In fact, few women seem to stick around for all that long, sadly.
Have been thinking about this – and whilst some of the banter can be off-putting, I would guess misogyny is not really one of the reasons you don’t find as many female regulars as you might like.
I’m sure that since stereotypically women aren’t as ‘hardcore’ as men when it comes to sporting (or most) activities, this results in often intermittent interest – in both actual biking and discussing bikes.
maybe women have less time to spend on internet forums, maybe their work doesn’t permit (or offer sneaky opportunities to) browsing the internet all day – or perhaps their internet browsing time is spent on other things (like buying bras and panties 🙂 )
I myself do not lurk as much as I used to – because I finally realised that reading through STW takes up a grotesque amount of time – that I need to spend on other things 🙁