Quote Originally Posted by trista View Post
I would imagine that fewer commuting women also has a lot to do with the fact that there are more men in the workforce than women. Plus, for the women that ARE in the workforce, there are risks/issues to commuting to work that a lot of women don't want to deal with: helmet hair, carrying/changing into non-cycling work clothes, the risks of riding alone...

For group rides, probably has a lot to do with women being moms. I know when I was a SAHM, I never had the chance to do group rides because i so rarely had any kind of alignment between my childcare schedule and group ride schedules.

It depends on the statistic, but the disparity between men and women in the workforce isn't huge. I just get the sense that fewer women ride bikes. Period. I imagine part of it relates to demands childrearing, but I think there's more to it than that. I've read too many "how do I get my wife to ride with me threads" to think that it's just about kids. I tend to think there's a stronger perception among women that it's unsafe or overly difficult, complicated and/or intimidating. Of course, I have no statistics to back this up; it's just what I've gathered after years of reading bike forums.