Originally Posted by Machka

I was also a member of my local Randonneuring club in Alberta ... and that group didn't want females involved unless the female was equally as fast as the guys. Having a female out there on the course meant that someone might have to look after her ... can't have a female riding through the mountains alone at night ... so they'd rather just not bother with females, or any sort of slower rider for that matter. They kept talking about getting more people involved ... but if anyone slower joined, they'd leave that person in the dust and make him or her feel very unwelcome. This from a club that's not a racing club doing events that are not races.