On Thursday 22nd February, Manchester University will be hosting ‘Reclaim the Night’ at 7pm, departing from Owen’s Park Halls. This year we have decided to go and support all the women marching through the night, with our own hand made signs! In aid of this, we are also doing a silent auction and selling of this limited…… Continue reading ‘Reclaim the Night’ tote bag
To celebrate international women’s day, we are running a life drawing session that will be directed by a professional artist, helping you perfect your skills! It will also be a chance to have a conversation about the barriers in women cycling and how it affects you. Save the date: Tuesday 13th March 2018 at Sandbar,…… Continue reading Life Drawing with Lady Pedal
After the success of our second annual festival, we’ve decided to get into organising Monthly Rides for everyone who expressed their interest at the events along the year and at the festival! We will be meeting at the Coffee Cranks cafe in Alexandra Park at 11am on Saturday 28th of October, having a coffee and…… Continue reading Lady Pedal first (of many) Monthly Ride!
Our friends at CycleHack Mcr are putting on a jam packed weekend of cycling related talks, activities and CycleHacking, getting the people of Manchester to take a DIY approach to help reduce the barriers to cycling! On Friday, they have their launch night kicking off at 6pm with an evening of guest speakers and inspiring talks,…… Continue reading 2017 CycleHack Manchester Weekend Event
With less than a month before Lady Pedal Festival, we’re back with another fundraising event that all can get involved with. Do you know your crankset from your casette ? Do you know your Peugeot from your Pinarello? Come down to show your bike knowledge (or lack of) on the 12th of September from…… Continue reading Lady Pedal does a CYCLING-THEMED PUB QUIZ!
This September, we’re heading back to Alexandra Park for the second ever Lady Pedal festival! And we want to make it bigger and better – which means we need some funding! On the 1st of August at the Old Abbey Taphouse, the Lady Pedal team is getting together to cook you guys a THREE…… Continue reading Lady Pedal Pay as You Feel Meal!
All of us here love bikes, and a good number of us are into theatre. But I doubt there are many who would imagine how these two passions can be related. Last night the all female troupe of the cycle touring theatre company, the Handlebards arrived in Salford after a two day trip across the…… Continue reading Shakespeare on Bikes
Drawing is a perfect way to connect with and notice your surroundings. We decided that drawing bikes and bodies would be a great chance to learn about both of these things and their relationship to each other. We gathered at The Wonder Inn, a creative wellness centre in Manchester, to draw and discuss and learn.…… Continue reading Bikes and bodies: connect and create
We’ve been overwhelmed by the feedback we had for our event last Tuesday! Thank you so much to everyone who attended, and particularly to all the speakers who came to share their stories. We were so pleased to be able to give a platform to these amazing women to showcase their amazing capacity. All of…… Continue reading Tales of Inspiration
