Riding out the storm

All cyclist Emily Bridges wants to do is return to the sport she loves

Words Jamie Tabberer

“I was 10 when I first started“ cycling,” remembers 21-year-old Emily Bridges, from Wales. “This feeling of freedom — I hadn’t felt it before. I still feel amazing when I’m out riding. It’s like meditation for me.” It was around half her lifetime ago, too, that Emily began “exploring my gender, and that I might be different from other people”. Little did the then tweenager know that, within a decade, she’d be one of the most exciting faces in cycling — and also one of the most bullied trans women in the country. Revealing her advanced maturity and determination, Emily made British Cycling’s senior academy in 2019, while still in her teens. (She came out publicly as trans in 2020.) “I’ve got multiple national medals in track cycling,” she tells Attitude, without…

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Attitude (Digital) - 1 Issue, September/October 2022

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