Originally Posted by
genec
except in the area where cyclists were too numerous to count...
Your quote: "There were too many cyclists on the bike path through Northampton to count so they don't figure into my numbers but women were very well represented there."
Perhaps I am misreading this, but that seems to indicate that there were far more cyclists on the path than on the streets... but indeed women still outnumbered men.
Oh no, you are definitely NOT misreading it. You are correct. For the roughly 5-6 miles of bike path and 132 miles of road I saw more cyclists on the bike path than I did on the entire rest of the ride. Granted it was 6 pm by then and a gorgeous summer's evening but still...
If your implication is that more and better infrastructure would attract more cyclists of both genders and possibly even more women I would agree.