http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Some of us are also female en Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:38:31 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254&page=2#post-269284 Sun, 10 Dec 2017 23:23:05 +0000 Ed1 269284@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The only real life member of CCE knew prior to joining happens to be a woman </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254&page=2#post-269282 Sun, 10 Dec 2017 22:55:12 +0000 HankChief 269282@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>(Was looking for a thread to put this on - this one seemed a good place)</p> <p>A fantastic blog post from @mummycycle which I commend you to read.</p> <p><a href="http://www.mummysgoneacycle.com/womenonbikes/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mummysgoneacycle.com/womenonbikes/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-112684 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 19:16:33 +0000 PS 112684@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Re: Hervelo</p> <p>Racing isn't particularly high up their agenda. Some race MTB, a few raced the Peebles Sprint, but the majority wouldn't put the competitive thing as why they ride bikes. They are more about just having fun on bikes and encouraging more people of the female persuasion to do the same, which is why they do "rustles" rides for folks who haven't ridden for a while or are new to it all. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-112683 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 19:04:23 +0000 MeepMeep 112683@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Re: Hervelo, I've been out with the "skinnies" group a few times and round Arthur's Seat for some hilly laps on the odd occasion so far this year. There's not much emphasis put on racing by those I've cycled with so far but I can't speak for the rest of the club and the other individual disciplines covered.</p> <p>They're a great bunch. Really friendly and welcoming. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-112644 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:41:17 +0000 Instography 112644@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That apostrophe is fine. The cycling of women. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-112643 Sun, 02 Jun 2013 01:37:50 +0000 Tulyar 112643@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Animal associations Neigh Chance </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-112584 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 11:10:47 +0000 amir 112584@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's a magazine on sale called Women's Cycling. Not sure about apostrophe position. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-112355 Thu, 30 May 2013 14:50:02 +0000 fimm 112355@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I think Hervelo is quite a small club, and there's a good proportion who race - however they do advertise other kinds of riding as well, and I know they have run easy rides out to South Queensferry via Dalmeny in the past. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-112352 Thu, 30 May 2013 14:25:45 +0000 chdot 112352@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Doesn't appear to be Edinburgh based?"</p> <p>I know, just liked their rationale. </p> <p>Think HV is more fullon racing)?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-112351 Thu, 30 May 2013 14:21:54 +0000 fimm 112351@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Doesn't appear to be Edinburgh based? Unlike<br /> <a href="http://www.hervelo.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hervelo.co.uk/</a><br /> who are! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-112347 Thu, 30 May 2013 13:45:40 +0000 chdot 112347@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> Welcome to the Regency Riders, we cater for all abilities from the beginner not yet confident to ride on the open road to the more advanced cyclist who is training for their next challenge!</p> <p>"<br /> "Cycling club created for women by women"</p> <p><a href="http://www.regencyriders.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.regencyriders.co.uk</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-111767 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:19:19 +0000 chdot 111767@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>True. </p> <p>That tends to be an attempted male slur to implying that their chats are more worthy.</p> <p>Which obviously... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-111766 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:16:37 +0000 MeepMeep 111766@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Now, now - I never mentioned the "g" word! ;o) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-111765 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:14:13 +0000 chdot 111765@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So you're saying not-females gossip too... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-111764 Fri, 24 May 2013 10:08:10 +0000 MeepMeep 111764@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There is if it's based solely on the stereotype that women couldn't possibly want to discuss the mechanics of bikes! Which, of course, I appreciate is completely incorrect.</p> <p>Besides, there aren't a huge proportion of mechanical threads (the current rear wheel topic at <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10261">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10261</a> not withstanding) that crop up here: the greater proportion of threads seem to be news or chatter-related... Good ol' conversation. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-111758 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:53:57 +0000 chdot 111758@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No shame in predicting the probable - and statistically actual. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-111756 Fri, 24 May 2013 09:52:09 +0000 MeepMeep 111756@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I love how this thread has derailled massively from a discussion on forum gender composition to stating animal sounds. You can always rely on CCE digressing.</p> <p>For me, when I first signed up I typically (and ashamedly) assumed that it was a predominantly bloke's forum. I was pleasantly surprised to learn otherwise. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-111589 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:17:54 +0000 chdot 111589@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Almost 60% of the posters on this thread are female. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-111587 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:11:46 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 111587@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>moo </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-111586 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:08:49 +0000 Darkerside 111586@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@lionfish - if you're not orange and stripey I will be immensely upset. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-111584 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:04:34 +0000 fimm 111584@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@lionfish at least friskiffla doesn't think you have horns and go "moo"... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-111583 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:03:23 +0000 Darkerside 111583@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I stand corrected SRD :P </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-111579 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:52:51 +0000 lionfish 111579@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>What sally said: I started writing something like that but deleted it :)</p> <p>@friskiffla - oh great, I should have just used my real name, rather than being thought of as a cold-blooded sea creature with poisonous fin rays... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-111576 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:45:11 +0000 friskiffla 111576@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've only ever (knowingly) met one person on this forum. The fun thing for me is that each persons user name gives me a certain image of that person, which will inevitably turn out to be completely wrong. Especially the people with an animal in their name... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-111575 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:43:28 +0000 sallyhinch 111575@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's possible that this is one of the (few) areas where it *does* matter because there does seem to be consistent evidence that as cycling conditions improve, a higher proportion of cycling trips are done by women - for instance in the Netherlands 55% of cycling trips are done by women, not necessarily because more women cycle than men, but because women make more trips than men. Although how many of them want to then go onto a cycling forum online to talk about it, I don't know. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-111563 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:58:26 +0000 SRD 111563@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@darkerside I believe I left open the option of multiple selections for exactly that reason (well, actually, because I knew someone would gripe if I didn't) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-111562 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:24:17 +0000 chdot 111562@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As the person known as Darkerdide has indicated, they normally reside on the west side of Scotland. 'We' don't discriminate. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-111560 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:20:36 +0000 Darkerside 111560@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The statistician in me raises a gnarled claw to suggest that the options are not mutually exclusive. I am/identify as male, and yet would also say it doesn't matter.</p> <p>Whilst we're on the subject, the xkcd blog had rather a nice article on sex and gender in surveys:</p> <p><a href="http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/06/sex-and-gender/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.xkcd.com/2010/05/06/sex-and-gender/</a></p> <p>I like data gathering :D </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-111550 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:08:50 +0000 Instography 111550@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you want some benchmark, SHS says cyclists are 65% male and sex ratio is pretty similar across age groups. Best balance is among 35-44 year olds where it's 60:40. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=10254#post-111548 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:28:08 +0000 SRD 111548@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>For the first time in US history, 60 percent of bicycle owners between the ages of 18-27 are women. </p> <p><a href="http://momentummag.com/articles/women-lead-the-way-for-future-growth-of-cycling-in-north-america/" rel="nofollow">http://momentummag.com/articles/women-lead-the-way-for-future-growth-of-cycling-in-north-america/</a> </p>