Elenton

There are loads of girls riding in my local trail centres these days, when i started biking about 4 years ago i could easily be riding routes and not pass another girl all day, now that has changed. I have mainly ridden with groups of guys and there male bravado about how high they can jump, how big they can drop, how fast they can get up a hill i found rather annoying at times and intimidating, i go riding to enjoy it and learn not to always turn it into a competition. But saying that trying to keep pace with guys also helps my riding as i have to push myself to keep up and not hold anyone else back and ruin there ride too much. Even womens clothing can be sub standard to the guys, i prefer to ride in boys dh shorts, as they are longer and actually cover my knee pads, i cant stand that womens shorts are cut short, so ride up and leave a gap between short and knee pad!! However the clothing is getting better and not everything is pink and covered in flowers and swirls now either lol I know alot of my gf think im weird for biking and getting muddy and covered in cuts and bruises, when i could spend the money on shoes and crap, but id much prefer to be out biking than shopping any day :) Then there is the technical side, owning a bike requires knowing how to fix it!! I think downhill could help encourage more girls if they were treated equal to guys. For example why are the women run as one group generally early in the day? Why arent elite women at least run before the elite mens for race runs.