I apologise if I failed to express myself clearly - or, equally, if I expressed myself only too clearly and thereby revealed that I am not as far down the road of freeing myself from my chauvinistic instincts as I would like to be.
What I was musing around is this.
I believe that the present rise of road cycling culture, welcome in many ways, can lead to an image that cycling is a serious sport, only for people wanting to put themselves through serious exertion and probably pain.
I was wondering to what extent this impression is created by men rather than women, and to what extent it is more offputting to women than to men.
I recognise that I am not free enough from my own prejudices to come with a neutral answer to those questions on my own.