Well gee, color me clueless, what's the real acronym, Scott?

It most certainly wasn't my intention to turn this into a Big Freakin' Deal when I emailed LOS off-list and had this to say about that 98% figure: "Wow. That is just so not correct."

I can see where he got that impression, participants within a team are grouped according to strength and ability. Often times the slower groups are predominantly women, and often times women are predominantly in the slower groups. Except when they're not. As well, friendships spring up among riders, be they in the same or different training groups, and it's natural that women gravitate together and men gravitate together. 'Specially those men & women who aren't looking for dates ...

I did take a look at the participant* listings for the various cycle teams in the SF Bay Area / Redwood Wine country, and yes, it works out to roughly a 50:50 sausage/pie ratio in each of those teams (*not coaches, mentors, team captains -- though those seem to be roughly 50:50 as well).

So there you have it. I didn't want the OP and his wife to be misled by LOS' statement.

UmneyDurak, it's unfortunate that you consider TnT a "huge rip off' but in the final analysis, those of us who support TnT have our own reasons for doing so, and if you don't, well, so be it.


Oh and LOS, you are so not an ass.

- Jo.