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Ah, yes, that was my excuse, I mean reason...
Cycling is a testosterone fueled pastime
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Ah, yes, that was my excuse, I mean reason...
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If it's like that for the blokes, what are 'ladies only' rides fuelled by?
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The pressing need to get to a coffee shop.
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Ah, yes! Relieving oneself outside is somewhat more awkward for ladies!
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He was with tdr1nka and a few others at the time and we were parked up near Horseguards iirc. There is always someone quicker out there, and we didn't meet up to test each others ego. It was in support of a campaign to try and reduce lorry born diesel spills.
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Nah it is not when you have had 2 small people and the world and it's wife has had a look up there,letting some stranger see your wibbly white bottom while you wee is nothing, I find if you smile and wave at any stumbler onners if they look at you they are more embarassed than you are and tend to bugger orf! For others of a more delicate modest sensibility there is always the she wee
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I read Your Ride Today quite often, I even contribute occasionally. I have been known to enthuse about my accomplishments on reaching stunning speeds of 15mph or the fact that I didn't get off and push until half way up the hill. I apologise for the bragging, I didn't realise it was off putting for other riders.
I have also now come to realise the sole reason I don't ride -or want to ride in future - a "roadie" is because of this thread. Nothing at all to do with the fact that I don't find them comfortable or the lack of desire to do great speeds or cover vast distances on a razor like saddle, it is of course because I have been put off by all the men.
I'm off to take my shoes off and do the washing up.
I have also now come to realise the sole reason I don't ride -or want to ride in future - a "roadie" is because of this thread. Nothing at all to do with the fact that I don't find them comfortable or the lack of desire to do great speeds or cover vast distances on a razor like saddle, it is of course because I have been put off by all the men.
I'm off to take my shoes off and do the washing up.
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And in a way that kind of vindicates the POV. For all the reasons you have given, it does paint a picture that road cycling isn't something you or many women are drawn too..and so it has become a male dominated pastime.
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So cycling isn't a "testosterone-fuelled pastime" after all then? Well, I never. Oodathort your OP would be just a load of tendentious cobblers?
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Perhaps I should have edited the title for clarity...the sentement still stands, and that you ride a road cycle big distances, is really more the exception than the rule. Others have stated or indicated that they find them too uncomfortable.
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Welll, if you are struggling with the shape/fit/comfort of the saddle, then perhaps it isn't the right one for you, maybe that is the problem which puts many women off road bikes.
I took the time to set my bike up properly (and had a new spesh saddle sized fitted) and it made a world of difference.
I'm afraid it's beyond editorial help. Nuke the whole thread from orbit instead - it's the only way to be sure.
This is a cycling forum, Linf. It may be considered peculiar by the population at large that I ride a road bike "big distances", but then we are talking about a populace that largely considers it normal to get the 4x4 out and sit in a traffic jam of their own making on their way to a nowhere they have conjured out of their stunted imaginations, while those of us that go out under our own power, get somewhere we want to be and have a whale of a time doing it, whether over one mile or one hundred and fifty, are considered the odd ones. Go figure.
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