Quote Originally Posted by PamNY View Post
That could happen in any number of stores. What I have trouble accepting is that women let this kind of thing stop them cycling. Are people seriously that controlled by retailers?

If someone is rude or thoughtless at the hardware store, I don't abandon my home improvement project.
I think the problem is that if you hear it enough, it's easy to believe. And it isn't just the bike-shop guys. My god some of the "why women don't bike" threads in other forms are depressing. One guy said something like "all the women I know would be psychologically and physically destroyed by aggressive car encounters" gahhhhhhh I can just imagine some little girl having him as a role model.