What is the significance of the group really? I met a gentleman in the cycling group and he insists that I travel alone with him instead of going along with the group.
He was actually persistent, but I remind him of the value of the people I am with. Undoubtedly, someone must be very special for me, that I can leave behind a whole pack of people for him. Well, he wasn’t, and even if he was I don’t know if I would be capable of turning my back on what I have built, not just physically, but also spiritually with my fellow cyclists.
I rely on people's spirits, they believing me and my acceptance of them, especially my girl friends who I know how much they are sacrificing to be a part of this group.
They walk this path with such passion and determination that one might forget how hard it is for them.
One of the girls, a newbie who had just joined us, was riding her bike with such tremendous energy on the way that she was slowly disappearing from my sight ahead.
Such energetic and passionate girls are in this land who are not even allowed to ride bicycles because of many obstacles and how much they have to endure.
When I go on a journey with men, and we take a route, it is always a very peaceful ride. But when I go with girls, we have to experience constant horning's, swearing, insults, and harassment. These days I don't even know what they're saying, I just paddle harder, leaving behind their existence.
It is like a struggle that we must win. It's like a battle that we have to get out of the wave of bullets safely. I love this fight and I call on the road and its people to fight. I do not care what that gentleman thinks and says we are a handful of imaginative, optimistic, weak girls.
We are moving forward powerfully. These girls may not be heroes at all, but at least they proved themselves by riding a bicycle in a society where female cyclists are condemned.
