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Jun 18 • 8 tweets • 4 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
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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! ImageImage
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! ImageImage
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 ImageImage
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! Image
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! ImageImage
Bee (Brandon) Black is new to racing but won his first women's downhill race! I'm sure his kids are super proud. Image
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. Image
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? ImageImageImage

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It's encouraging to see media coverage of Austin Killips wrongly taking the women's win at @TouroftheGila.

This is happening at every level of cycling. Whether or not the male wins is irrelevant. At any level, women's sports are for women.

Examples from this week⬇️:
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I won't tell you which one Prim Rose is - you'll have to try to figure it out. Image
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Apr 9
🧵Males in women's cycling - master thread🧵

"This is a tiny group of people. It's not an issue. It hardly affects anyone."

Every woman and girl at every level of competition deserves the right to race in a category free of male advantage.

#ThisNeverHappens #SaveWomensSports ImageImageImage
Jillian Bearden (Jonathan)

Former mediocre male racer who quickly had success after transitioning to the female category. Raced with the pro women at the Colorado Classic. Masters national champion. Colorado state Champion. ImageImage
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Attention! I've been completely wrong this whole time:

Male athletes racing against women aren't winning because of male puberty, they're winning because of their superior training, fitness, and tactics.

Jordan Johnson was much fitter than the women at this race, obviously:
Kallie (aka Drew) Winners certainly would not have beaten all these cat 4 women without the expert coaching of Rebecca Gross.
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Dec 6, 2022
🧵#3 about men racing in women's cycling.

Remember, this is SO RARE that we should just shut up about it!

#savewomenssports

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According to the team instagram profile, it's an "Equipo de ciclismo 100% femenil" Image
Citaly Carapia races both road and mountain bike. ImageImageImage
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Nov 21, 2022
Thread 🧵#2 about how "this never happens" and there are "so few" male-bodied trans racers in women's cycling that it can't possibly affect anyone at all!

#SaveWomensSports

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