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BBC News
14-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- BBC News
Reading cyclist wants to make cycling more accessible for women
A woman is on a mission to make cycling more accessible for Poulden, from Reading, decided to set up a business making stylish cycling clothes for women after she was knocked off her bike by a car, having decided against changing into her reflective gear after going out for creates reflective clothes that can be worn during the day, including to work, to save women from having to Ms Poulden is planning to complete a 230-mile (370km) cycle over four days to inspire other women to get into cycling. 'Crazy idea' Along with an old school friend, she will cycle from Reading to Newhaven, get the ferry to Dieppe, and then cycle the Avenue Verte through the French countryside to Paris."This crazy idea, I've dreamed of for the last couple of years," she said."We obviously want to test our own boundaries and our own personal achievement, but also inspire."I've got a small following on social media and it just takes one person to show what they can do to inspire someone else." Data from Cycling UK shows women are less likely to cycle than 2023, men made an average of 22 cycle trips in the year, whilst for women the figure was just 2021, 12% of men said they cycled for pleasure or to keep fit, whilst only 5% of women part of her motivation, Ms Poulden started You See Lucy, a clothing has designed a pair of smart black flares that can be worn at work, but then the cuffs can be poppered up to turn the trousers into a pair of sports leggings with a reflective logo for the cycle home."It's fashion with function," she said."To make a trouser like I'm doing with You See Lucy solves that issue of keeping [women] safe on the roads, but also saves them from packing extra clothing and getting changed at their destination." You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
BBC News
11-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Bussi sets women's hour record for third time
Vittoria Bussi broke cycling's hour record for women for a third time on Italian rider covered a distance of 50.455km on the Velodromo Bicentenario in Aguascalientes, 38-year-old set the new mark after abandoning an attempt just over the halfway point on held the previous record having become the first woman to break the 50km barrier when she covered 50.267km on the same velodrome in October also held the hour record for three years from September 2018 to September 2021, when her mark of 48.007km was bettered by British rider Joss Lowden (48.405km).Dutch rider Ellen van Dijk then covered 49.254km in May 2022, before Bussi regained the record in 2023."I can say with a smile that I contributed to the history of the hour record for women," said Bussi."This record has always been really special to me as an athlete and as a person, and I hope I have transmitted to young generations and people that sport is not just an athletic performance but that athletes bring messages to the world."'The hour' taught me that one of the most important things in life is to understand the preciousness of time in every single instant of our life."The current men's record holder is Italy's Filippo Ganna, who covered 56.792km in October is set to attempt another world record in Aguascalientes - the women's 4km record has been lowered several times since the distance for the women's individual pursuit was increased from 3km to 4km in January, making it the same as the men's rider Anna Morris holds the current record of four minutes 24.060 seconds, set in Manchester in February.
