special women's section!

**ny biker** · 08-05-2008, 08:08 AM

Received the latest issue of Bicycling magazine yesterday in the mail. On the cover is a gold sticker that says "Special 24-page women's section inside!"

When I rule the world, they will need a gold sticker for their special men's section.

Anyway, the thing starts out with a big article on charity rides. Since when are charity rides a woman thing? I see as many guys at them as I do women.

**jobob** · 08-05-2008, 08:14 AM

Ah, good ol Buy-cycling.

It tries, it fails.

Remember the high hopes we had last year?
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=14042

And how it turned out to big a big bunch of hooey?

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=15799

**mimitabby** · 08-05-2008, 08:30 AM

Yes. We didn't even get the issue with the "women's section " in it. Probably won't this year either. The idiots don't realize that many of the men who get the magazine are married to or are living with WOMEN WHO CYCLE.

They lost a lot of credibility with me after that happened last year.

**indysteel** · 08-05-2008, 08:44 AM

I'm not surprised. Frankly, I think most of their articles--whether they're explicitly geared to women or to men--often miss the mark. I'm not quite sure they know who their audience really is or who they really want it to be. New riders, experienced/serious recreational riders, competitive cyclists? I think they try to appeal to all types, and it's hard to successfully do that.

**HoosierGiant** · 08-05-2008, 08:45 AM

No Women's Section here either -- I'm miffed!

**Becky** · 08-05-2008, 09:01 AM

Originally Posted by HoosierGiant

No Women's Section here either -- I'm miffed!

You didn't miss much, IIRC. The only reason I read it is because I have a free subscription.

**kelownagirl** · 08-05-2008, 09:10 AM

I was IN it last year and I didn't get a copy until I emailed them and asked for one.

**Hammer** · 08-05-2008, 09:44 AM

So what do you ladies read or subscribe to?

**BleeckerSt_Girl** · 08-05-2008, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by ny biker

Received the latest issue of Bicycling magazine yesterday in the mail. On the cover is a gold sticker that says "Special 24-page women's section inside!"
When I rule the world, they will need a gold sticker for their special men's section.

You said it, sister. What a load of BS. How insulting!

I just subscribed to this biking magazine that Mimi brought to my attention:
http://www.momentumplanet.ca/
Seems to have a pretty balanced emphasis on all kinds of bike riding and all kinds of people who ride bikes, and a general bike-friendly earth-friendly attitude. Definitely not emphasizing road racing over everything else.
Seems pretty cool.

**Grog** · 08-05-2008, 10:12 AM

Originally Posted by Hammer

So what do you ladies read or subscribe to?

HerSports I subscribe to.

Momentum I pick up at a local bike store (free). I will probably subscribe or send them a donation sometime.

**jobob** · 08-05-2008, 10:22 AM

+1 for Momentum.

It's free if you can find a place that distributes it. As far as I can tell the closest I can get it is downtown SF so I went ahead and subscribed to it.

Also, I like Bicycle Quarterly a lot. It's kind of geeky, but propeller-heads like me might prefer that over Bicycling's phluffy advertisement-driven content.

**beccaB** · 08-05-2008, 10:38 AM

Women don't get equal treatment in the bike stores as well as bike magazines. I went to four bike stores and not one of them had more than one pair of shoes for me to try on. Even my favorite bike shop had to special order a few pairs for me to try on. It's been 2 weeks, and they're still not in yet. It's maddening!

**sundial** · 08-05-2008, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by ny biker

Anyway, the thing starts out with a big article on charity rides. Since when are charity rides a woman thing?

Because we're nurturant? I dunno. If you subscribe to Dirt Rag there's lots of pictures and smiling ladies.

**ny biker** · 08-05-2008, 11:30 AM

Originally Posted by beccaB

Women don't get equal treatment in the bike stores as well as bike magazines. I went to four bike stores and not one of them had more than one pair of shoes for me to try on. Even my favorite bike shop had to special order a few pairs for me to try on. It's been 2 weeks, and they're still not in yet. It's maddening!

That's why the shop I go to the most is one that is owned by a married couple. Both the husband and the wife are very active in the management of the shop. They are very supportive of the local cycling community in general and specifically they make a point of supporting women who ride.

**missjulied** · 08-05-2008, 01:01 PM

I was quite shocked getting into cycling after having been into climbing at how second-class we're considered. With climbing there was never an issue with getting woman-specific or smaller clothes/shoes, I was never treated differently at the gyms, and Climbing magazine seems to contain an equal proportion of men to women.

But cycling? What a difference! Tough to get clothes/bikes/shoes, mentioned as an aside in magazines, and forget about ever seeing any women's races on tv.

What's really weird is that the proportion of women to men that I see riding really isn't that different from what I saw at the climbing gym.

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