Although the benefits of cycling are well-known, in New Zealand, women cycle much less than men. This qualitative research took a feminist intersectional approach and interviewed 49 women in six focus groups, to explore their experiences as women who knew how to cycle, and wished to cycle more. Participants, who were all based in one city, included two ethnic groups (Māori and non-Māori) and three age groups (adolescents, mothers with children at home, and older women), giving a range over the life-course and including an innovative study of Māori women's cycling. Topics covered included learning to ride as a child, experiences with traffic, topography and other local issues, feelings about cycling and taking an imagined ride. Results revealed the challenge and joys of cycling, what is normal and not normal in cycling, and a double or triple burden affecting women in terms of safety: perceptions of traffic danger; personal safety as women; and the need to be safety-conscious because of responsibilities for others. Differences between Māori and non-Māori arose in context of varying household types, access to bicycles and cultural perspectives on cycling. Participants were clear about how to support women cycling: safe and connected cycling infrastructure, and systems that normalise women's cycling, with national and local government policies to support these.

尽管骑自行车的好处众所周知，但在新西兰，女性的骑行比男性少得多。这项定性研究采用了女权主义的交叉方法，并采访了六个焦点小组的49位女性，以探讨她们的经验，她们懂得如何骑自行车，并希望骑更多的自行车。参加者都居住在一个城市，包括两个种族群体（毛利人和非毛利人）和三个年龄段（青少年，有孩子的母亲和年龄较大的妇女），他们在整个人生过程中提供了一系列服务，其中包括毛利女子自行车创新研究。涵盖的主题包括学习小时候的骑行，交通，地形和其他当地问题的经验，对骑车的感受以及想像中的骑行。结果显示了骑自行车带来的挑战和乐趣，这是骑自行车中的正常现象和不正常现象，在安全方面影响妇女的双重或三重负担：对交通危险的看法；作为妇女的人身安全；并且由于对他人的责任而必须具有安全意识。毛利人和非毛利人之间的差异是由于家庭类型的不同，自行车的使用以及骑自行车的文化观点造成的。与会者很清楚如何支持妇女骑自行车：安全和互联的自行车基础设施，以及规范妇女骑自行车的系统，以及国家和地方政府的政策来支持这些运动。接触自行车和骑自行车的文化观点。与会者很清楚如何支持妇女骑自行车：安全和互联的自行车基础设施，以及规范妇女骑自行车的系统，以及国家和地方政府的政策来支持这些运动。接触自行车和骑自行车的文化观点。与会者很清楚如何支持妇女骑自行车：安全和互联的自行车基础设施，以及规范妇女骑自行车的系统，以及国家和地方政府的政策来支持这些运动。