Wheeledweenie
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Just out of interest I thought I'd ask as I know very few women who regularly cycle, but perhaps that's just London.
How many ladies/women/non-men come on here?
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Auntie Helen
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I regularly cycle but I'm not in London.
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Wheeledweenie
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marinyork said:
Ah but I said regularly, I know many women with a bike in a shed that may make an appearance once a year but who won't cycle regularly or commute because they feel intimidated by the roads.
This made me chuckle..from your blog (hope you don't mind me pasting it here)
And here's just such an example.
A female is commuting in. Her bright pink top and ponytail signal her gender and, although her bike looks male, that's just a cunning ruse to put off males. And here's one now, a bumblebee man. His yellow jersey aims to emulate stronger, fitter species such as Lancearmstronginus but gives no real indication of speed or agility, while his black shorts are an attempt to play down his enormous bottom. To signal his intention he swings out in front of her, demonstrating his speed, then cuts back in front of her nearly causing a collision and therefore signalling his high level of testosterone. She is not impressed, but his tactic forces her to follow him as every time she tries to flee he swings right to prevent her from doing so.
But the battle is not won. Another yellow-jerseyed bumblebee man comes up from behind, also demonstrating his prowess by cutting up the female. He then attempts to assert his dominance over the first male. They tussle, over- and undertaking and leaving no more than six inches between their front wheel and the bike in front.
The battle for dominace reaches its peak, one of them is nearly hit by a bus as he attempts a last overtaking manouvre but he takes the lead. The traffic lights go to red. The second male and the female are left waiting as the winner signals victory by clicking his gears down the hill. The female will mate with neither.
And here's just such an example.
A female is commuting in. Her bright pink top and ponytail signal her gender and, although her bike looks male, that's just a cunning ruse to put off males. And here's one now, a bumblebee man. His yellow jersey aims to emulate stronger, fitter species such as Lancearmstronginus but gives no real indication of speed or agility, while his black shorts are an attempt to play down his enormous bottom. To signal his intention he swings out in front of her, demonstrating his speed, then cuts back in front of her nearly causing a collision and therefore signalling his high level of testosterone. She is not impressed, but his tactic forces her to follow him as every time she tries to flee he swings right to prevent her from doing so.
But the battle is not won. Another yellow-jerseyed bumblebee man comes up from behind, also demonstrating his prowess by cutting up the female. He then attempts to assert his dominance over the first male. They tussle, over- and undertaking and leaving no more than six inches between their front wheel and the bike in front.
The battle for dominace reaches its peak, one of them is nearly hit by a bus as he attempts a last overtaking manouvre but he takes the lead. The traffic lights go to red. The second male and the female are left waiting as the winner signals victory by clicking his gears down the hill. The female will mate with neither.
Wheeledweenie said:
No. I think this has been measured. This forum has had endless debates about women being crushed by large vehicles and on left turns and why and figures have come up suggesting that the proportion of women cycling in London may be very much higher than elsewhere.
joolsybools
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I cycle regularly and am in London. By regularly I mean at least 3, 4 or all 5 days commuting and regularly ride at weekends too.
On my commute I would say about 1 in 10 or 1 in 15 riders is female
On my commute I would say about 1 in 10 or 1 in 15 riders is female
Globalti
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It's my belief that a small number of women cyclists holds some kind of image of themselves as a cutesy kind of carefree, slightly eccentric and non-conforming free spirit who breezes home with a few necessities in her basket on a charmingly rustic old bike that she knows nothing about, never maintains but which never lets her down. I believe it's this kind of bumbling incompetent who sneaks trustingly up the inside of lorries and gets squashed.
*Disclaimer for the PC brigade*
Yes, there are men like this too and no, not all women are like this.
*Disclaimer for the PC brigade*
Yes, there are men like this too and no, not all women are like this.
gaz
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i would agree with joolsy, around 1 in 10 people on the road in london are women.
By the way - hello Weenie. I'm another bird on a bike - mostly in Swansea, occasionally in London. Weren't you on the last FNRttC? See you on the next? It's my perception that the proportion of regular cyclists who are female is LOADS higher in London than down here.
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