New Biker, Was recently shunned!

[redrhodie]

Pink bikes are cool! Those chicks were just jealous!

Good luck with the clipless pedals! You'll love them in no time, I promise.

[Zen]

I'm not a pink person but I'd NEVER say something like that and I don't know anyone who would. Everyone I've met so far has been nothing but welcoming and helpful. I'm sure they're out there but those nasty women are definitely a minority.
You don't even want to be associated with people like that. You'll meet so many more nice people you might even start to feel bad for that group.

[Deanna]

What a bunch of BEE-ITCHES. Everytime I hear of people making mean comments about pink bikes, or stereotyping them as girlie, I think of a good friend of my husbands. Though he doesn't compete he is one of the strongest riders we know and for years he rode a pink Ritchie and bike shorts with lace up the side. The first century my husband an I did on a tandem, his wife and him did it on a tandem as well. At about mile 40, he cut off back to the start to drop his wife off. Once there, he hopped on his pink bike, went back to the course where he turned off, then proceeded to catch and pass us at about mile 70.