Comments on: I Am Handily Defeated By My Sexism

By: NCC

NCC — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 19:00:46 +0000

I ride for fun and transportation and I’m used to competitive, humorless racers who see me and my fat-fendered cruiser bike as a easy mark. Got passed by a hatchet-faced dude in full spandex who turned to gloat at me and forgot about the Stop sign.
I always felt sorry for the driver of the septic tank truck that hit him.

By: maria

maria — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:45:50 +0000

when isee a guy in front of me i prefer to stare away cause normally they are soaked with sweat, but i feel bad because i kindof have little thoughts that show the men as kind off geeks in my head.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:01:27 +0000

I dunno. I’m a newbie cyclist and I get passed by everyone. But my very good friend is a most awesome and speedy (female) cyclist and at a recent 24 hour event (June 2008 in Whitehorse, Yukon) she rode the course lap faster than 7 of the 8 guys were were with. They were choked and she made them t-shirts honouring the event that say “I got chicked in Whitehorse” with an appropriate bicycle graphic. Awesome.

By the way, it was at that 24 hour event where I heard about your blog from fab Alaskan cyclist Jill Homer. So yay.

By: BigGirlBlue

BigGirlBlue — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:42:23 +0000

“My question is: do women do the same thing? That is, do women (real ones, not the ones in virtual reality simulations) attack when guys go by?”

I’m going to go out on a limb and say, yes. But of course there is nothing sexist about it when a woman does it. ;)

By: peg leg

peg leg — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:46:28 +0000

Try saying want to screw? I just bet you will not have to work so hard to catch them..

From the Neanderthal side of a many sided dope. I just had to say it.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:38:43 +0000

Answer: Yes, if someone is behind me, I pick up the pace, no matter the sex. I think most people do. My opinion is that there are 2 types of people, those who know they are competitive and those who won’t admit it (usually women). What’s wrong with being competitive? As long as you don’t get bent out of shape it makes riding all the more fun and interesting. Plus, you get a better workout.

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By: jacquie phelan

jacquie phelan — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:08:58 +0000

Hey, it’s making me VERY jealous, the 109 comments…but the topic hits very close to home. For the last..oh.. decade or so, I’ve gotten into the habit of cheerfully saying this to every single person (usually a fellow) that rides past me: “Wanna race?”
They always say “no!”.
Some of these continue (with serious pedal pressure) up the road, hoping to elude me. Big mistake. That ‘no’ seems like a chickenshit answer, so I think, well…ok, I have a liar on my hands.
And I give good chase, get the workout that I was hoping I’d get. Sometimes even pass them back, heh.
But ALWAYS get a bit worked, which I need because riding alone I never seem to push myself.
I always ride alone, who would want to ride with a former beauty queen racer pro with an ego as big as Baltimore?
Oh, the ones that say “no” and then go my speed, we become friends (Hi, MigFig!, Josh, Al, Ian, etc)…
I still await that person (maybe a woman? Maybe Alison Dunlap!) that will say, “sure!”.
Hasn’t happened yet…
Oh, and ps. pls read my blog, guy. jacquiephelan.com
I even have a 2009 calendar… proceeds all to meeeeeeee

By: juan

juan — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:57:51 +0000

As one coach told me, you will get passed by at least one chick, at least one person older than you, and at least one person fatter than you. The trick is not getting passed by an old fat chick.

By: LondonLady

LondonLady — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:32:48 +0000

Nothing gives me more pleasure on the bike than overtake a bloke (commuting racing)! But obviously, I do pick them; we ladies are not supid! I’m not gonna even try if the guy is riding a Rubaix or a Tarmac – or anything on that bracket and above – but if I see some poor bloke, on the round side of size, struggling on a mountian bike on a recently paved London road, HE’S DEAD MEAT!! ;-)