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Jun 18, 2023 • 8 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X

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It's Father's Day!

Let's take a moment to honor the dads of women's bike racing!

Some have grown children, some share custody, and some have young ones at home.

Somehow, all of them find the time to stand on women's cycling podiums at all different levels.

Incredible!

Tara (Todd) Seplavy has taught his kids the important lesson that you can still hang in the women's P-1-2-3 as a rather out-of-shape 48-year-old cat 3 as long as you put in the effort (and are male).

Inspiring!

Jillian (Jonathan) Bearden and Jenna (Jimmy) Lingwood both have masters national championship titles in the US.

The wives of Bearden and Lingwood don't have any national titles. Their kids are learning that dads can do anything they set their minds to*!

*in women's bike racing

Antonia (Matias) Saelzer was the Chilean downhill mountain bike women's national champion in 2021. Saelzer stands on women's podiums all the time while his wife and kids watch proudly. Amazing!

Lesley (Wesley) Mumford has had many wins and podiums over the last couple of years in fat biking, mountain biking, and gravel.

Mumford refers to himself as "just a mid-40s mom." If only we could all be so humble!

Bee (Brandon) Black is new to racing but won his first women's downhill race! I'm sure his kids are super proud.

Kenzie (Kenneth) Statz has had more success in the female categories than in the male ones. I'm sure his kids understand that this is due to his hard work and superior training.

Fathers Erica (Eric) Miller, Patti (Patrick) Flynn, and Dahron Johnson all stand on women's podiums from time to time, too. Isn't it great to see fathers in middle age keeping themselves fit?

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https://twitter.com/SenFettermanPA/status/1896728606812028954

Um, excuse me, how is it ok for @SenFettermanPA to literally deny the existence of trans athletes in Pennsylvania?

It's NOT a "small handful," Senator Fetterman. Stop trying to erase trans people. 😤

Don't believe me? Here are some examples from cycling.

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https://twitter.com/SenFettermanPA/status/1896728606812028954

Here's Katheryn (James) Phillips on the podium at the Hummelstown Criterium in south central Pennsylvania.

Here's Tara (Todd) Seplavy in second place at the Pennsylvania State Crit championships and first place at the Emrick Boulevard Crit in Pennsylvania.

I know women who have quit racing because they were tired of racing with Seplavy in their field.

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@i_heart__bikes

Feb 20

Austin Killips, a male former pro women's cyclist, has written a piece for The Guardian!

I'm proud that my coverage of his AZT record made it into @realDonaldTrump's speech announcing his women's sports EO.

Let's explore some of Killips' claims. 🧵👇

theguardian.com/sport/commenti…

Killips says that his interest in events like the Arizona Trail Race was due to their co-ed leaderboards.

But these events all have separate male and female records. And Killips races in the "female" category.

This piece by Killips fails to mention that after taking the "overall co-ed record" (while registered as a female) on the Arizona Trail, he took the women's ITT record for the Tour Divide.

He was not fast enough to take the overall record on this one.

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Dec 25, 2024

Let's compare the results of another male before and after his transition to the women's category.

This guy used to race with males under the name Kyle Small (L).

Upon enrolling at @FLCSkyhawks, he changed his name to Kylie Small (R) and started racing with the women.

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Here are some road and a few mountain bike race results taken from .

Kyle Small raced in men's 4 and 5 and in some junior age group races. His best results come in the men's 5, which is for complete beginners. bikereg.com

Now let's look at results for "Kylie" Small.

Small's results here are mostly from higher categories (collegiate A, P/1/2/3) than his men's results, but he's suddenly getting podiums and upgrade points! 🤯 bikereg.com

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@i_heart__bikes

Dec 23, 2024

When I post about men racing in the women's category, I often get questions along the lines of, "How did he do in the men's category?"

I'm going to start posting some comparisons.

Today let's look at Henry Lin (📷left) vs "Eva" Lin (📷right)

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Here are Henry Lin's road racing results from road-results.com

Looks like Lin started racing in college at @SJSU. He got one road podium and otherwise mid- to back-of-the-pack results. (These are reasonable results for a beginner and nothing to feel bad about.)

Btw DNP stands for "Did Not Place." Depending on the type of race and size of the field, sometimes officials only give placements to a certain number of riders.

Here are Henry Lin's results after switching to the women's category and racing as "Eva Lin."

Looks like he started winning after switching categories.

I wonder why that is. 🤔🤷‍♀️

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Dec 22, 2024

🏆 With the year coming to a close, it's time to celebrate some of the transwomen (also known as "men") who have won in women's cycling in 2024.

These males are an oppressed minority, yet they're brave enough to show up to women's bike races and WIN.

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Arya Elowen, formerly known as Michael Pillman, took some women's cat 4 wins in Colorado. He even took the women's cat 4 crit championship title!

I wonder why this talented athlete never won during his years of racing in the men's 4s.

Kylie (Kyle) Small is no stranger to the top women's podium step. Here he is at the Littleton Twilight Crit and the Maverick Classic.

(The top podium step was considerably more elusive when he was racing against fellow males.)

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Nov 22, 2024

💫Did you know that today, Nov 21, is the Day Of Remembering That Men Are Still Racing In The @usacycling Women's Category?💫

Such a special day!

Today we recall the racers who will never be female but who are allowed to race in USAC's women's fields anyway for some reason.🧵👇

Here's Kylie (Kyle) Small racing (and winning) a women's singlespeed cyclocross national championship.

This is not how you grow the women's field, @usacycling. "Kylie" will never be a woman.

Here's Lesley (Wesley) Mumford on the top podium step of a @usacycling women's cat 3 cyclocross race.

Even if Mumford eventually makes it to cat 2 and has to report his testosterone levels, he still will never be a woman.

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