4 years ago #

  17. unhurt
    Member

    I'm only going along to see unhurt not wearing her SPD hiking boot

    er. I was planning to wear those WITH a dress...

    Posted 4 years ago #

  18. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    So what best allows me to support this event without undermining it in any way?

    1) Never speak of it again
    2) Attend at a respectful distance
    3) Turn up in a dress and SPD boots

    Posted 4 years ago #

  19. chdot
    Admin

    https://dzrshoes.com/collections/dzr-bike-shoes

    Posted 4 years ago #

  20. sallyhinch
    Member

    @IWRATS - I have no problem with men showing up in support, on the contrary. But what might also helpful would be spreading the word to your female friends and relations who might be interested. Particularly anyone who doesn't currently cycle/wear frocks and needs a bit of encouragement or an occasion to do so.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  21. unhurt
    Member

    4) not making it all about you

    Posted 4 years ago #

  22. Arellcat
    Moderator

    I am in love with these: https://dzrshoes.com/collections/dzr-bike-shoes/products/ltd-1

    "As a girl who loves biking, I hate when products are made that just make us look like boys. I want to clip in, but still wear a skirt when doing so. In the end I made the Zurich - for myself and for a few other crazed female cyclists" – DZR’s owner/designer."

    For her next trick, how about she makes them larger than a size 40?

    Posted 4 years ago #

  23. sallyhinch
    Member

    This thread has made me realise I'll need to get some shoes as well ... I don't think they'll need to be cycling specific, but it might be more stylish if they weren't trainers/birkenstocks/DMs. And at least I won't have to walk in them

    Posted 4 years ago #

  24. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    @sallyhinch

    This I shall do.

    Posted 4 years ago #

  25. SRD
    Moderator

    Could these just be rules for all women's events?

    Posted 4 years ago #

  26. sallyhinch
    Member

    Or indeed for life?

    Posted 4 years ago #

  27. HankChief
    Member

    I'm loving the idea of this being on the same day as the HSBC Let's Ride event.

    It would be great to see some people doing both...

    https://www.letsride.co.uk/events/edinburgh

    Posted 4 years ago #

  28. sallyhinch
    Member

    We did wonder (after the fact) about combining them, but the emphasis on the free hi vis vest for Let's Ride vs. the very different approach to visibility taken by the Fancy Women Ride suggested this might not have worked

    Afterparty (and WCF Scotland AGM) at the Bike Station after

    Posted 4 years ago #

  29. I were right about that saddle
    Member

    Afterparty at the Bike Station

    Rock and roll!

    Posted 4 years ago #

  30. sallyhinch
    Member

    Today!

    The weather *would* decide to break today of all days, but hopefully it won't be too dreich to dampen spirits.

    Posted 4 years ago #

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