The quotation that helps develop the central idea that some people did not support the idea of women participating in cycling races is the following: "In 1896, Sporting Life applauded what the newspaper saw as the failure of a recent six-day women's bicycle race in New York City, declaring, ".
The quote specifically states that some thought that women cycling was "disgusting" and "degrading."
The speaker believed that due to the disaster of the six-day women's bicycle race in New York City, that women would not be cycling again anytime soon, which is how it should be.
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