Quote Originally Posted by KSH
You might be surprised at how pleasant it will be. Read about this ladies first group ride and how good it was:

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=7376
heehee, that's me!!

I have a theory that the steel-faced folks want to see if you can hang with them before they accept you into the group. In fact, this morning I got an email from this woman whom I briefly said hi to on the ride. She does a smaller women's only ride on Tuesday nights & she sent me the info to join them.