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Which pool is that :-)Women outnumber men in the pool I swim at by about 5 to 1.
Which pool is that :-)Women outnumber men in the pool I swim at by about 5 to 1.
Which has what to do with women cycling? Unless they all cycle thereWomen outnumber men in the pool I swim at by about 5 to 1.
Tbf I don’t usually have a point and when I do, it’s tired and predictable.
I think the suggestion is that more women may be found doing other forms of exercise. So the OP's question remains, of course.Which has what to do with women cycling? Unless they all cycle there
Mrs Dave commutes alone from time to time but doesn't like the idea of a leisure ride alone for fear of mechanicals. Not sure why as I'm no bloody help!
The freewheeling day-trip group I ride with is 50-50 (exactly on the outbound yesterday, but two men lived near the destination so didn't ride the return). Why is 20-80 good for an audax club, rather than a long way shy of where it should be?
Yep. I see more women jogging/running than men.I think the suggestion is that more women may be found doing other forms of exercise. So the OP's question remains, of course.
Going by a couple of remarks made by women members of my Sunday morning group, fear of unwanted male attention plays a part.
I've ridden just with one of our women members several times, and there's no doubt a significant number of other male road users gawp at her.
If I notice, she must, and it must be off putting.
Then there's the inevitable fear of some really nasty male attention if cycling solo.
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I give you the Tri Talk forum....Going by a couple of remarks made by women members of my Sunday morning group, fear of unwanted male attention plays a part.
I've ridden just with one of our women members several times, and there's no doubt a significant number of other male road users gawp at her.
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It's outdoor exercising where you are encountering men not also exercising so my runner friends also encounter it. As somebody upthread said, we all encounter abuse simply by being on a bike but on the rare occasions it happens to me, the abuse is because i am on a bike, the words chosen are because i am female.I don’t disagree, but isn’t you first paragraph true of other sports clubs, running, tri, swimming, gym bunnies etc? It cannot be unique to cycling.