I cycle for fitness and personal transport, and love it.
Also because I don't shave, I felt hugely validated by this: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/aug/15/team-gb-cycling-saddle-sore-medals
Should I start a TERF bicycling club? It could be international and people could create local chapters. It doesn't have to be TERF-only, or even women-only; I'd happily include everyone, even trannies. What I don't want is the bullshit walking-on-eggshells experience I have in my local bike club.
For example, this morning I went on a club ride and did chit-chat and mentioned I’m going to the ICONS of sport conference in Denver, because I want men out of women’s sports, and the guy adjacent to me said, “you mean transwomen??” and I said, “they’re men” and he said, “well I have no opinion, except it sounds an awful lot like when they kept black players out of the National Baseball League.”
Here's a blog post I wrote last year which should give an idea of my local bike club's social environment: https://blog.ninapaley.com/2022/03/21/cycling-and-gender-intersect-in-meaningful-ways/
Discussion
I bypass all of this by riding recumbents!
I can't believe women shave like that, especially riding ass hatchets.
Mine is an "ass hatchet" as well, but tbh I don't actually sit down on it much while riding, I'm standing on the pedals nearly all the time.
Recumbent sounds very leisurely, but also less in control and worse visibility, so I'm not tempted!