When you see a bunch of women on bicycles this weekend, slow your roll, then bow down. They’re riding as part of the worldwide Fancy Women Bike Ride, which started as a casual affair nine years ago before evolving into a full-blown effort to elevate women from various social and economic backgrounds by making them visible as they reclaim and carve out safer bike routes in more than 200 cities around the globe.

Tampa’s ride on Sunday is an hour-long and leaves from downtown’s Perry Harvey Sr. Park, then visits The Curt and University of Tampa before coming back. Fancy Women Bike Ride.

There’s no cost to take part in Tampa’s Fancy Women Bike Ride happening Sunday, Sept. 17 at 10 a.m. Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.

UPDATED 09/14/23 12:14 p.m. Updated because the Dunedin we previously mentioned is halfway across the globe, doh!

This article appears in Sep 7-13, 2023.