What is it with guys bout girls on bikes?

[Avignon]

I sympathise with you. I get exactly the same response from the female staff when I buy fabric at Spotlight.

[heavenly.talker]

Wow!!!! I'm amazed at all the responses!

Thanks for all the support and funny responses:-) Infact still smiling as I type.

I love the kawa meanstreak...there has been a great example on trademe lately...bronze! I normally am the black and chrome type of girl but that sure is sexy :-) hmmmmm


Sorry to hear that the ladies at spotlight have been dissing you Avignon...for what it's worth...they generally ignore me unless I go up and ask for something, so I think it could be a case of general disinterest rather than being gender specific?.

I never get why people in service roles do not give good service! One of life's oxy-morons I spose. Just like the military intelligence (OMG...can't even spell that...rolf) and the like.

Enjoy your afternoon :-)

[Back Fire]

I cant seem to find any chicks around aucks 17-19 who ride bikes... its like they don't exist!!! we need more!!

[Goddess of Goof]

I cant seem to find any chicks around aucks 17-19 who ride bikes... its like they don't exist!!! we need more!!

I can't find any genuinely single guys in my age group in Auckland who ride bikes either......



My age group being chronologically enhanced 17-18 year olds !!!!! LOL

It's like they don't exist !!!

Man Drought ??

[M1CRO:Me]

Yeah they do
You just aint looking in the right places
More investigation is needed lol

[oldrider]

My wife has had a bike licence for over 30yrs and was riding long before that.
I enjoy sitting on the back while she rides the bike.
Unfortunately most of my bikes lately have been too tall for her.
My daughter has her own bike. Both my wee grandaughters ride wee bikes.
I don't think gender matters on bikes, it's all in the head of the beholder.Cheers John.

[mstriumph]

I happened to be at a bike shop the other day sitting on a bike and asked the young man (i.e. dude that has started shaving but hasn't put the blade in yet) a question about the bike. He answered the question talking directly to the only man in the group and totally ignoring me. After 1 minute of this I said "excuse me, you can talk to me you know, after all I am the one interested in the bike and who asked the question" He then proceeded to ask...Oh so you have your licence then?...Do you own a bike?...When I answered yes...and I have two. He still didn't apologise for his sexist attitude..............

its people like us, galpal, that are on a mission to change attitudes like this ..... just by carrying right on doing what we do ........ eptly or ineptly as the case may be lol

My other pet peeve is being told by my brother and husband (only sometimes) when admiring the roadstar 1600 or shadow 1800 not to be so bloody stupid because the bike is too big for me and I am not allowed to ride it!..............

and it seems to me, with respect and very carefully that this is the place you'll have to start [meaning, ok, it may be too much bike for you, but that's YOUR call, not theirs]?

If a comment like that came from a stranger you could laff and say "who died and made YOU god?" ... with family i guess you have to be a little more gentle ..............

[SPman]

... with family i guess you have to be a little more gentle ..............

Why?
You don't, you know.

[mstriumph]

aw shucks - you caught me out..... i was pretending to be NICE

[Mental Trousers]

Personally, I'd love to see a hell of a lot more women on bikes. I used to love riding around the countryside with my girlfriend, each of us on our own bike. I *really* miss that

Carrying pillions just doesn't cut it. They mess up the wieght distribution on the bike and don't appreciate it when the front end slides for 30m.

[Goddess of Goof]

Yeah they do
You just aint looking in the right places
More investigation is needed lol

Oh yeah - lots'a blokes on bikes - but most of them have lovely wives at home.

Or they prefer to be single.

Or they don't share the same preoccupations as I do.

But they won't risk saying helloIN CASE I BITE! LOL

Mnnnhh.

[M1CRO:Me]

Without making this a dating site, and because I am me...then....
HELLO!!!

[Back Fire]

Oh yeah - lots'a blokes on bikes - but most of them have lovely wives at home.

Or they prefer to be single.

Or they don't share the same preoccupations as I do.

But they won't risk saying helloIN CASE I BITE! LOL

Mnnnhh.

haha, if you were my age I'd be right in there... nothing sexier than a girl on a bike...... mmmmmmmm bike girl....

[heavenly.talker]

I feel for it Ms Triumph :-)

Totally agree with what you are saying. Brother is easy to tell to pull his head in. More advanced man management is required with hubby! lol...I'm still trying to formulate the perfect technique!

[heavenly.talker]

Personally, I'd love to see a hell of a lot more women on bikes. I used to love riding around the countryside with my girlfriend, each of us on our own bike. I *really* miss that

Carrying pillions just doesn't cut it. They mess up the wieght distribution on the bike and don't appreciate it when the front end slides for 30m.

To be frank being a pillion sucks too. You can't see worth a damm, you aren't allowed to stretch any aches or pains that might be developing, you still need to be an active participant with none of the control!
Give me my own bike any day :-)