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.

• 1 Rolling Out: Introduction.- 2 Theorising Sporting Masculinities.- 3 The Gentlemen’s Club: Cycling and Masculinity in Victorian Britain.- 4 ‘Don’t be soft’: Cycling and Masculinity in the Twenty-First Century.- 5 Joining the Peloton: The Cult(ure) of Competitive Road Cycling.- 6 Getting Back on the Bike: Debating Injury and Masculinity.- 7 Winning at All Costs: The Intersects of Doping, Hypercompetition and Masculinity in Cycling.- 8 Out in the Peloton: Sexual Minorities in Road Cycling.- 9 Women on Wheels: Orthodox Masculinity and the Marginalisation of Women in Competitive Cycling.- 10 Crossing the Finish Line: Conclusions.

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.

• 1 Rolling Out: Introduction.- 2 Theorising Sporting Masculinities.- 3 The Gentlemen’s Club: Cycling and Masculinity in Victorian Britain.- 4 ‘Don’t be soft’: Cycling and Masculinity in the Twenty-First Century.- 5 Joining the Peloton: The Cult(ure) of Competitive Road Cycling.- 6 Getting Back on the Bike: Debating Injury and Masculinity.- 7 Winning at All Costs: The Intersects of Doping, Hypercompetition and Masculinity in Cycling.- 8 Out in the Peloton: Sexual Minorities in Road Cycling.- 9 Women on Wheels: Orthodox Masculinity and the Marginalisation of Women in Competitive Cycling.- 10 Crossing the Finish Line: Conclusions.

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.

• 1 Rolling Out: Introduction.- 2 Theorising Sporting Masculinities.- 3 The Gentlemen’s Club: Cycling and Masculinity in Victorian Britain.- 4 ‘Don’t be soft’: Cycling and Masculinity in the Twenty-First Century.- 5 Joining the Peloton: The Cult(ure) of Competitive Road Cycling.- 6 Getting Back on the Bike: Debating Injury and Masculinity.- 7 Winning at All Costs: The Intersects of Doping, Hypercompetition and Masculinity in Cycling.- 8 Out in the Peloton: Sexual Minorities in Road Cycling.- 9 Women on Wheels: Orthodox Masculinity and the Marginalisation of Women in Competitive Cycling.- 10 Crossing the Finish Line: Conclusions.