Masculinities and the Culture of Competitive Cycling

Drawing on extensive ethnographic, qualitative and quantitative research, this monograph provides a novel account of masculinities in an individual sport: competitive road cycling. Chapters present varied analyses on male cyclists��� relationship with masculinity, the culture of competitive road cycling, cyclists��� attitudes toward injury management, sexual minority and women���s experiences in the sport, and autoethnographic accounts of the author���s own experiences of being involved in the sport for over ten years. The author also examines how masculinity impacts male cyclists��� attitudes towards competition, risk taking and doping practices. This book will be of interest to scholars and researchers in sports sociology, gender studies, and masculinity studies. Jack Hardwicke is a Lecturer in Sport and Health Sciences in the Faculty of Arts, Science and Technology at the University of Northampton. His research interests include the sociology of sporting subcultures, masculinities, socio-cultural approaches to understanding sporting injury and mixed-method social research.