{"id":6203,"date":"2023-07-23T19:36:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-23T17:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cheesysupply.com\/?p=6203"},"modified":"2023-07-23T19:41:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T17:41:38","slug":"ride-like-them-sebastien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cheesysupply.com\/?p=6203","title":{"rendered":"Ride Like Them – Sebastien"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Name: Sebastien Sutherland <\/a>(they\/them)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location: Amsterdam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discipline: I ride road, gravel & cyclocross and also run an LGBTQIA+ cycling club called Queer Wheels<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What does riding mean to you<\/strong>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Riding to me is freedom. Freedom to be myself. It\u2019s not just a sport to me, it\u2019s a way of life. I\u2019ve found myself through cycling because it forces you to confront yourself through challenges and long hours with just your thoughts. It\u2019s liberation in many senses: from just being able to go get your groceries, to moving your body, to a small way of climate action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is your favourite set up?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My favourite route set up right now is my road bike. I ride a second-hand Canyon Ultimate SLX CF 9.0 frame which I\u2019ve custom painted. It has a Shimano 105 12 speed di2 groupset, and PRO bike saddle, bars, and seatpost with PRO accessories too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do you think the environment is male dominated? If yes, what are your thoughts about it?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Working in the cycling industry, I can visibly see without looking at statistics that it\u2019s cis-male dominated. While we all understand that\u2019s the way society was set up by people in power, I don\u2019t feel good about it. The reason is that a lot of people are not willing to share their space, and have a specific view of cycling , the hierarchy within it and who is allowed in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This means that often marginalised genders and groups of people in the industry are overlooked and have no voice. It\u2019s a big missed potential for cycling. I do feel that it\u2019s changing, but incredibly slowly with lots of set backs and misinformation about specific groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Any riding plans for the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am proud to run one of the first LGBTQIA+ cycling groups in the Netherlands and volunteer as the director for cycling for Pride and Sports. I plan to keep pushing for change and better awareness of the boundaries marginalised people have into the sport. I want to create a more diverse and welcoming cycling community and empower more people to be serious cyclists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Personally I also do plan to race locally at the Amsterdam Cyclocross competition this winter, even if I have to fight for it. I would also like to summit more big climbs next summer and re visit my home country of Scotland for some gravel bike packing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ride like a girl is a series of interviews with WTNB (women trans non-binary) riders from around the world. If you would like to be contributed drop us an email.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Name: Sebastien Sutherland (they\/them) Location: Amsterdam Discipline: I ride road, gravel & cyclocross and also run an LGBTQIA+ cycling club called Queer Wheels What does riding mean to you? Riding to me is freedom. Freedom to be myself. It\u2019s not just a sport to me, it\u2019s a way of life. I\u2019ve found myself through cycling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[236],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ride-like-a-girl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheesysupply.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheesysupply.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheesysupply.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheesysupply.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheesysupply.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cheesysupply.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6213,"href":"https:\/\/cheesysupply.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6203\/revisions\/6213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheesysupply.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheesysupply.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheesysupply.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheesysupply.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}