Dora Rinehart was an American cyclist from Colorado, who gained a reputation as "America's Greatest Cyclienne"
[5280.com]
Oliver, Jeffrey: "One for the road". 5280.com, July 2006. Retrieved February 19, 2009. for her long-distance riding in the mid-1890s.
Rinehart took up
cycling
Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...
in 1894, even though society at that time discouraged female riders. In 1896 she famously rode more than 100
100-mile rides. She commented that "I do not like to go on a hard run when my husband is with me, for you know it does take so much starch out of a man to ride the century."
Colorado Central Magazine
Quillen, Ed: Review of "Western Voices, 125 Years of Colorado Writing, Edited by Steve Grinstead and Ben Fogelberg", October 2005. Retrieved February 19, 2009.
In June 1894 she addressed the 24th Annual Convention of the Colorado State Medical Society in Denver
Denver ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous city of the U.S. state of ...
. On the agenda were presentations titled, "The New Movement in Dress Reform" and "Bicycle Exercise for Women." She is quoted as saying: "Just to give you an idea of the benefits of a divided skirt, it is almost impossible for a lady to ride any distance…with the ordinary skirt. You get too much of the dress on the one side of the wheel, and you do not get enough of the dress on the other side."
References
External links
article at 5280.com
American female cyclists
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
{{US-cycling-bio-stub