A large number of my tweets have been removed in the EU for defamation/insult. πͺπΊ
This has made me deeply consider my ways. I have now realized that trans women are women!
π§΅I would like to set things right with a thread of brave trans women racing bikes as their true selves!
This has made me deeply consider my ways. I have now realized that trans women are women!
π§΅I would like to set things right with a thread of brave trans women racing bikes as their true selves!
Jenna Lingwood has had tons of wins in road and cyclocross over the past several years. She even has a national championship title. She's so strong!
Abigail Francis races for Colorado State University. She's showing the world that trans women can be on collegiate women's cycling teams. Amazing!
Averi Firari used to race in an elite program for the US Air Force. Now she's a coach and was recently the female half of a male/female gravel duo. Go Averi!
Roxy Bombardier races gravel and cyclocross. She's a big advocate for getting more trans women on bikes. Incredible!
Zoey Marks is showing the world that trans women can race singlespeed crits AND be good at it. She's a natural!
Jordan Lothrop has been taking podiums on the track in the Pacific Northwest and in her native Canada. She is built for track racing!
Zee Mars took a hiatus from racing after Foxy Moxy disbanded, but she's back at it and doing great. Go Zee!
Alison Roth has had both women's AND nonbinary podiums. Is there anything she can't do?
Chloe Spritz is an Oregon state cyclocross champion and has seen a lot of podiums in the past year. She has been racing bikes for a long time, but has only recently start racing as her true self.
Jordan Johnson posted some of the highest sprint numbers at USA Cycling's Search For Speed talent ID program. Unfortunately, due to bigoted rules set forth by the UCI, Jordan won't be developed for the Olympics. She can still race her bike in road, track, and cyclocross though!
Kylie Small is only a college freshman but she is making her mark on women's cycling! She's the reigning US women's singlespeed cyclocross national champion. She didn't even know she was good at singlespeed CX until this year. She's a natural!
Eva Lin is racing as her true self at San Jose State. She was able to represent her school on the women's cycling squad at the collegiate track national championships. Go Eva!
Lesley Mumford is a single mom and a successful master's bike racer. Is there anything a trans woman can't do?
Wren Stark Haven's team made sure to let everyone know she's @usacycling Group B legal! I'm glad she passed the vetting process for USAC Group B trans athletes and can race authentically.
Tessa Johnson knows that when she works hard, it pays off. No matter where she's racing - the road, the track or the cx course - she's standing on podiums. She's a true champ!
Sylvia Dardenne doesn't let her age (50) stop her from living her dream. She's a member of elite Belgian cycling team Baloise WB Ladies.
Katheryn "KJ" Phillips has been on a bunch of podiums lately. Before discovering her passion and talent for cycling, she played rugby.
Prim Rose is having fun racing her bike in various disciplines for PDX Dream Team.
Sandy Hosey has been racing road bikes for several years. It's so important to the WTF cycling community to have longtime role models like Sandy in women's cycling.
Despite Arya Elowen's ethereal name, she is a fearsome beast in the cat 3/4s! She is on Ride Or Die Racing's elite WTF squad.
Claire Law is a fixture in the PNW racing scene. She can be found on the road, the track, the trail, and the cyclocross course.
Casey Williamson races for the women's squad on 606 Racing. Why don't more women wear heels and skirts when standing on podiums and riding fixies?
Tara Seplavy is a trans rights warrior and a cat 3 rouleuse. She can often be found in the women's P/1/2/3 putting in mid-race attacks that split the field apart. She's so strong!
Sammy Rose Dobrozsi has continued to race bikes through her transition. She races big crits like Speed Week and is able to hang in the P/1/2/3 despite having a major hormonal disadvantage!
Taryn Askew loves to race her BMX bike. She also writes for The Bloom BMX, a publication that covers women's BMX. It's very important to have women's voices in cycling media, isn't it?
Catherine Barnwell has only been racing bikes for a little over a year and has already had numerous podiums in cx, mountain bike, and road. She realized that she's truly a talented endurance athlete around the same time that she realized she's a woman. Beautiful!
Antonia Saelzer has had a ton of wins in downhill mountain biking in Chile, including national championship titles. She tackles the trickiest downhill courses while wearing leopard print pants and riding a pink frame. You go girl!
Natalie Hibbard-Pelly is another athletic trans woman on the @usacycling women's collegiate cycling scene. She races road, mtb, and cx for the University of Washington. Thank you to UW for allowing Natalie to race her bike authentically!
Carly Gauger races mountain bikes. She has written about how she's here today because of visible trans women. The visibility of trans women in cycling is literally saving lives! Amazing! I'm so thankful to be able to contribute to this visibility. π
Bee Black's swift and spectacular rise through the ranks of women's downhill is truly special. Her hard work and her perseverance in the face of adversity have allowed her to race alongside some of the fastest women in the world! Incredible.
Patti Flynn races road, gravel, and cyclocross. She's also a mother and a grandmother. Wonderful!
Cara Dixon has always loved on-the-bike selfies. Around the time that she realized who she really is, her selfies started to look more and more beautiful. She races ultra distance and puts in more hours on the bike than any woman I know of. She is SUPER dedicated and talented!
Kenzie Statz is yet another fierce bike racing mom. She races mountain bikes and fat bikes, and she's not afraid to dress to the nines both on and off the bike. Go Kenzie!
Alex Showerman is not afraid to take on the historically male-dominated discipline of mountain bike freeride. She's a lesbian, an advocate for inclusion in cycling, AND is one of the newest faces of @julianabicycles, a women's-specific mountain bike brand. Wonderful!
Mexican rider Sofia Zarate loves to race her bike on road and gravel and has had quite a bit of success doing it. Some women have complained about this success, but it's probably because they're jealous of her superior genetics and work ethic.
Erica Miller has found that racing road and cyclocross in the women's 50+ category has proven to be an incredible, affirming experience!
Emil Carr-Ross is the only woman EVER to finish the grueling Esperit de Girona bike packing race. The tenacity of trans women knows no bounds!
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Tiffany Thomas started racing her bike in her 40s. She is very dedicated to training and also very talented, so she was able to land a spot on domestic elite women's team LA Sweat. Go Tiffany!
Candace Kennedy-Hess is one of the co-presidents of women's team Sturdy Girl Cycling. She had to take a hiatus from surfing and cycling while being a single mom, but she came back to the bike to race in her master's years. Trans women are unstoppable!
Daniela Salazar is a Chilean cyclist. She knows that trans women's rights include the right to get medals and trophies in gravel races and fondos. Go Daniela!
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