A clear and consistent finding across three decades of sociological work focused on
performance sports is that various sports can be considered social spaces in which risk …

Sport provides a useful social context in which we can examine gender. Since its structuring
as an institution in the Western world during the late nineteenth and early twentieth …

The purpose of this study was to investigate competitive cyclists' helmet use, perceptions of
sports-related concussion (SRC), and medical-care-seeking behaviors. A mixed-method …

This article provides an investigation into masculinities amongst competitive male road
cyclists. The paper reports on a quantitative study, involving a self-report survey which was …

The purpose of this study was to explore the cycling community's online interactions with
sports-related concussion within competitive cycling. Through an analysis of twitter data (n …

Concussion is widely considered a challenging injury to diagnose, assess and manage.
Concussion definitions lack practicality, pitch-side assessments remain inconsistent, and …

This chapter examines the injury culture and management practices of competitive cyclists
framed through the notion of performance being favoured over health in cycling culture and …

This chapter examines the current social environment of competitive cycling as it relates to
masculinity. The notion of competitive road cycling having a 'macho culture', which is …

In this chapter the experiences of sexual minorities in competitive sport are considered. After
demonstrating the link between masculinities, sexualities and sport, the chapter considers …

In this chapter, the author introduces the subject matter of this book. A background to
competitive cycling is provided to familiarise readers with the topic and contextualise the …