View Poll Results: What is your gender?
Male
133
86.36%
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21
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Commuter Gender
04-26-13 | 07:45 AM
#26
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From: South Austin, Texas
Bikes: 2010 Origin8 CX700, 2003 Cannondale Backroads Cross Country, 1997 Trek mtn steel frame converted commuter/tourer, 1983 Univega Sportour, 2010 Surly LHT, Others...
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.
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.
04-26-13 | 06:26 PM
#28
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Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Portland OR
Bikes: 61 Bianchi Specialissima 71 Peugeot G50 7? P'geot PX10 74 Raleigh GranSport 75 P'geot UO8 78? Raleigh Team Pro 82 P'geot PSV 86 P'geot PX 91 Bridgestone MB0 92 B'stone XO1 97 Rans VRex 92 Cannondale R1000 94 B'stone MB5 97 Vitus 997
There are definitely more female commuters (as percent of total) when the weather is better.
04-26-13 | 09:49 PM
#29
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From: Southern CaliFORNIA.
Bikes: KHS Alite 500, Trek 7.2 FX , Masi Partenza, Masi Fixed Special, Masi Cran Criterium
In the last year I have seen the ratio of women go up, but men are still the majority around here.
04-27-13 | 09:00 AM
#31
rebmeM roineS
Joined: Jan 2006
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From: Metro Indy, IN
Bikes: Bacchetta Giro A20, RANS V-Rex, RANS Screamer
I voted female because most of the junk mail that I get is addressed to Ms. Jan.
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04-27-13 | 03:35 PM
#34
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Joined: Aug 2012
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From: The Big City
Bikes: Brompton M3L, Tern Verge P20, Citi Bike
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.
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.
04-27-13 | 03:46 PM
#35
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Joined: May 2012
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From: California
Bikes: 2012 Civia Prospect, 2012 Specialized Sirrus Sport, 199x Canondale M800
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.
04-27-13 | 03:47 PM
#36
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From: California
Bikes: 2012 Civia Prospect, 2012 Specialized Sirrus Sport, 199x Canondale M800
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.
04-27-13 | 10:10 PM
#39
Super-spreader
Joined: Jul 2012
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From: where black is the color, where none is the number
Bikes: shiny red tricycle
04-28-13 | 12:59 AM
#41
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Joined: May 2008
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From: Chicago, IL
Bikes: Giant FCR3, Surly LHT
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.
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.
04-28-13 | 02:11 AM
#42
Über Geek
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 34
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From: Los Angeles
04-28-13 | 05:50 AM
#43
Senior Member
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 1,079
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From: Potashville
Bikes: Reynolds 531P road bike, Rocky Mountain Metropolis, Rocky Mountain Sherpa 10, Look 566
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.
04-28-13 | 05:54 AM
#44
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From: Potashville
Bikes: Reynolds 531P road bike, Rocky Mountain Metropolis, Rocky Mountain Sherpa 10, Look 566
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.
04-28-13 | 07:38 AM
#45
Not quite there yet
Joined: Feb 2013
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From: Monkey Bottom, NC
Bikes: A bunch of old steel bikes + an ICE trike
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.
04-28-13 | 09:41 AM
#46
Newbie
Joined: Apr 2013
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From: Greensboro, NC
Bikes: 06' Fuji Roubaix Pro 96 Raliegh M80 mountain bike, Trek mtn bike
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.
04-28-13 | 09:51 AM
#47
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Joined: Jun 2009
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From: Southeast
Bikes: cyclotank
Nah, all you need is a talented stylist, killer cut and a ton of attitude. Femininity = long hair is just social conditioning.
04-28-13 | 10:00 AM
#48
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Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Minneapolis
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.
04-28-13 | 06:33 PM
#49
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From: Potashville
Bikes: Reynolds 531P road bike, Rocky Mountain Metropolis, Rocky Mountain Sherpa 10, Look 566
I didn't say the hair had to be long, only that extremely short hair doesn't look good on very many women (including me - I got mistaken for a man all the time when I briefly had it). Like it or not, helmet hair is something that many women consider when deciding to commute or not.
04-28-13 | 06:37 PM
#50
Hogosha Sekai
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 6,674
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From: STS
Bikes: Leader 725, Centurion Turbo, Scwhinn Peloton, Schwinn Premis, GT Tequesta, Bridgestone CB-2,72' Centurion Lemans, 72 Raleigh Competition
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.