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Lots of women bike commuting here. Rode behind two in the rain this morning on a short 6 mile RT to my son's elementary school with him.
Very pleased that I do see so many females pedaling around our part of town and most other parts of austin. Different parts of town do seem to have greater/less % of female cyclists. The # has increased in the past 2-5 years. I would ballpark the numbers around 40-45% female, 60-55% male, that I see around my regular cycling routes. |
I can't say that I've seen a single female on my commute.
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There are definitely more female commuters (as percent of total) when the weather is better.
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In the last year I have seen the ratio of women go up, but men are still the majority around here.
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Female commuter here... we're not as common (I see maybe 1-2 for every 10 guys on my commute), but we're out there. :thumb:
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I voted female because most of the junk mail that I get is addressed to Ms. Jan.
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Not too many of us here. A chick in full high-speed long-distance battle gear sends WTF factor off the charts.
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I'm a tranny. Where is that option?
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To be fully inclusive, you'd have to include, trans, intersex, and gender non-conforming.
According to Wikipedia: The prevalence of intersex depends on which definition is used. According to the ISNA definition above, 1 percent of live births exhibit some degree of sexual ambiguity.[8] Between 0.1% and 0.2% of live births are ambiguous enough to become the subject of specialist medical attention, including surgery to assign them to a given sex category (i.e. male or female). According to Fausto-Sterling's definition of intersex,[9] on the other hand, 1.7 percent of human births are intersex. For the record, I am a man, but neither straight nor white. |
I see a number of females bike commuting on the roads approaching campus (maybe almost 50/50 appearing to be male/female). Oddly, I see way less females bike commuting when I am further away from campus. I have no idea why, but I guess the people that are attracted to higher education may have a different mindset then others.
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Originally Posted by terrapin44
(Post 15559797)
I see a number of females bike commuting on the roads approaching campus (maybe almost 50/50 appearing to be male/female). Oddly, I see way less females bike commuting when I am further away from campus. I have no idea why, but I guess the people that are attracted to higher education may have a different mindset then others.
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But i do see a lot of women riding pretty hardcore on the greenways here. my route to work doesn't have bike commuters (except me) which explains why I don't see hardly anyone else. |
In New Orleans there are tons of females cycling for utilitarian purposes. Can't swear it is 50-50 but i see many daily.
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Originally Posted by JoeyBike
(Post 15560870)
In New Orleans there are tons of females cycling for utilitarian purposes. Can't swear it is 50-50 but i see many daily.
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Bike commuting is too sweaty and dirty for most women. Doesn't bother most men.
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Originally Posted by wilfried
(Post 15559772)
To be fully inclusive, you'd have to include, trans, intersex, and gender non-conforming.
According to Wikipedia: So the number is small, but not vanishingly small. However, they're invisible because they're made to conform to one gender or the other. For the record, I am a man, but neither straight nor white. |
Originally Posted by alan s
(Post 15561058)
Bike commuting is too sweaty and dirty for most women. Doesn't bother most men.
Could be that women get way less latitude for showing up at work being anything short of perfectly put-together. |
Originally Posted by saxdiva
(Post 15561315)
If it didn't bother "most" men, you'd see WAY more doing it.
Could be that women get way less latitude for showing up at work being anything short of perfectly put-together. |
I'm volunteering for a women's "learn to commute by bike" class soon. In the first meeting we'll discuss what the participants want to achieve and what they feel they need to learn to get into it. I don't imagine their perceived obstacles are much different from the ones that keep non-cycling men from trying it, but I suppose we'll find out. I know at least one has never learned to ride a bike at all, so we'll be starting at the most basic level with her.
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You realize that your poll does not measure the real proportion of commuters of each gender. It only measures the gender proportions of forum members who commute. I personally see a few more females than males commuting in my community.
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There are a handful of commuters where I work, all guys. As for the route I take, It's a popular bike route for the roadies to take but I'm the only one out commuting.
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Originally Posted by Rhodabike
(Post 15561460)
Yes, and the hair is a big thing. Men usually have very short hair that doesn't require any sort of styling. Few women look good in extremely short hair, so it's harder to come up with something that works without a shower and hair dryer.
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FWIW there are lots of women commuters around here. In fact of the dozen or so people in my office that commute by bike at least once in a while, there's a slight majority that are women. Many of them have longer hair as well. We do have showers in the building.
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Originally Posted by sci_femme
(Post 15561987)
Nah, all you need is a talented stylist, killer cut and a ton of attitude. Femininity = long hair is just social conditioning.
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I want to see the survey of how many out of the 13 so far female commuters are single, then to see how heart broken most of this forum is.
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