Slow group bike ride- cycle chic

[Tri Girl]

Sounds like fun to me!
I started a Cupcake Ride in our city about 6 months ago. It sounds very similar to this ride. SLOW pace, casually talking and riding, wearing street clothes (pretty dresses are encouraged) and just riding for the sake of getting somewhere. Big, clunky old-school three speed bikes, Dutch bikes, mountain bikes, etc.
It's FAR different than the type of riding I normally do, but I wound up loving the really slow, nonchalant pace of it.

[Bike Writer]

Ladies, I love the sounds of these rides just for nostalgia and social sake. Cycle-chic and Cupcake ride, how clever. Sometimes it's nice to just kick back and act like a kid again.

[shootingstar]

Coincidentally one of the local bakeries donated a new cycling jersey, shorts set as a draw prize. The name of the bakery includes "Cupcakes" . Emblazoned on the bum of the shorts was the slogan: "Baked to Perfection". Rather cute.

I'm sure TriGirl, you've converted several wannabes to cyclists. How many people show up? Even split of genders or primarily gals?

[hebe]

I'm getting increasingly into riding for fitness, but would love the opportunity to do something like this. Perhaps I can set something up when Small Girl starts school in the autumn.

It does sound like fun though, especially without any particular expectations of performance. Thanks for posting about it!

[meganm]

Wow, what a great idea! I'm going to start something like that with friends!

[Tri Girl]

Coincidentally one of the local bakeries donated a new cycling jersey, shorts set as a draw prize. The name of the bakery includes "Cupcakes" . Emblazoned on the bum of the shorts was the slogan: "Baked to Perfection". Rather cute.

Cute! Would love to see a picture!

I'm sure TriGirl, you've converted several wannabes to cyclists. How many people show up? Even split of genders or primarily gals?

My ride was/is called the Classy Ladies Cupcake Ride. It's for ladies only.
In Nov. last year, it started out with about 5-6 ladies, and every month we would have about 3-8. The last one I did was in April and only one person showed up. Nobody expressed interest in May, and summer is honestly just too hot to ride (with temps nearing 100 by noon every day). I might restart the group again in the Fall, but I don't know...
I created a Facebook page for it and there are over 80 women joined on the page. I don't know if it's worth the effort if only a couple people show up each month, but maybe it is. I met a really great lady in February, and we're very good friends now, so that's what keeps me open to continuing to do the rides.

[lovelygamer]

I would LOVE a ride like this in my area. I follow the group on facebook and such. It's so awesome to see women involved in things like this together.

[Trek420]

I would LOVE a ride like this in my area. I follow the group on facebook and such. It's so awesome to see women involved in things like this together.

You could start one here. There have to be a few TE gals in your region.

[Jo-n-NY]

I also think this is a great idea. About how many miles do you do and do the routes vary from ride to ride?

[lovelygamer]

You could start one here. There have to be a few TE gals in your region.

Maybe someday! Right now I am part of an outreach committee for a bike lanes effort here. It's new and just getting off the ground, keeping me busy with several meetings a week. We have our first group ride in two weeks, down a proposed section of our bike lanes but that's still exciting.

I'm looking forward to being able to dress more girly for commuting. I can't do it in hot weather because I sweat like a beast and no cute dress is going to be cute after I sweat in it. Maybe this fall.