\n The Glow Ride was organised by Cycling UK and the Cowley Road Condors Cycling Club, and aimed to raise awareness of women’s safety when riding, especially at night.\n<\/p>\n
\n On Wednesday, October 22, the riders adorned themselves with fairy lights, glow sticks, neon and even a disco ball, and completed a seven-mile loop around the city centre.\n<\/p>\n
\n The event was part of Cycling UK’s My Ride, Our Right campaign, which focuses on the need for safer routes and fewer barriers to cycling for women.\n<\/p>\n
\n While the event was women-led, it was open to all, with riders of all ages and genders cycling from Manzil Way, around Donnington Bridge, through Hinksey and looping around the city centre.\n<\/p>\n
\n Riders from City Angels, Joyriders, Isis Cyclists, RunTribe Oxford and Cyclox also joined the fun, riding out in small groups with allocated ride leaders.\n<\/p>\n
\n Steve Avery, a lifetime Condors member, also volunteered to provide mechanical support at the start.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ruth Prior, women’s officer for the Cowley Road Condors, who organised the event, said: “The Condors are proud to be part of the Cycling UK Glow Ride.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Over 70 cyclists were able to highlight the need for safer streets and cycle routes in Oxford – the cycling city.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We rang our bells, shone bright and hopefully raised some awareness, as we could not be missed.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Oxford’s Glow Ride was part of a nationwide campaign from Cycling UK, with 60 simultaneous events across the country, and had a particularly strong turnout, with cyclists aged five to 80 taking part.\n<\/p>\n
\n One of the participants, Graham Bonner, 66, said: “That was a really enjoyable evening, even if I did get home at midnight, a little cold and wet.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It was nice to see so many happy and enthusiastic people.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The event brought together a range of organisations that support women’s cycling.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Joyriders and Isis Cyclists clubs have been organising women’s rides in the city since 2021 and 2008 respectively, while Cyclox, a campaign group for better cycling infrastructure, has been active in Oxford since 2003.\n<\/p>\n
\n Condors president, Peter Fifield, said: “Oxford’s ‘cycling city’ boast is made real with events like this, where the many cycling groups of the city can unite leisure riders, commuters and utility cyclists.\n<\/p>\n
\n “More people riding together makes for a better community and a safer, friendlier city for women riders.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The Condors run a wide range of rides every weekend and throughout the week.\n<\/p>\n
\n To find out more and join a test ride for free, visit the Cowley Road Condors website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Glow Ride was organised by Cycling UK and the Cowley Road Condors Cycling Club, and aimed to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-225467","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-cycling","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}