International Female Ride Day 2016

International Female Ride Day is just what it says it is, a worldwide event that celebrates women who love motorcycles and going for a ride. 

It's been going on for quite some time now and building with each year. There are plenty of people and groups involved in making it such a great occasion, with Motoress being a great example.

Not only do they have a lot of exceptional content on the Motoress website but they've applied their creative talents to developing a cool logo that's free to use by any person or organization who has good intentions and wishes to help promote this special day.

Thank you Motoress for sharing your artwork :)

If you happened to read my post on January 20th 2016, I had talked about my observations regarding the ever increasing number of women who love motorcycles and want to ride their own. Naturally, there have always been some daring gals who bucked the trend and rode motorcycles way back when it was considering unladylike. My own Mum rode a scooter in her nursing days back in the U.K. during the war. And, back in the 70's, my then girlfriend had her own bike, a purple Yamaha 750.

If you have ever travelled in India, China and other parts of Asia you soon realize that millions upon millions of people ride scooters and motorcycles since they're the easiest and cheapest way to get around. And, of course, lots of women in those countries ride too.

Where in the world...?

This young lady from Pakistan did a solo tour of her country, pictured here at the Pakistan- China border. Might not seem like much to the western world but a little rare in that country for a young woman to go off on her own on a motorcycle.

We are helping celebrate IFRD here at BlueCircle, with our very own Angela Murray ( also of Ride Stop n Go)  organizing and leading a ride from Calgary and heading east toward the Drumheller region and back. 

The ladies are riding on their own of course, but since they are meeting here at Blue Circle, we'll help out by getting them warmed up with coffee from our local roasterie, Fratello Coffee Roasters, and filled up with a bit of breakfast nosh from our pals over at Cob's in Willowpark.

The ride stops at Top Rocker for lunch  then back to Cycleworks Calgary, where there will be more food, beverages, and some great giveaways which Ang has lined up from some of the great people who wanted to support the ride.

Just like last year's ride, this is a rain or shine event, and in case anyone ever wants to suggest that the ladies aren't for real, there was a solid group of about 25 riders who rolled on through rain, snow, sleet and wind at the 2015 event.Way to go gals!!

The Calgary contingent of the 2015 IFRD, with another group from Red Deer joining in at the north end of the ride

Part of the group of riders at the 2015 IFRD event

Cruisin'

The ladies like the Sport Bike

Evidently, these women are sticking with Indian tradition and riding Royal Enfield motorcycles