In case you weren't already thankful for the TE forum...

[KnottedYet]

Did anyone with a Bikeforum acct post up a suggestion that the OP should come over and check out TE?

[abejita]

I think someone did...kind of...

If you feel you need female input, head on over to the Estrogen Cycle Forum. The ladies there can give you insights we guys can't.

[abejita]

Ya think??

[abejita]

Who just joined and posted about TE? I posted the link (I use my husband's account)

Oh, its Knotted. Talk about needing coffee. I stared at it for a long time trying to figure out who it was...

[KnottedYet]

Yup, Abejita, can you believe I didn't see the bold part of your post with the quote... not enough coffee! I actually went to that thread and read through it all before I found where he recc'd TE. Sheesh, I guess I *don't* think! (where's the coffee?)

That was me giving better directions. Trek, you'll just have to be pissed at me. More women coming to TE = larger community = more customers for SusanO.

Thanks, Abejita, for posting the link. I didn't even think of it, just gave directions.

COFFEE!!!! I NEED COFFEE!!!!!

[Trek420]

I'm kinda glad they got our name wrong oops, too late. There goes the neighborhood

[KnottedYet]

I'm kinda glad they got our name wrong oops, too late. There goes the neighborhood

Men drift through TE all the time. I don't think the men from BikeForums will find TE that interesting, so I don't think the neighborhood will suffer.

Who knows, a few might drift through, and someday in the future if they find a girlfriend they might remember TE and suggest she visit TE so they can start riding together.

[Kathi]

I've been a member of bikeforums since it's inception, quit reading and posting a long time ago.

I was surprised to find the women's forum was by invitation. Because I was already a bikeforum member and they knew I was female I was grandfathered in.

I did post about TE and I don't remember any response. This was probably 3-4 years ago.

[colorisnt]

I posted about getting a bike on there once and was turned off by it almost immediately because I said, "I have less than $300.00 to spend - any advice on getting something used/where to look."

I had a bunch of guys say it was useless and if I wanted to get serious, I needed to do xyz. Note, that I hadn't ridden a bike seriously since high school and had no idea I would take to it like this. I live to bike, but back in April, not so much haha!

I don't mind snark. I am on a horse forum where it is snarky as you can be, but I don't like people who belittle you for trying to LEARN.

I love to learn and I would hope that if I asked a question nicely, someone wouldn't bite my head off.

[tulip]

Hi. I post on the Bike Forums women's forum regularly. I really like it. There are so many bozos on the regular Bike Forum that I don't even bother with them anymore. I've met some really wonderful people from the Bike Forum women's forums. It's much smaller than TE, and because of that, I've gotten to know and really appreciate the women there.

Seems to me like it might make a little bit of sense to think twice before dissing something that one has no idea about.

[KnottedYet]

I thought Colorisnt made a very clear distinction that her experience was with BikeForum, not the Women's forum.

She didn't express any disrespect of the BF Women's forum at all.

[tulip]

I wasn't responding to colorisnt. I was responding to several of the posts that seem, to me at least, to be leveled at the Bike Forums women's forum and their screening process.

But maybe that's just my take. No offense meant.

[uforgot]

Hi. I post on the Bike Forums women's forum regularly. I really like it. There are so many bozos on the regular Bike Forum that I don't even bother with them anymore. I've met some really wonderful people from the Bike Forum women's forums. It's much smaller than TE, and because of that, I've gotten to know and really appreciate the women there.

Seems to me like it might make a little bit of sense to think twice before dissing something that one has no idea about.

I didn't read beyond this post, but I also belong to this forum and totally agree with tulip. It's not strictly invitation, you can request to join, and it's pretty easy. I always thought that the point was to make it a safe place where you can ask anything and not put yourself out there for the guys snarky comments. Women have issues that men don't and some people aren't comfortable posting personal issues with saddles or even newbie questions on the wide open forums.

[NbyNW]

Some of the comments on that thread reminded me of this old SNL skit

[PamNY]

Some of the comments on that thread reminded me of this old SNL skit

Oh, that's hilarious. Thanks for the reminder.