Bust-up in British cycling as sport’s governing body revokes PPCC riding club’s membership after discovering it stands for PORN Pedallers Cycling Club and is made up of adult film stars
- The Porn Pedallers Cycling Club raised cash for the Terrence Higgins Trust
- British Cycling revoked their affiliation after discovering the link to adult movies
- The PPCC expressed outrage claiming that everyone should be allowed to ride
- More than 200 people have tweeted their support for the controversial club
A cycling club consisting of adult entertainment stars who go riding to raise money for the Terrence Higgins Trust expressed outrage after being banned by British Cycling.
The Porn Pedallers Cycling Club is made up of actors within the British erotic film industry and is sponsored by Television X, whose star Rebecca More is among the riders.
More starred in the channel’s ‘political trilogy’ of adult movies, the first two of which were named The Iron Lady Garden and Hard Brexxxit.
This morning she tweeted: ‘Here we are… the outcasts of cycling @pornpedallers just because we are #sexworkers.’
More than 200 people have tweeted in support of the club and criticised British Cycling, who acted after discovering the meaning behind the initials PPCC – Porn Pedallers Cycling Club.
Rebecca More (pictured with Tour de France champion Geraint Thomas) is among the adult cyclists raising money for the Terrence Higgins Trust
The Porn Pedallers Cycling Club, pictured, have been told they cannot be affiliated to British Cycling because of their links to the adult entertainment industry
The London-based club were told this week of the decision reached on the grounds that the rules state that a licence-holder, team or cycling competition ‘cannot be sponsored by a product that might damage image of the organisation’.
PPCC is made up of performers, producers and distributors in the adult entertainment industry, who raise money for HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust through their cycling activities.
More (pictured) starred in the channel’s ‘political trilogy’ of adult movies, the first two of which were named The Iron Lady Garden and Hard Brexxxit
In a tweet the club said: ‘Cycling is for everyone, except people like us. Today British Cycling revoked our club affiliation because PPCC breaches UCI regulation 1.1.089.
‘We’re just a cycling club, riding for fun and raising money for the Terrence Higgins Trust. Is this justified?’
Many of the members of the PPCC perform in the British adult entertainment industry
Announcing the decision, British Cycling said: ‘We have been made aware the club name stands for Porn Pedallers Cycling Club. As such, we would be unable to accept your affiliation at this time.’
The regulation used to bar the group states: ‘Without prejudice, of the applicable law, no brand of tobacco, spirits, pornographic products or any other products that might damage the image of the UCI or of cycling in general shall be associated directly or indirectly with a licence-holder, a UCI team or a national or international cycling competition.’
The news has been met with condemnation from many cyclists and those in the adult industry who say the governing body is ignoring the club’s fundraising efforts.
The PPCC have been raising money for HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust through their rides