Lady KBers - do you think you are more blokey in traits if you ride?

[Unit:Me]

I think blinging up a bike is also nesting girly behaviour too (not that there's anything wrong with that).

Go T.I.E is all I can say about that one, is that Andrews girly side coming out?

[Trudes]

If I say, "I don't give a fuck", does that make me more male than female? J/K
To be honest I think I'm definitely more blokey than girly, although I do like to pop on a nice dress and wear a bit of make-up and shit occasionally (I think it's mainly because I don't get to dress nice for work or wear make-up etc), I also like to get dirty, fix shit and sit around watching sport getting pissed and cooking on the BBQ.
Most girly-girl types think I'm crass, loud and unlady like, but, I really couldn't give a crap. I prefer to hang with people who can talk comfortably about rubbish that doesn't involve their kids, how fat they are, shopping etc, and if this means sitting around with a bunch of beer drinking burping blokes, so be it, as I like how most guys don't judge me for burping after sculling a beer, or swearing.
I just like to hang with people who let me be me, and that's why most of my female friends are a bit outspoken and crass like me, (eh ELLE!!!) I do however advocate for women's rights etc and like to be treated like a Ladyyyyy sometimes, so long as nobody feels they have to change their ways to make sure they don't offend me because I am a female.

[MementoMori]

Certainly true in my case.

I have always been a tom boy and as a kid, used to play with the lads, chasing, being chased and getting into play fights lol, coming home covered in mud and bruises, building forts in the back garden, attaching loo roll exhausts to my push bike and making cardboard visors to stick to my helmet. The list goes on.

Then as I got older I had a massive identity crisis when it was no longer acceptable for girls to join in with the boys. Girls stood around, or walked around gossiping whilst the lads kicked a tennis ball around the playground.

That really sucked, but I got over it and learnt not to care so much.

I don't wear smart feminine clothing much as I find it uncomfortable and often paper thin and cold. My phone is covered in grease from storing it in my bike's arse. Children scare me. I get on much better with men probably due to associating with them as a kid, I can't really associate much with 'normal' women, no offence intended. I get on well with other biker ladies as they can relate. I silenced a guy at Wanganui on Boxing Day with my small frame and big knowledge of bikes.

Erm... yeah. No point to all that, just went on a bit of a waffle, sorry. My two cents anyway.

[Babelfish]

Wow, thats wicked, I was just thinking about this the other day after helping another biker chick take to the streets...whether women taking to bikes we're endowed with a large amount of tomboyness...

...of course, being a bloke, I then wondered how many biker chicks had contemplated....um....solidifying their blokiness with....um....another chick.

Given that, realistically any chick is only a couple of beers off being a lesbian, surely the manly throb of a bike would only increase the propensity?

[bex]

I too would consider myself definitely a "girly girl". I love make-up, nice clothes etc but that doesn't mean I also like to take risks and I am not averse to getting dirty....when i was wayyyy younger I really used to enjoy spending an afternoon pootling around cleaning my bike and doing all the "blokey" things.
I think it's all to do with enjoying the adrenalin rush of real or perceived danger! I love riding fast, bungy jumping, skiing, riding horses etc. But I do not consider myself in any way "blokey" because I enjoy these things!
It's all about experiencing life to the full

[McJim]

I like ironing, been doing it since I was a kid (and in the Navy). But that doesn't make me gay now ya hear! Gardening, now that is for old people who don't appreciate bikes.

Ironing don't mean yer gay but being in the Navy?!?!

[Alice]

I think, feel and dress like a girl and I think I am seen by others as a girly girl.....but when I did the crossing over of thumbs test. Blokes crossed their thumbs from left to right

...girls from right to left

...Guess who crossed her thumbs over from left to right......*sigh*

...apparently that is an indicator of the different sides of the brain each gender use

Sitting having a beer or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 with a couple of blokes after doing my first ever track day at Taupo which I must add was the most most fun ever to be had. Now regarding the finger thumb crossing thing, just asked the blokes to cross there thumbs, the left hander crosses his right thumb over the top, the right hander did the opposite and I did same as the right hander and I am right hander so possibly this is more to do with whether you are right or left handed.

As for chicks that ride bikes being more blokey, well today at the track the chicks out riding all looked pretty hot to me and I am not that way inclined, I think we probably just enjoy life and having fun.

[Silverfern]

...of course, being a bloke, I then wondered how many biker chicks had contemplated....um....solidifying their blokiness with....um....another chick.

Given that, realistically any chick is only a couple of beers off being a lesbian, surely the manly throb of a bike would only increase the propensity? [/QUOTE]

Oh here we go again, that same old stereotype, yes, I've taken the bait, but please let it go? If I drink rum does that make me a fully fledged lesbian? If a man drinks a couple of beers does that make him a homosexual? Geez hand me my nail polish remover so I can sniff some decent fumes!

[El Dopa]

If a man drinks a couple of beers does that make him a homosexual?

Depends if he mixes them half and half with Lemonade.

Or if they have the words 'summer ale', or 'a refreshing hint of lemon' somewhere on the label.

[Maha]

Depends if he mixes them half and half with Lemonade.

A Shandi and a club sandwich at the Puhoi?.... doesn't get much better than that.....

[El Dopa]

A Shandi and a club sandwich at the Puhoi?.... doesn't get much better than that.....

Tongue was firmly in cheek, as it were.

What people choose to put in their mouths as a result of their 'lifestyle choices' is nothing to do with me.

[Babelfish]

A Shandi and a club sandwich at the Puhoi?.... doesn't get much better than that.....

Is that code....do you mean at or up...and is that puhoi or poohole? .... I've gone too far on that one eh I'll get me coat....TAXI!

[botb]

UMMMM yer i love to scratch my groin and can fart the alphabet i also pick my nose does that make me blokey?? ...... or just a chic from Gore??? No i am not from Gore Dunners girl through an through mate!! yer i'm more blokey than girly nails are long but are caked with autosol, i don't do hairdressers whoever has scissors handy can cut off the OMG 'SPLIT ENDS' i don't get along with girly girls they come across as airheaded dimwits to me, to be quite honest!! yes i can be feminine when i need to be generally get along with bikey chics as we have a common interest and we're a breed apart i think lol... i work with guys on the knives at the freezer!!! ( havin a season off at the mo ) love it u can hang shit on them and they don't wanna scratch your eyes out or bitch about you behind your back !!! And i don't give a fuck what some horrible overpriced retail store has hanging on the racks or the best bloody hairspray got heavier things to worry about than that bullshit lol ......

[klingon]

Funny how perceptions change with fashion.

Of course, we all know that only men can operate machinery. Washing machines, vacuum cleaners, typewriters... Apparently Sir Truby King (the founder of Plunket) said women shouldn't use machinery like typewriters because it would shrivel their ovaries. In those days typing was seen as a man's job.

I remember when Dame Cath Tizard was Governor General. She was visiting a primary school and a little boy was asked by a reporter if he wanted to be Governor General when he grew up. "No way," he said. "That's a girl's job."

Notice that the really successful bike racers are generally men who are small in stature and light weight, like jockeys. They need to be fit, flexible and have endurance. Any minute now we're going to discover that motorbike racing is women's work.

As for me, I love arriving at work on my bike, stripping off my riding gear and revealing a femininely tailored suit and blouse underneath. I swap my boots for high heels, put my long hair in a bun and play the part of a cool corporate advisor all day. At the end of the day I put my gear back on, tuck my hair under my collar, and become a biker chick for the ride home.

The thing I like the most is the flexibility to be who I want to be when it suits me. Sometimes I wear a flowery dress and sometimes I wear gumboots and overalls. I'm confident in who I am, whatever role I'm playing at the time. It's great to be a woman in the noughties.

[Bloody Mad Woman (BMW)]

I've never considered myself more blokey just because I ride a bike. I also did volunteer work for 10 years as marshal and post chief for motorsports car rallying - 4 wheel driving, trail/motorcross riding, then became a tar baby, worked on cars with my brother (not sure whether that was so much willing as bribed into it lol - more like I probably had a crush on the guy who owned it).

I say I was born in high heels - always loved shoes. Love clothes - but I made them from an early age - my father was too tight to buy me any clothes. As a little girl I was always making dress ups - raided Dad's locked cupboard (just had to crawl up under the house and put your hand through cos he didn't put a backing on the cupboard) where he kept his wire and soldering iron and tried to make a hooped dress - didn't work very well.

Made ballgowns, very elegant. Work clothes were very feminine and mostly classical so they would last - people would compliment me on my clothes but because I made them - I never thought they were "good enough". However now I do appreciate yes I am an excellent seamstress.

Makeup: fits and burst with this. My work requires me to wear it but mostly I'm too lazy to wear it every day. However I have learnt - that you do need either makeup protection or sunscreen when riding for long periods. Especially lip stuff. Helmet hair: I love brushing my hair after the ride - feels great - even better - a shower - washing and blowdrying hair = and voila - transformation.

Leathers: Love them for the bike - good protective clothing - a few bins have proved that. Yes I would love to be colour co-ordinated - which I am fussy about normally, but finances have not stretched to this yet. More important that firstly I am protected and that I can get out and ride!

Carparking - excellent! with any type of vehicle. Have not had any towing a trailer experience!

I always worked on my cars - doing oil changes, tyre changes and anything I could. Same with the bike (not tyre changes!!).

My attitude has been if I don't do it who will? Never had a bloke that either could or would. But also I guess I have been living on my own for quite some time now so have learn't to be self sufficient and independent. In fact it really surprises me when a bloke does actually offer to help or do something on my bike for me. (Admittedly, alot of the time I don't think to ask either - not wanting to "use" people). The last ex was actually excellent on that score, i.e. changing tyres, putting the odd indicator on - well now I know how to do that very well!! lol And replacing the clutch lever myself!!

Apparently I can cook, make a mean chocolate gateaux, done cake decorating, card making, cross stitch, knitting (a few items got finished!!), flower arranging, have my own piano. Learnt many forms of dancing.

But then I have never owned a tv in my life and I don't have children. I have never settled for mediocrity and always try and fit as much as I can into life. I just do what I enjoy and don't give a damn whether it is considered blokey or feminine. I know who and what I am and what other people think is none of my business.

Without my bike - life would be lifeless - I know that for a fact - experienced that for 4 months last year.

Well that turned out to be a long waffle - hey I can't access KB at work anymore!!