Why a women's forum?

[administrator]

Hmmmmmm ///looks with slant eyes/// do we allow camels on TE?

Only if they are properly attired:



photo credit: http://acolorfullife.wordpress.com/2...lorful-camels/

[snapdragen]

Only if they are properly attired:



photo credit: http://acolorfullife.wordpress.com/2...lorful-camels/

Oooh...can we buy those in the TE store!!!!!!??????

[zoom-zoom]

Oooh...can we buy those in the TE store!!!!!!??????

I think that would give me saddle sores...

[maillotpois]

It doesn't really look like a wicking material.

[lph]

And really - don't they have a style a little more flattering?? Pompoms have never done anything for me.

I just noticed - little piece of trivia coming up. The closest camel, the one slobbering profusely all over the place, is, according to our camel guide in Jordan this winter, "looking for the ladies!"

[Bike Writer]

LPH, thank you for starting this thread, as usual, I am a bit late to the party.

I like the TE forum because I can ask a question and get a variety of good answers. The interactions are mostly professional and very helpful, it is a supportive community. It seems like most of the posters here are self confident women who can get along in the world pretty good. No matter what the level of confidence is we often have areas of significant weakness and it is in those areas that our online sisters help us out the most.

I feel safe here, not because it's mostly all women but because no question is too dumb and all questions get respectfuly treated. I'm a straight single woman and in real life I have about an equal mix of men and women friends. Each perspective fills a different role or need. I live in a male dominated profession and hold my own just fine.

In my experience most women will be harder on women than men will and that's what I really like most about this forum, you are all very supportive but we know what females can accomplish so we hold our feet to the fire and expect the best we can offer. That's real sisterhood, to me anyway. I couldn't let this thread go by without throwing in my own 2 cents.

[salsabike]

In my experience most women will be harder on women than men will and that's what I really like most about this forum, you are all very supportive but we know what females can accomplish so we hold our feet to the fire and expect the best we can offer. That's real sisterhood, to me anyway. I couldn't let this thread go by without throwing in my own 2 cents.

Nice! I really like this.

[emily_in_nc]

Oooh...can we buy those in the TE store!!!!!!??????

Definitely high-viz!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I think that would give me saddle sores...

Those are some of those 'French saddles'. lol!

[GLC1968]

And really - don't they have a style a little more flattering?? Pompoms have never done anything for me.

I just noticed - little piece of trivia coming up. The closest camel, the one slobbering profusely all over the place, is, according to our camel guide in Jordan this winter, "looking for the ladies!"

Hmmm, he might have better luck if he weren't dressed like the ladies!

[grey]

I'm here because I have learned SO MUCH from all of you, at all levels of riding - meaning even things that may not apply to me, I can understand and share with someone I am riding with IRL who has some of those issues.

It's a very supportive forum - we honestly help each other and it's a great group of strong, independent, educated women who post here. I would never post in a male-dominated forum, as someone else said earlier, I get enough of the patronizing all-knowing tone from men on rides (thankfully the biggest offender in our group has moved away).

[deeaimond]

I joined this forum when I first started cycling a few years ago. I rode mostly alone, or with a group of much older men. They were nice but it was good to be able to read more about cycling stuff from a woman's perspective. I don't have much mechanical interest. Just interest in cycling, as a leisure activity.

The women here are very interesting, many have interests outside of cycling that they also share on this forum. They have experiences I would not be able to experience, and they also have the wisdom of years. It has opened my eyes as a younger person as to how multifaceted a woman's life should be and how it should not be just about family or work.

I don't ride often now because of the kind of work hours I keep, the variety o interests I have and the nature of my social life (non-cycling friends, lots of socialising now that I've been single again this year, living in a cosmopolitian city, lots of partying every weekend.. oops... Plus a variety of various physical ailments that keeps me on and off the bike. most recently i strained my back) I still hope for more frequent riding though.

I still visit this forum alot because I enjoy reading what all of you have been up to, and all the other stuff. This is I think the only forum that I visit regularly. Alot of other forums have too much 'airheadedness' where the whole thread is one line questions and few people have answers for anything (this is very general in terms of just looking through threads) so there isnt much to learn about or read

So yup, I enjoy this forum because I've learnt many things from on here over the years, and I find the women on this forum very accomplished and interesting role models

[Selkie]

TE folks are very generous in sharing their knowledge, support, and kindness.

I consider some folks here friends, even though I've never met them. I've gotten to know them, over the years (or at least have found their online personalities & character compatible with mine). There are people whom I find annoying but I'm sure that there are a lot of TE'ers who don't dig me. As long as there is mutual respect that we can agree to disagree, it's more than acceptable to me.

The diverse backgrounds, opinions and perspectives are interesting and I must admit, make me consider things that I might not have otherwise. It's made me more tolerant and understanding. And I miss some of the folks who've disappeared (Corsair Mac, Nanci, etc).

This is also a place where I can find people who are demographically similar to me: married, child-free by choice, athlete, reader, and dog mama!

[Becky]

This is also a place where I can find people who are demographically similar to me: married, child-free by choice, athlete, reader, and dog mama!

This! You ladies understand these parts of my life too, not just the athletic parts, and that means a lot to me.

[indysteel]

This! You ladies understand these parts of my life too, not just the athletic parts, and that means a lot to me.

Add me to that list (well, I'm a cat mama, but still....). While I'm fortunate that I have friends IRL who share that same demographic, I still feel like a bit of an odd ball because I don't have kids and, for a long time, was still single. So, it's nice to have a forum where children and romantic relationships are not the focus. Not that I have anything against kids, women with kids, or relationships; it's just not something I want to talk about all the time.