Regina Hope Sinsky
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Statistics Alone Paint an Incomplete Picture of Women and Bicycles
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"I think [the bicycle] has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives a woman a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. The moment she takes her seat she knows she can’t get into harm unless she gets off her bicycle, and away she goes, the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood." — Susan […]
“Entrepedalers” Deliver the Goods
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Mai Le leaves on a banh mi delivery. Photo: Mai Le (Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on the SFBC’s blog) Natalie Galatzer has been up working since 11:30 pm yesterday. By the time you read this, the petite, curly-haired, 26 year-old will have ridden her bike from her home in the Mission to her […]
The Great Debate: Balance Bikes vs. Training Wheels
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Kids Skuuting during Mission Sunday Streets last year. Photo: SF Bike. (This story originally appeared on the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s blog) There are two factions in this city as polarized as Republicans and Democrats, and the debate is taking place on playgrounds across San Francisco: training wheels, or balance bikes? For those of you […]
Pedaling Pregnant
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Regina Hope Sinsky. Photo by Scott Crosby. (Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on the SFBC’s new blog) I’m seven months pregnant and ride my bike around San Francisco. Seeing me in action engenders one of two responses from people: “You go girl!” or “You shouldn’t be doing that, girl.” As a lowish-risk pregnant lady […]