Quote Originally Posted by Grog View Post
Who knows, maybe Mr. TT has knee issues that prevent him from pushing big gears on an uphill, but likes to do time trials anyway? He especially likes very hilly time trials? There has to be a reason why that triple chainring is there, because the shop people have certainly tried to talk him out of it!!

I tend to find good reasons to everything.

I find this a pretty good conversation. It makes me think that I wish my bike club (a women's club) was more Doris-friendly. It's been pushing real hard to develop female racers, which is GREAT, but I think it makes us look inaccessible to a lot of riders. I'll keep meditating about that.
I've been running a newbie womens group ride for a few years in Flagstaff. It is an uphill battle here in our rural area town. The ladies in town who want to race or race (don't and won't come on rides with this group) and vice a versa. I can get strong men to come on these rides to help but no gals. The gals that race could be helped by some training rides where they work on skills but don't seem to realize this. So, it is really a balancing act. Women are just as susceptible as men to peer pressure and wanting to be with the in group.

You just have to have separate groups and in a town this small it doesn't work very well.