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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Munich Germany (formerly Portland OR, Texas)
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Bikes: '02 Specialized FSR, '03 RM Slayer, '99 Raleigh R700, '97 Norco hartail, '89 Stumpjumper
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just my personal estimates:
40% female : recreational riders (riding to the park once and a while)
15-20% female: avid riders (in bike clubs or tours)
10% female: serious riders (racers)
2% female: commuters
in the tours i lead here in munich there it's usually 5-20% female. for the harder more extreme tours a little less and for the less extreme more relaxed tours a little more.
Note: i know quite a few really serious and really talented female riders -- i will be riding with one tomorrow and my ex-girlfriend who just did a downhill MTB race today is coming in 4 weeks to ride technical trails here in Eruope with me (she bought the plane ticket friday!) and at my MTB Tour Guide training class in 2 weeks there are 5 women out of 25.
for whatever reason a really low percentage of bike commuters are women. why i don't know? (more difficulty changing and getting dressed and ready? it's got to be more than JUST that...)