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

[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.

[KnottedYet]

No problem, sorry I thought you were replying to Colorisnt.

After seeing the kind of posts in the main forum (as pointed out by the OP) I'm not at all surprised they screen for 50 posts and hide the portal completely.

Snarky boys can be entertaining, but when someone asks a simple question (where's the women's forum) and gets 1 real answer and 2 pages of snark, well, that's a lot to plow through.

It does make me very grateful for TE.

[Catrin]

I belong to Bike Forum, I do like their Long Distance/Endurance Cycling forum, have felt uncomfortable in the others - but that is just me. Kind of a shame that they have to go so far for their women's forum. I wouldn't mind joining it but doubt I will ever have 50 posts there... (and how do you prove you are female on an online forum )

[KnottedYet]

I wouldn't mind joining it but doubt I will ever have 50 posts there... (and how do you prove you are female on an online forum )

Well, you've got your TE history. You could ask one of the TE'ers who've said they belong to the BF Women's Forum if they would sponsor you and help you get permission to join.

It would be a shame if you missed an opportunity on BF just because you were so uncomfortable that you'd be unable to post there 50 times, when you have this HUGE history here on TE.

[Catrin]

Well, you've got your TE history. You could ask one of the TE'ers who've said they belong to the BF Women's Forum if they would sponsor you and help you get permission to join.

It would be a shame if you missed an opportunity on BF just because you were so uncomfortable that you'd be unable to post there 50 times, when you have this HUGE history here on TE.

Good idea, I will contact one of the admin there and see if they would go for that.

[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.