ATTENTION WOMEN RACERS:
We are looking for women racers Cat 3 and higher to stop by on Monday nights (during the clinic) to provide support, camaraderie and mentoring for the new racers that show up. See flyer below…
2008 LAKESIDE BICYCLES MONDAY NIGHT BIKE RACE SERIES
WWW.RACEMONDAYNIGHT.COM
Sponsored by Lakeside Bicycles
May 5th to August 25th (Except July 21st)
May – [...]

Women For Bikes* is putting on an informal discussion/presentation for prospective new bike racers (all disciplines, all ages) tomorrow — THURS — evening, downtown Portland. Please pass this on to any female friend, wife, girlfriend, sister, daughter, mother (it’s never too late to try racing!) who has ever shown even an inkling of interest in [...]

“Ever have that urge to try your legs at racing? Then your knees start to tremble at the sheer thought of getting on the course? We’ve all been there. The uncertainty of registering, training, the ability of finishing the race.
Join our fabulous panel of racers from the I-just-want-to-have-fun to the I-am-the-champion. These ladies will [...]

K-Man had the opportunity to speak with Kori Kunz from the Poplollies. As a major proponent of women’s cycling and one of the driving forces behind the successful Laughing Planet Women’s Crit series in Eugene, K-Man thought it would be a great opportunity to glean some info on women’s racing. Miffy and Kiffy [...]

The Therapeutic Associates Hammer Sharks win the women’s open 4 person relay team division! These gals rock! Congrats on an awesome job! It’s great seeing you out there!
“The girls rocked Race Across Oregon and brought home the coveted RAO Salami!
It’s not everyday four women get together and ride their bikes in a [...]

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From: Sirikit Valentin, Wines of Washington
Dear Team Contacts:
I’d like to invite teams that are interested in recruiting women cyclists from the Portland area to participate in Meet the Team rides in September and October of 2007.
This is based on a similar program run in Seattle each fall. It is through this program that I, [...]

From: Kori Kunz (Poplollies)
Just a reminder to any woman interested in racing in Eugene on Monday nights this month: Sponsored by Laughing Planet, the Poplollies are putting on a three night criterium series just for women out at the Greenhill course. If you’ve never raced a crit before, then come on out for [...]

In the Spotlight
Neal Rogers wrote an article about Aaron Tuckerman of Team Rubicon. It appears in the July 9th edition of VeloNews.

Also in this issue: OBRA rocks it again destroying every other region in the US in the number of options for racing this summer (July & August). 38 Road and Track events [...]

So, this Pro woman was getting changed next to me at Elkhorn, and I’ll be damned if she didn’t have a sports bra that matched her team kit (sponsors and everything!!!). Just out of pure morbid curiosity, is this common practice?