In dark times it felt positive joining one of today's Trans Solidarity Rides in #Edinburgh - big shout to the organisers @infrasisters.bsky.social + Queens of Pain + Edinburgh School of Rocks for making the magic happen 👏🏳️⚧️🚲🏳️⚧️👏 Photo album >
InfraSisters
@infrasisters.bsky.social
Women led group campaigning for night-time cycling infrastructure that's safe for women and girls in Edinburgh. www.infrasisters.org.uk Cover photo (c) www.andycatlin.com
Cycling UK excluding trans women from their 100 Women in Cycling Award was unnecessary and discriminatory. Went for a solidarity ride with others today
Aindri • ᴬ •@aindrizzle.bsky.social · 8mo agoI will be going for this! #Edinburgh 🚲
Sunday 14th December- Solidarity Ride with @infrasisters.bsky.social & others. Flyer in window hot off their screen printer! 🔥 @edi.bike @chdot.bsky.social
Come join us on Sunday December 14th for a series of Trans Solidarity Rides! Three Edinburgh women-led cycle groups (InfraSisters, Queens of Pain and the Edinburgh School of Rocks) have joined forces to show solidarity with our trans sisters in the wake of Cycling UK’s decision to exclude them
First time riding along with @infrasisters.bsky.social through #edinburgh. Was great, would recommend. 5/5 : )
Andy takes THE best photos on our rides! He's pretty cool at fending off wee neds as well 😀
Andy Catlin@andycatlin.com · 10mo agoHow Friday Ends: another brilliant @infrasisters.bsky.social #MyRideOurRight ride through #Edinburgh in partnership with @cyclinguk.bsky.social Glow Rides 👍 (including support from an unexpected glowing juggler 😀)
#CityPlan2040 Improving where you live [Q18 🚲👩🦼🚶] 🙋 Council QA-> consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/place/ + £50 prize draw @edi.bike @sw20.info @edfoc.bsky.social @edcriticalmass.bsky.social @laidbackbikes.bsky.social @blackfordsaferoutes.co.uk @infrasisters.bsky.social @helenrambler.bsky.social
Tonight, we glow for #MyRideOurRight As we light up the night for our #RightToGlow, we’re calling for safer cycling for everyone. Because when women can ride freely, we all can. Help keep the glow going by donating at cyclinguk.org/glowride-donate
Had a great time at the Oxford Glow Ride! We definitely glowed all around the city - 5yo had a brilliant time too. #MyRideOurRight #RightToGlow #bikesky
It's tonight! 📍Middle Meadow Walk Edinburgh ⏰️ 7.30pm 🌟🌟 Light up your bike and come ride with us to light up their streets of Edinburgh 🌟🌟 #RightToGlow #CyclingUK #OurStreetsOurNights
Also providing support tomorrow (as they have on many previous rides) the ever brilliant @thebikestation.bsky.social will be sending along a mobile mechanic to help with any mechanical issues. #ReadyToGlow #MyRideOurRight #OurStreetsOurNights
🌟 1 day until our #RightToGlow ride in Edinburgh! Grab your lights & be part of the movement for safer cycling. 🧮 Fri 24th Oct 📍 Middle Meadow Walk ⏰️ Depart 7.30pm Ride lasts c90 minutes 💡 Light up your bike, your streets & the call for safe cycling. #MyRideOurRight #CyclingUK #OurStreetsOurNights
🌟 1 day until our #RightToGlow ride in Edinburgh! Grab your lights & be part of the movement for safer cycling. 🧮 Fri 24th Oct 📍 Middle Meadow Walk ⏰️ Depart 7.30pm Ride lasts c90 minutes 💡 Light up your bike, your streets & the call for safe cycling. #MyRideOurRight #CyclingUK #OurStreetsOurNights
Our ride is on Friday 24th but there are rides throughout the UK this week. #OurStreetsOurNights #MyRideOurRight #GlowRides
Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 10mo agoNearly 500 media mentions and counting! ✨ Glow rides are lighting up the nation, and this Wednesday, they’ll shine even brighter across the UK. Join the #MyRideOurRight movement... 🗺️ cyclinguk.org/glow-ride-map 🧡 Donate: cyclinguk.org/glowride-donate The glow rides are kindly supported by KNOG
Our lovely friends at @weespokehub.bsky.social are coming along on Friday with tools and expertise to help with any unexpected issues. And if you pop into their shop between 13.00 and 18.00 on Friday, they'll also do a free safety check on your bike! 📍 13 Guthrie Street Edinburgh
📰 Read all about it! Our #MyRideOurRight glow rides are lighting up the nation, featured in 190+ outlets from The i Paper and Telegraph to LBC and Metro 🗺️ Find a ride near you: cyclinguk.org/glow-ride-map 🧡 Can’t join? Donate to keep the glow going: cyclinguk.org/glowride-donate
Fancy some new lights for your bike? Cycling UK and KNOG have teamed up to offer some 🌟 brilliant 🌟 prizes for the best dressed bikes at the #GlowRides. All you need is a photo! ##OurStreetsOurNights
Cycling UK Official @cyclinguk.bsky.social · 10mo agoWe’ve teamed up with KNOG for a glow-up competition, celebrating the best-dressed bikes lighting up #GlowRides across the UK ✨ 💡 Decorate your bike – fairy lights, glow sticks, whatever makes it sparkle 📸 Snap a photo 👉 Enter at cyclinguk.org/glow-up
We're back! We've teamed up with @cyclinguk.bsky.social for a Glow Ride on Friday 24th October. Like us, they want to see more women cycling, and for councils to provide more safe infrastructure to enable that. Light up your bike with lights and sparkle and join us at Middle Meadow Walk at 7.30pm.
After last week's Supreme Court ruling we want to be clear that we welcome & support all women and girls. Trans & non-binary people are as important to us as biological women & are a valued part of our crew. We remain welcome to allies from any sex, gender or background. #transrightsarehumanrights
This year for #IWD2025 we're doing something a little different. A lunchtime pop-up "safe space" ride around the city centre on Monday 10th March. We'll start outside the City of Edinburgh Council's offices at Waverley Court on East Market Street at 12:30. Bring your noodles!
We're incredibly proud to announce that our founder Kirsty Lewin has been recognised as one of @wearecyclinguk #100WomenInCycling Kirsty has been a long term advocate for cycling, active travel and women's rights. www.cyclinguk.org/biography/ki...
Out with the @infrasisters.bsky.social last night, campaigning for better cycle infrastructure for women. Riding along Grassmarket, conscious that we first passed the place where a cyclist was choked by an angry motorist, then the narrow crowded pavements where a pedestrian was killed by a coach.
Photo album from last night's @infrasisters.bsky.social #NoExcuse bike ride around #Edinburgh is now live at andycatlin.myportfolio.com/infrasisters.... Big shout to the organisers and marshals for getting us through the city safely on a Friday night 👏👏👏
andycatlin.com - InfraSisters #NoExcuse - 29 November 2024
(all images © Andy Catlin www.andycatlin.com) • Find out more at https://www.infrasisters.org.uk
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Riding in solidarity for my wife, as she is away for the weekend. I hate when she comes home and gives me gory details of near misses with buses, male arseholes giving her grief and the general shitness of it all in Edinburgh. I don’t want my boys, or me to lose an amazing, beautiful mother & wife.❤️
Andy's photos are always brilliant. Thank you so much for coming along and taking the photos.
Andy Catlin@andycatlin.com · 2y agoHow Friday Ends: good time joining the @infrasisters.bsky.social #NoExcuse bike ride as they continue their campaign for night time infrastructure in Edinburgh that is safe and comfortable for women and girls. Full photo album to follow but here's some highlights 👍
Massive thanks to all the women and allies who came along tonight to call for safe infrastructure. More photos to follow but here's how we ended the evening. #OurStreetsOurNights #edinburgh #Cycling
It was great having you along!
Alan Gordon@agordonsalive.bsky.social · 2y agoInspiring evening with the amazing @infrasisters.bsky.social who took brilliant care of everyone. 👏👏👏 Forrest Rd, Cowgate rammed with cars, panzers, trucks. Massive disincentive for so many people wanting to ride in the city, especially women and children. We need to do better and faster.
