Bikerhen, I agree with the others. It is your gender, not your weight.

However I have been guilty of asking cyclists if they needed help. I live on top of a small mountain, right where the road goes from asphalt to gravel. During the good weather roadies will cycle up the narrow mountain road for their hill training. Last month a young healthy man was stopped near the bottom of my drive as I exited with my bike on the car rack. I rolled down my window and asked if he needed help. He looked bemused and said no, that he was merely eating and drinking.

It happens to me also when I am stopped by the edge of the road to eat and drink and be off the saddle. Now and then a cyclist comes by, and the newer cyclists tend to ask if I need help.

Kudos on your hill climbing yesterday. You should feel very proud of yourself.

Darcy