Breeze: women-only cycling event in Manchester

A week next Sunday (23 September) the women only Breeze ride takes place including one in Greater Manchester at Phillips Park in Swinton.
The purpose of the Breeze series is encourage more women to take to two wheels.  It is an undeniable truism that more fellah's ride bikes than women do.
And this is a sad thing.

Pictures like this re-establish your belief in humanity

When I get a bit excited and carried away with bikes and their social / historical significance, I ponder on the simple invention of two circles and two triangles which has brought freedom and emancipation to millions of people all over the world for the last 150 years or so.
The bike should be embraced by all people in equal number: it does not distinguish between gender, race or age of its rider.  The bicycle does not discriminate.
So events like Breeze are a good thing in my book and I sincerely hope they lead to more and more women taking up cycling.