Originally Posted by
DrPete
It's a good example of being sensitive to the fact that an attractive woman has substantial amounts of crap like that to deal with. I think if I were getting unwanted attention all the time I'd feel like I need to have my guard up about comments like that too.
It would have been easily defused by elaborating a bit and saying exactly what you did here.
It was Duke of Kent who said it.
Originally Posted by Duke of Kent
I know I'm going to regret saying this, but you're one of the few women who actually looks good on a bike.
It was elaborated in the thread, if you take the entire thread in context. WR goes on to elaborate and say that she looks "fluid, comfortable, and aero". The poster who it was directed to thanked him for the comment. There was no situation that needed defusing if you read the entire thread, and not just the comment.