Famed North American Woman Motorcyclist, Becky Brown Contributes To Iron Trader News

Women in the Wind motorcycle club founder, Becky Brown has become a regular contributor to Iron Trader News, the digital successor to IronWorks Magazine.

The announcement was made by Iron Trader News Editor Marilyn Stemp. Both women are featured in  Biker Chicz of North America by Edward Winterhalder and in the pictorial history of American Motorcycle Girls by Cris Sommer Simmons. -- Motorcycle Books Shop

In the mid-1970s Becky Brown bought a motorcycle. In an effort to find other women riders, she placed an ad in the Toledo, OH newspaper asking interested women to join her for a ride and was surprised when a dozen showed up. This annual event eventually morphed into Women in the Wind, an international organization with over 100 chapters in four countries. WITW celebrated its 35th anniversary in 2014. Becky has been inducted into three motorcycle Halls of Fame and was the subject of a documentary for PBS called “She Lives To Ride.” She has toured all over the world on her motorcycle and presently has a 2000 Heritage Springer and a 2012 Heritage Classic.

“As Women in the Wind celebrates its 35th anniversary, there’s no one better than Becky to bring additional depth and perspective to ITN,” said Stemp. “Having Becky on board is appropriate, too, because she was a columnist in the early days of IronWorks Magazine. We’re delighted to have her back on the editorial team.”  Both women have certainly contributed to the growing popularity of motorcycle riding among women in the USA.

"I hope to shine a light on women who are making a difference as well as some of the men who have been consistently promoting our lifestyle," said Brown. "I have now been riding for 39 years but I feel that there is so much out there still to experience. Hopefully I can share some of those experiences with Iron Trader News readers.”

Watch for Becky’s input on Iron Trader News to buffer the original content currently available, including personality stories, road and gear tests, and input for riders of all interests and abilities. You don’t ride as long as Becky has without developing a host of valuable information and experience that every motorcycle rider can benefit from.

To read Becky’s contributions and tap into genuine, grassroots information and entertainment for authentic riders, visit Iron Trader News.

About Iron Trader News:
Iron Trader News, based in Winston Salem, NC  is the digital successor to IronWorks Magazine founded by Dennis and Marilyn Stemp, a biker magazine in a classy package that insists on quality images, spunky layout, reliable information and concise, intelligent writing. ITN brings the best in biking with original content that’s by riders and for riders, retaining a level of excellence readers have come to appreciate and expect. 

Laconia 2010: Biker Chicz TV Trailer

The East Coast Biker Chicks (ECBC) filmed at Laconia Motorcycle Week and will continue to film in New England this summer. More than 130 women riders from Maine to Vermont, and the greater Boston area belong to ECBC, said club founder Lucky Belcamino. The 1st episode was shot in Boston and on the road to the 2010 Laconia Motorcycle Rally.

Biker Chicz TV will debut worldwide in the fall of 2010. Produced by Blockhead City Entertainment and created by biker author Edward Winterhalder, "Biker Chicz" is a docu-reality TV series featuring the colorful, entertaining and engaging women who are members of an all-female motorcycle club known as the "East Coast Biker Chicks" (ECBC).

Their 47 second trailer was shot in Metro Boston and on the road to Laconia.

Laconia is known as "The Riding Rally" because everyone rides, every day of the rally, and there are so many wide, curvy mountain roadways.

There are more registered motorcycles per capita in New Hampshire than any other state in the USA and nearby, Loudon is the home of motorcycle racing. There was a lot going on at the 87th Annual Laconia -- the oldest motorcycle rally in the country.

Biker Chicz TV will focus on the positive aspects of the Harley-Davidson biker culture and the everyday lives of the East Coast Biker Chicks, based in Metro Boston. The empowered women riders are from all walks of life: a social worker, a scientist, a stock broker, a mortgage broker, a chiropractor and others who are in many ways average everyday typical American women. The members of the club are bound together by their independence, love of motorcycles and the open road, and the camaraderie and fellowship which the ECBC provides.

In the series, we will see the women at home with their families, at work with their colleagues and socializing at motorcycle events, charity functions and club meetings. They will also be featured on various motorcycle rides around New England and in the communities in which they live.

For details, visit their new website: BikerChiczTV.com

Biker Chicz TV at Laconia 2010

IT'S OFFICIAL - The East Coast Biker Chicks will begin filming their TV reality series on Saturday, June 19th at Laconia Bike Week.

The "hard riding, easy living, fun loving, charity giving" East Coast Biker Chicks motorcycle club was founded by Lucky Belcamino, a professional poker player and culinary chef in Boston. 




FILMING SCHEDULED TO START FOR NEW REALITY TV SERIES FEATURING BOSTON’S EAST COAST BIKER CHICKS MOTORCYCLE CLUB

BOSTON, MA - 6/2/10 – Eight members of a Boston area all female motorcycle club called the East Coast Biker Chicks, will soon be featured in a new television series. Filming for the Biker Chicz docu-reality series is scheduled to start on June 19th during the annual Laconia Bike Week in Laconia NH, and continue in eastern Massachusetts throughout the summer.

Biker Chicz will focus on the positive aspects of the Harley-Davidson biker lifestyle and is being produced by an Oklahoma production company, Blockhead City Entertainment. “Our intention is to produce a happy, feel good television series that will be enjoyable to watch, and realistically capture the true nature of bikers, their spirit and the Harley lifestyle – this series will be just the opposite of what you see in shows like Sons of Anarchy and Gangland,” said Executive Producer Edward Winterhalder.

Winterhalder, a biker personality, author and the creator of the Biker Chicz TV series, has been riding Harleys since 1974. One of the world’s leading authorities on bikers, motorcycle clubs and the Harley-Davidson biker lifestyle; his books about the biker lifestyle are published in multiple languages and sold all over the world. “Because I have lived the biker lifestyle myself for more than thirty-five years, I feel confident that I can accurately capture for TV what really goes on in the life of a biker on a day-to-day basis,” he said.

“Thank God someone is finally going to show the world that bikers are ordinary people from all walks of life; regular people that have families and jobs, who enjoy riding Harleys in their spare time and giving back to the communities in which they live when they can,” said Lucky Belcamino.

Annie Concemi, recently profiled on TLC's "What Not To Wear," rides a Harley and will also be featured in the Biker Chicz TV series. "Everyone I know is sick and tired of all of the negative television these days, where everyone argues and fights for sixty minutes," said Annie. "Biker Chicz will be a breath of fresh air."

For Biker Chicz TV series details visit blockheadcity.com and click the “Television” button.

Greatest Biker Chicz in Motorcycle Industry

                                                                                

In April 2010, The Biker Chicz Blog  was created to present news, photos, comments and stories from the women Harley riders who are featured in "Biker Chicz of North America", a new book by Edward Winterhalder & Wil De Clercq that will be published in late 2010.

The list of contributors is amazing!

I am pleased to be counted as one of the first 10 "Followers" of the new Biker Chicz - Google Blog and I can highly recommend it to all of my blog readers - especially women riders - because the list of contributors is a real who's who of women in the motorcycle world..

Becky Brown - Founder of Women in the Wind Motorcycle Club with 1,700 members in 29 states and Canada & three-time Motorcycle Hall of Fame inductee.

 

Betsy Huelskamp - Certified Personal Trainer; freelance writer; adventuress; featured in Discovery Channel’s "Motorcycle Women," National Geographic's "Hell on Wheels and TLC's "Faking It."

       
Chris Sommer Simmons -  Co-founder of Harley Women Magazine; freelance motorcycle writer and photographer; author of a photographic history of The American Motorcycle Girls 1900 to 1950; three-time Motorcycle Hall of Fame inductee; married to Doobie Brother band member Patrick Simmons.

Catherine "Katmandu" Palmer - Artist; photograher and contributing writer to Paisano Publication biker magazines for 15 years -- an art teacher in public schools and former parts manager      at a Harley-Davidson dealership.

Gina Woods - Chicago area radio personality; host and executive producer of Open Road Radio (ORR.)

Gloria Tramontin Struck - Member of the Motor Maids since 1946; daughter of the founder of Tramontin Harley-Davidson in NJ

Mandy Campbell - manager at family owned Destination Daytona Harley-Davidson, the world's largest dealer.
Meg McDonough - First female officer of the Jackpine Gypsies, originators of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally; works in sales for Cowboy Harley in Austin TX.

Joann Begey Bortles - Crazy Horse  motorcycle and hot rod painter; author of six hot-to-paint books available at Amazon; writer & photographer with work published in V Twin, Easy Rider, The Horse, Ironworks, American Iron and Cycle Source magazines. 

Marilyn Elmore Bragg - is a photojournalist and author of  the blog, Chessie's Tales - a rider's journal with spectacular images taken along country roads in Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and other points south. She has not owned a car in 25 years and has traveled to 35 states. 

Gevin Fax - Model, actress, musician (Klymax); one of four women profiled on TNT's 1995 documentary about female Harley riders; has an MA in Physical Education.

Sasha Mullins - Author of "The Chrome Cowgirl's Guide to Motorcycle Life" and "Biker Lady: Living and Riding Free"; musician with her own biker band Motorodeo; has appeared in 8 women biker themed TV shows. Amazon -  Books by Sasha Mullins

Danielle "Danni" Stockley - Director of the Ontario Chrome Divas Motorcycle Club and column writer of "Danni's Times" for Riders Magazine.