A question for all KB members

[McJim]

It's all good - gets the missus out of the house so I can slope off to the Boozer

[MikeyG]

I don't think you are getting it yet. It's not about riding with the same type of bikes, if you want this go on a 250 ride, or organise a GN ride. It's about riding with the same type of people, in this case 'girls'.

I got it, had had a few and was off on a tangent and having a rant when I wrote that.

Sorry for the hijack.

[trump-lady]

I didnt read the whole forum so what Im going to say may have been said. I am female and returned from the states. Im in CHCH and would love a womens ride because....

Not knowing any riders here is very intimadating. So I decided I wanna ride I gotta find people to ride with.

I went on one ride from the net in which there was 8 of us, me being the only woman. Im a pretty outspoken secure person but I felt weird. Not that they were not nice....they were great. I think I felt weird and I think perhaps they werent feeling to comfortable (but iI dunno...maybe one will read this and post up) The ride was great and I learnt alot, it just kinda got weird when we stopped. I think I said three words in 1 hour ....for me thats weird cause IM NOT SHY. Thats ok though, the purpose was to ride not meet lifetime friends.
.........I just think for me personally a ladies ride would be looked apon as a more social event. The riding part is the same what ever ride but I would prob open my mouth more and actually talk on a ladies ride because I would feel more comfortable.

I def will continue on any ride I can.....because I like to ride.....guess the point is a ladies ride would be looked at by me as a more social event....rather than just a ride.

[mstriumph]

................. It's about riding with the same type of people, in this case 'girls'.................

was going to be flip here .......... but

actually - this is part of my problem with 'exclusivity' - it may kick off with all the right intentions for all the right reasons [freedom being one of them] but it sometimes ends up with sweeping generalizations that i, personally, [so shoot me] find unpalatable.

i am female
i ride a bike
i am a foreign-born new zealander
i am left handed
i am middle aged
i have a very low bullshit tolerance level

being female doesn't 'catagorize' moi any more closely than any of the the other categories ..... gender is just one of my descriptors and not the most important under most circumstances ....

so, really, i am NOT a 'type' just because of an absence [or presence] of dangly bits .......... and i don't believe anyone else is either

irrespective - if i want to join up with a bunch of good individuals and they are off on a ride, you'll probably find me on that ride anyway ......... if they'll have me [because they have the same choices that i do ...]

[aff-man]

I don't get what the big deal is....

If the girlies want to go riding together I don't see why there is a problem. It's probably one of those things like when they go to the loo together....

The only thing i'd like to add is that yes some new female riders might feel more comfortable riding in "all girl" groups, but although that is all good, they shouldn't be afraid to go riding with the boy people. Yes some of us may be a bit faster, yes the levels of testosterone are usually high, yes we show off, but one the whole most of us are more than happy to accomidate all riders.

As for the comment about them maybe not keeping up with the boys and pushing it to much and binning. I can honestly say I know a shit load more guys that have that problem than girls. I find most girlie riders are more level headed and so I don't have to worry about them pushing it to hard if they are on a ride with me.