A young woman / teenager got on the train at Inverkeithing this morning with a 29er which had clearly been used for it's intended purpose, but it also had cheap lights stuck on it, and she was using it as transport. She was also in 'civvies', well young person track suit civvies.
See a very small number of women in Fife at commute time on bikes. Unfortunately they are noticeable because their numbers are so small. There is a marked difference in town where numbers seem high enough that you don't actually notice women on bikes.
As example above, a lot of of the women I do see, are young, and on MTB's of some type which have been used for that purpose. good to see that they have made the connection that they can also be used to get you about more generally. Maybe cycling as a young person is now 'acceptable' as a pass-time, and that is why more of these young folks are cycling about on muddy MTB's