How many women are on here then?

*waves at all the girls*

Gets rumbled, runs away…

My OH is on here too (though she’s been quiet of late), we’re in East Lancs.

Trio and Cougars OH fancy meeting up… Some remote moorland maybe (that sounds a lot more sinister than is meant) or trails at Helay Nab or Lee/ Cragg Quarry possibly?

Heh (-:

I’ll ask her, cheers for the offer.

Where’s Foxy chick and Tinker Belle?

Don’t think I’ve ever really been offended by anyone’s comments on this forum although there have been some stupendously sexist or insensitive comments made in the past. However, I’ve not noticed it to be frequent and the individual’s concerned are usually told off pretty quickly. I think on a public forum you just have to accept that people can be tempted to be a bit more opinionated or close to the knuckle when they are technically anonymous. I quite like it here, I only started the thread to see how many women were about as there does seem to be more blokes than ladies but it seems there are a lot more than I thought. It wasn’t because I thought all the men here were beasts and frightened all the ladies off. 🙂

Here’s the line IMHO:

Be nice! It’s not hard.

Blokes that say – “cor she’s nice” “I would” “she’s got a great ——” are being nice

Blokes that say – “she’s a ten pinter” “I wouldn’t with yours” “my dog is better looking” “she deserves to be gang raped for lifting weights like that” are not being nice (BTW that last one is real, taken from another forum, but was even more offensive).

The other thing I CANNOT STAND is when pro-lady MTBkers are discussed firstly for their looks and then secondly for their riding. There are amazing female cyclists out there and it’s such a shame their talents are put down the list behind their sexual attractiveness (or in some horrid posts I have read, lack of). That’s not saying complimentary comments aren’t a great thing, but quite often riding skills are totally left out.

BTW – that’s a general statement not directly targeted to STW only!

gang raped for lifting weights? Seriously? wtf 😯 What forum was that? some people are just bell. Ends.

It was a lifting forum, full of testoterone. To be fair, a good deal of even the blokey blokes kinda said ‘erm, that’s pushing it a bit far’, but the fact it was even posted is enough to show the mentality of a very male dominated sport…and when some people claim ‘oh, it’s just blokes being blokes’ others say ‘that’s pretty offensive’

I think Nikki Gudex has a lot to answer for ! Seeing her wrapped around an mtb like an inflatable rubber woman makes me want to vom.

Victoria Pendleton is just as bad. *that* shot of her naked on a track bike was just so FHM.

Renagade Marmalade – I am Preston based and would be keen to go out for a local ride 🙂

Hello again,
I’m a north westener …I’m from the bumhole of Lancs though, Blackburn 🙁

Caz xxx

Hi Caz

Drop me a mail if you ever want to get out for a local ride (email in profile).

Cheeers
Elsa

when some people claim ‘oh, it’s just blokes being blokes’ others say ‘that’s pretty offensive’

No it’s not blokes being blokes, it’s arseholes being arseholes, makes me ashamed to be a bloke, stuff like that

Caz and Elsa I have made 1st contact by the power of email… to the email you have on your profile, Caz yours has bounced back though have you got another. My email is on my profile.

Hi there, always up for local rides.