Women’s Read, Ride, Write Tour – 11 June

Join adventure cyclist Jenny Tough and creative writer Helen Boden for a cycle tour of Edinburgh with a difference. This is a FREE event as part of the amazing Edinburgh Festival of Cycling.

• Date: 11th June 2017 14:00 – 16:30
• Venue: Middle Meadow Walk

We’ll be riding, reading and writing our way around the city, stopping to check out a few independent bookshops and attempting to squeeze in a cake stop too. No writing experience is required, just a bike and a love of books!

The ride will cover no more than 4 to 5 miles, there will be some readings, conversation, writing and have we mentioned cakes yet…

Please note this ride is a celebration of female cycling literature, not a female-only ride. Everyone who enjoys reading literature written by women is welcome.

Who can say no to cake and books, right?!

World Bike Girl – Jan 2017

Join Women’s Cycle Forum Scotland for an evening with World Bike Girl, Ishbel Taromsari. Ishbel has been cycling the world solo for 2 and a half years and has pedalled across 16 countries, documenting her trip along the way.

She’ll be telling us about her incredible journey, from her scariest miles – cycling along Syrian border in 2014 where she was taken to the Syrian Revolution Command Centre – to her hardest miles, which was crossing the Andes mountains from Chile into Bolivia reaching 5000 metres.

Ishbel uses the bicycle as a platform to promote human and animal rights, shining the spotlight on the plight of both animals and people in challenging environments. Before cycling the world she was a velodrome track sprinter for Iranian Women’s Team and a velodrome sprinter for Glasgow Life & a Scottish Institute of Sport Athlete.

The event is free to attend, but we would be grateful for donations towards the costs of the evening.

The events are free but ticketed. Tickets must be reserved via Eventbrite.

Sat 14 January 2017, 19:00 – 20:30
Forest Cafe, 141 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh
Eventbrite tickets

Sat 21 January 2017, 19:00 – 21:00
Glasgow Bike Station, 65 Haugh Rd, Glasgow
Eventbrite tickets

Women’s Cycle Forum Meet-up @ Glasgow, Fri 11 Nov

Meet us at Siempre Bicycle Cafe in Glasgow as we join Adventure Syndicate athlete, environmentalist and author Kate Rawles, who cycled from Texas to Alaska following the spine of the Rockies exploring climate change.

• When:  Fri 11 November 2016, 19:00 – 21:00
• Where: Siempre Bicycle Cafe, Glasgow

Kate will share some of the highs and lows of The Carbon Cycle journey and how it evolved into ‘adventure plus’ – using adventurous journeys to raise awareness and inspire action on our major environmental challenges.

Supported by Cycling UK Scotland, this evening is a send off for Kate on her next adventure as she rides from Costa Rica to Cape Horn on a bamboo bike. But it’s also a chance to meet up with women from across the spectrum of cycling – whether you think nothing of crossing continents on two wheels, or whether popping down to the shops by bike is adventure enough.

Event is free. Further info here.

“Cake and Chat” at Cycling Scotland Conference – Mon 7 November

“Cake and Chat” – Monday 7 November – 4pm – Perth

Join us for cake and chat after your Cycling Scotland study tour to find out more about what we do and what we can all do to make cycling more diverse and inclusive at every level.

You can also join if you are not attending the conference. This is a wee informal get together for those interested in finding out more about the Women’s Cycle Forum.

Where: at the cafe in the foyer, Perth Concert Hall, Perth (Mill Street, Perth PH1 5HZ)

Further info about the conference:
http://www.cyclingscotlandconference.org/event/study-tours/