Irulian...on the East coast women riders are more than an oddity...we are almost unheard of! If I waited to ride with other women, I would never get to ride. On the average I get to ride with another woman on the trails about 3 times a year, and on the road about 4 times. Perhaps I am haning out with the wrong crowd, but I honestly don't have any female friends that ride I don't mind riding with the guys though, being surrounded by all those spandex clad butts....it really could be worse