Why normal women don't cycle…

@tenfoot

I can understand her logic

Mrs Esher Shore has several nice bikes, but does not ride them, and prefers to go swimming at her local swimming baths, as its 5 minutes from her work place, and she can get a better work out in 1 hour than riding her bikes

personally? I love riding my bikes, but when limited on time or if the weather is terrible, I will go running. I can get a really good work out running in 45 minutes – 1 hour, that will take hours on the bikes, and also with the discomfort of getting cold and wet / dirty on the bikes (especially on the MTB) with all the hassles of cleaning the bikes, and having to undertake more regular maintenance on the bikes

running seems very simple in comparison 😉

And some women use the excuse that good cycling clothes are hard to find! 😆

I often ride at night ,from my home to the seaside and sometimes ,ride to the mountains at weekend.I really enjoy the trip .

parent and child parking spaces because it’s too dangerous/difficult to walk across a supermarket car park

Straying off the point, but the benefit of parent and child spaces is that there’s enough space between the cars to open the doors properly and faff with child seats.

From what I can see, there are a number of distinct types of people who do cycle for transport:

People who appear to have little money. No helmet, normal clothes. These people tend to ride battered supermarket ‘mtbs’, often with fewer than two working brakes (occasionally no working brakes) This type are mostly men, but I do see quite a few women, many appear Eastern European. These people are not fat.

‘Respectable’ (non-working?/retired) older ladies riding around suburbs. No helmet, normal clothes. Shopping bikes with baskets. Not fat.

Professional/technical middle-class types. Mostly men, but there are some women. They wear helmets and bike gear, ride flash road bikes or they ride tourers, CX’s or hybrids (many singlespeed, some fixed) with practical fittings -mudguards, racks, lights, child carriers etc. Some take children to school/nursery and commute significant distances. These people are not fat either.

Almost everybody else drives everywhere. Many of these people are fat.

I’m fat and I cycle. Theory disproved 😛

Dales_rider – Member

I’m fat and I cycle. Theory disproved

Not at all: The exception that proves the rule…

Having shown this article to my good lady, and got an unabbreviated version of “WTF” as the response, I was moved to leave a comment on the author’s blog. Which promptly got a defensive reply.

http://thegirlsguidetolifeontwowheels.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/if-you-want-to-get-more-women-on-bikes.html?showComment=1364408088067#c8717516850701954066

A cynical part of me thinks she wants to play up the importance of appearance and fancy clothing so she can keep getting sent nice swag to test.

Is Wonderwoman considered normal?