Titlebook: Masculinities and the Culture of Competitive Cycling; Jack Hardwicke Book 2023 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under excl

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Joining the Peloton: The Cult(ure) of Competitive Road Cycling,asculine foundations in which much of the sports culture has been built on. The sociology of sporting subcultures is discussed and then applied to the sport of road cycling. The everyday experiences and process of identity formation in road cycling subculture are then explored. The chapter shows the

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Getting Back on the Bike: Debating Injury and Masculinity, health in cycling culture and cyclists’ behaviours. The chapter shows how participating in the sport of road cycling carries a high risk of physical injury, with crashing and injury being normalised aspects of competing in road cycling. A problem of cyclists competing whilst injured and ‘getting ba