Female cyclists trouble?

He even had the audacity to say "aarrrrgggghhhh" when he was laying on the ground. Scum.

To say that he cannot have been British- therefore you should have redoubled the fury with which you were beating what had turned out to be an evil forrun.

haha, I got mistaken for a tramp outside a tescos once, heading back from easts and stopping for a sandwich, pair of girls walked passed and one threw some change into my lap...

I lolzed. Bet you were washing the sarnie down with a Bucky... [/racist]

This thread needs a transgender (correct term?) person who can offer insight into whether they receive more abuse with or without the ole' meat n 2 veg.

Have you found the Ladies' Forum yet?

http://www.lfgss.com/forum56.html

Not absolutely necessary for this thread to be in there, of course, but it could be moved.

It could...

but it won't.

One of the biggest issues I have is when male cyclists assume that because I am a petite woman I am going to be slower than them. More often than not, they are proved wrong and you would not believe how many times a week I watch some pathetic numpty desperately trying to overtake me, some times diving through red lights or pedestrian crossings and cutting up other cyclists just to do so. They just can't bear the thought that a woman might be faster than them.

It's tiring to watch and would be quite funny if it wasn't so dangerous. Of course it isn't just men who do this.

Anyway, I'm sure we have all encountered plenty of cyclists who are just plain moronic, men and women who fail to look behind them, filter dangerously, don't signal clearly, jump lights etc etc.

hahaha, I used to think the same "male cyclists are behaving that way because they think I am a weak woman". But the real story is me assuming what they are thinking and me thinking that I am weak when people overtake me.

To be fair, I suspect that it is because you are both riding decent bikes and are clearly good cyclists. People, and possibly men in particular, like a challenge. I am often "raced" by young men riding hybrids who want to show their superioroty by overtaking a fat old man on a decent bike. I was once a couple of hundred yards from home after a 100+ mile ride when a young man on a hybrid sprinted past me and raised his hands in celebration as he passed by. Whatever floats his boat....

Ooooh, missmouse, and it's not just on bikes that happens although it's a tad more dangerous. I go to a Body Pump class at the gym and put on 25-27.5kg for the squat track (it's high reps/low weight). New 'guys' come in and see that and try to match it despite the instructor suggesting they use 10-15kg the first few times. Nope... they tend to give up around 2 minutes in...

The only comment I've had as a woman on a bike that really made my jaw drop was on the day of the TUC marches in London. I was going along Vauxhall Bridge Road when the lights suddenly went red. I stopped in a higher gear than I usually would and when we got moving again, I had to stand to pick up speed. There was a TUC open-top bus behind me which had been rallying the troops on board with the tannoy. But as we pulled off again, all I heard was 'Keep pedalling love - that's how you keep that arse in shape'. Guess he missed his TUC sensitivity training ;p

I'm afraid I am one such fellow who has started with weights only to end up struggling with the bar.

Fresh Prince.

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