For what it's worth, I invited two women friends out for Sunday's ride . One, who doesn't have an off-road appropriate bike (or even a BOBish bike), said she'd be up for riding, but could naturally only do paved rides on her modern, tight clearance rig. The other, who has a cross bike, was basically down for it, but had other commitments.
I wouldn't want to rule out off-road routes for future SoCal Riv Rides, but perhaps throwing some all-paved rides into the mix would attract women (and others) who don't have off-road capable road bikes or who may feel unsure about their off-roading skill set on technical mountain runs. A On Sep 8, 5:36 pm, David Estes <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > Speaking of women riders, what's the deal with the SoCal Rivendell > Appreciation Society Sausage-fest? I see LOTS of women riding bikes > everywhere, but lugged steel on dirt roads does not seem to attract them. > > One woman for 1/3 of one ride does not satisfy Title IX. > > DE > > > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 5:31 PM, David Estes <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Uhmmm, Lesli, now is the time to chime in... > > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Dave Craig <dcr...@prescott.edu> wrote: > > >> I wonder what we'd find if this question were answered by women. None > >> have responded thusfar to this thread. ARE there any female members of > >> this group?? > > >> <cut> > > >> As I consider my female bicycling buddies, students and acquaintences, > >> I realize that none of them have more than two bikes and that most > >> have just one. > > >> Do women think the all-rounder is a myth? I have to wonder whether > >> they even care. > > >> DC > >> -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something > wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, > scientist guy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
