We are the Pedal Pusher Society, Milwaukee’s premier women and transgender bike gang. Our mission: to create a supportive, independent and empowering bike culture in Milwaukee while simultaneously having an awesome time.
In 2005 the PPS was formed in the living room of a Riverwest Polish flat by a few friends who wanted to ride bikes with each other more often and simultaneously challenge Milwaukee’s exclusive and male-dominated underground bike culture. We began going on rides together, helping each other get bikes that fit our different riding preferences, and learning how to do some repairs and maintenance ourselves. These days we have a ride or event about once or twice a month as well as fancy embroidered jackets, business cards, and two music videos showcasing our style and rebel attitude to the tune of ‘Eye of the Tiger’ and Michael Jackson’s ‘Beat It.’ Any women or trans person who wants to be a Pedal Pusher is welcome to join us, all that’s needed is to show up and ride!
On a related note, it’s important to note the distinction between the PPS’s mission to create a new bike culture from the PPS functioning as a stepping stone up the social ladder of acceptance into the dominant bike culture. While the PPS hopes to create a bike culture free of oppression including sexism, hetero-centrism and racism, another value of ours is to be inclusive and empowering. No matter who you are, we don’t care what type of bike you ride, how you dress or what you look like—we just care that you bike, or want to bike!
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I’ve been hearing from some of The Bellas that your prom was totally off the hook! Have been trying to find out how to contact someone from the group about upcoming events. It would be great to get info early and sent it off to the girls, instead of hearing about how awesome it all was after the fact. Nice job hosting events and rides in Milwaukee!!
Hey, thanks! And glad to hear we’re making waves throughout the cycling community. To know about things prior to them actually taking place, we recommend signing up for our e-mail list. However, in your case, it seems like that didn’t work – the e-mail you used to post your comment is already signed up for our e-mail list. You may need to change your settings to get our updates more regularly, or if you’d like to subscribe with a different address, please send an e-mail to pedalpushersociety@gmail.com. Finally, we do a lot of outreach through our facebook page – you can friend us at facebook.com/pedalpushersociety if you’d like. Thanks for the interest, and take care!