Some women & cycling in India

[OakLeaf]

I miss Kalidurga. Don't know whether she is Indian-American, or only her handle.

[north woods gal]

I don't think it's racist, Crankin. Just evidence that there are differences amongst the various cultures and even within some cultures. I lived in suburban Chicago in a very mixed community with cultures of every kind, including a large percentage of Indians right in my own apartment complex. In the almost seven years I lived there, I honestly can't remember seeing an Indian on a bicycle. Hispanics, Russian, Vietnamese and so on, yes, but Indians, no. Keep in mind though, that there are distinct classes in Indian culture and most of the Indians in my area were the professional class. That may have had something to do with it. By the way, in my area, I bicycled so much I was known as the "bike lady" by all the cultures.