Originally Posted by
Machka
I'm active in these forums because I'm active in all sorts of types of road cycling. I've been riding regularly since I was a kid, I've commuted to and from work by bicycle, I've spent several years racing, I've gotten into the Long Distance side of things, and I've toured in various parts of the world.
For me, cycling is about as natural as walking.
But it isn't that way for most women ... see my post #337 here:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...&postcount=337
And, as you will see when you read that post, even though I've got heaps of experience riding on the road, when I took a peak into the Mountain Bike forum I left without posting my question because I was immediately intimidated. I suspect that's how a lot of women feel when they take a peak in here.
Hey machka, I don't know anything about the mtb forum, but you can't let a few idiots get you down. It's like the roads. Rednecks and asshоles want to take us down a peg, but don't give them the satisfaction.
You know that the way demographics work -- we will always have a certain percentage (meaning high) of chowderheads. We have our two wheeled equivalent of the morons who need big jacked up trucks to feel tough. But there are also plenty of guys at every level in the sport that can really be a class act.
Cycling is still too hostile to females. That's bad and it needs to change. By not kowtowing to the idoicy, you help make it better. Hang in there. We all appreciate it.