Woman competing in Tour de France

[roguedog]

i don't necessarily find it offensive but i do think it's in poor taste (and kinda stupid) coming from Trek who tout their WSD frames.

not funny (down thumb for trek.. not for thread)

[shootingstar]

i don't necessarily find it offensive but i do think it's in poor taste (and kinda stupid) coming from Trek who tout their WSD frames.

not funny (down thumb for trek.. not for thread)

I agree. If becca received the email as part of a customer email group, that's pretty pathetic.

Or someone was using Trek Travel's name indiscriminately, without their knowledge for this joke.

[jp4995]

I can see how they would think it's funny, but I don't really think it's funny. Glad I don't own a Trek bike, it's saving me from writing a strongly worded letter to them. I might just write the letter anyways.

[KnottedYet]

Certainly poor taste, and a bad move on Trek's part.

Look at the grumpy reaction Trek is getting from folks here. Someone in the mix should have thought a bit more before making an "official" April Fool's that might p.o. one of their major focus markets.

[ny biker]

I'm not offended by it because it's just another lame april fools attempt. Really I don't know why people feel the need to do this sort of thing.

[Desert Tortoise]

Oak and MM QFC have good points. It's irritating when people look at men's strengths as the be all of strength and then dimish women's strengths.

Yes, men and women are different and men do tend to have more muscle mass thereby making them physically stronger. That said, there is also mental strength and endurance. Men have some serious competition from the women in this department.

From ultramarathoners to stay at home moms, all of this stuff takes serious endurance to do on a regular basis. On a side note, when men mock women who stay at home to raise kids and ask "what do you do all day?" I respond with, "If staying at home with kids is so easy, why don't more men do it?"

I digress, sorry. Several times I have heard Navy Seal instructors talk about the difficulty and challenges of being a Navy Seal. Yes, you do need to be very physically fit but even the biggest, strongest guys drop out if they don't have the mental strength and stamina for the job.

Another example, when the USA was competing with Russia in the space race and wanted to be first in space, they kept trying to find ways to get the men to withstand the rigors of space flight. In the testing, they also used women. Guess who fit better into the tiny capsule and who endured the pain better? But the thought of women astronauts before men was too much and so the Russians did it first, and with a woman. If I remember correctly, the story/book is called "The Mercury 13: The true story of 13 women and the dream of space flight"

So to mock womens' abilities (and use it in deragorty terms at times) as something less than mens is offensive. Especially when people believe it.

[oz rider]

Another vote for poor taste. And a useful demonstration of Trek's attitudes to women.

[moderncyclista]

I'm not "that" offended.

I don't think Trek meant to jab at women with this. Many companies are doing April fool's jokes. I have a lot of other things in the world that I can be indignent about. Unfunny joke to be sure, but what else do you expect April 1st? I'm tired of hearing everybody is pregnant, divorcing, etc on facebook too. Just isn't funny to me. I'm not offended though. I just wish a woman was competing in the Tour de France. That would be cool.

[ny biker]

Another vote for poor taste. And a useful demonstration of Trek's attitudes to women.

There must be something wrong with me because I've read it 3 times now and I don't see how it says anything about their attitude toward women.

[Trek420]

Guess Trek doesn't know their racing history either

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=10230

[beccaB]

I don't watch MTV, so maybe that would have been a reference to this being a joke, as far as following her "story"

[mariacycle]

I don't watch MTV, so maybe that would have been a reference to this being a joke, as far as following her "story"

if anything MTV's MADE is a show about unlikely candidates trying something that seems impossible (like an unathletic guy turning into a ladies man). it just adds to the ridiculousness of her making the tour.

[malkin]

Last year's one about some rider getting carbon bone replacements was way better.

[XMcShiftersonX]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour_de...e_F%C3%A9minin

Just thought this was interesting...

[Jolt]

i don't necessarily find it offensive but i do think it's in poor taste (and kinda stupid) coming from Trek who tout their WSD frames.

not funny (down thumb for trek.. not for thread)

I agree. Lame. I wonder whose brain fart this was...