Afghan Women’s Cycling Team Is Working All Gears

Cartoonist Charles Schulz wrote, “Life is like a ten speed bicycle.  Most of us have gears we never use.” A group of women in the mountains of Afghanistan, who likely never read his strip, don’t agree. Bike riding is taboo for Afghan women, considered a marker of promiscuity and ranking on the cultural offenses index somewhere between driving and being spotted with an unrelated man. That belief eliminates a sustainable means of travel and …

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Afghan Women’s Cycling Team Is Working All Gears

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