In case you missed it. Originally aired live on Jan. 11, 2017 Check out the interview here: http://www.kgpc969.org/oakland-bikes/2017/1/17/oakland-bikes-hard-knox-bikes-wet-hotline See all Hard Knox Bikes interviews, mentions and articles Here on the ARTICLES PAGE
QBP Women’s Mechanic Scholarship Winners Announced
This past year QBP sought outside help to be able to diversify scholarship winners, with an emphasis on women of color and it worked out. This year's winners pool has TRIPLE the number of women of color over last year and nearly 9x as many as the first year of the scholarship. Let's hope this... Continue Reading →
Bike East Bay, Hard Knox Bikes & League of American Bicyclists Help Support Diverse Safety Instructors!
Article by Ginger Jui - Originally posted on Bike East Bay website. https://bikeeastbay.org/news/learning-together How is Bike East Bay increasing the diversity of leaders in the bike community? We took a big step by hosting the League of American Bicyclists’ first instructor training for women and people of color at our offices this October. “Knowing you’re... Continue Reading →
How Google’s Bicycle-Riding Internet Tutors Are Getting Rural Indian Women Online – via Bicycle Magazine
Since the program's launch last year, about 9,000 guides have helped reached 1 million women Original post - Bicycle Magazine http://on.wsj.com/2cMADfs Women look at smartphones as they take part in web training as part of Internet Saathi, the joint program of Alphabet, Inc.'s Google and local philanthropy Tata Trusts, in the village of Habibwala, in... Continue Reading →
I ride…
I ride… My bicycle is my car. I ride for transportation. I ride to get places. I don’t race. I don’t ally cat or kitten. I don’t century or week long bike camp. I don’t ride trails. I don’t ride on roads without cars. I can’t afford to ride for fun. I ride to... Continue Reading →
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Hundreds protest after Iranian police arrest ‘un-Islamic’ women caught riding a bicycle
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/699375/protest-Iranian-town-ban-women-bicycle Hundreds protest after Iranian police arrest 'un-Islamic' women caught riding a bicycle EXTREME authorities in a conservative Iranian town have been hit with protests after they banned women from riding bicycles - because it "goes against Islam". By Oli Smith PUBLISHED: 16:08, Fri, Aug 12, 2016 | UPDATED: 16:08, Fri, Aug 12, 2016 Watch... Continue Reading →