Pendelton and co hard done by?
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Do they have the internet in the stone age?flattythehurdler wrote:If women were really interested in equality, they would enter the men's races (same goes for tennis etc.)0 -
I like the suggestions LangerDan, and have passed them on to the team behind bikeradar
Pete0 -
petecossins wrote:I like the suggestions LangerDan, and have passed them on to the team behind bikeradar
Pete
Cool! - I feel like Albert Brooks in "Broadcast News" - "I say it in here ..... and it comes out there!"'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'0 -
And hopefully in a womens racing forum we would actually have threads that discuss racing without morphing into ponderings about drugs and power politics every time.0
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I hope you're not sweating like Albert Brooks in Broadcast News0
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By the way, the women's racing and track forums have been given the go-ahead, so watch out for those0
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As if by magic:
Track: http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=40036
Women's racing: http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=40037Jeff Jones
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Nice. But what about thinning out the other bits where tumbleweed and cobwebs are found?0
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Wow! Fast work guys! I'm afraid they might end up full of cobwebs, but it's good to give them a try. Thanks!
ps could this thread be moved to one of the new ones?
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Hmm... not sure women's racing and track needed their own sections but hey, we'll give it a try. 8)
To stimulate some traffic, perhaps someone should let the organisers of The National Womens Teams Series know for starters...I’m a sprinter – I warmed up yesterday.0 -
On BR, it's harder to destroy than create. Well, it's harder to merge stuff, which is more what we want to do with the slow forums. But we've recently got our very own geek, so things like this should happen a bit quicker.Kléber wrote:Nice. But what about thinning out the other bits where tumbleweed and cobwebs are found?Jeff Jones
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andyp wrote:
Do they have the internet in the stone age?flattythehurdler wrote:If women were really interested in equality, they would enter the men's races (same goes for tennis etc.)
What is old fashioned , or primitive, as you suggest about this? This is true equality, not just patronisingly pandering towards it. There are many many women who could kick my ass in any sport you like. I would happily compete with them. Why should women be any worse at cycling than men?Dan0 -
Right, Flatty. Let me get this straight.............flattythehurdler wrote:Why should women be any worse at cycling than men?
I should be as good as any bloke at cycling AND be able to give birth to a baby? (Do you want me to do them both at the same time too?
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flattythehurdler wrote:andyp wrote:
Do they have the internet in the stone age?flattythehurdler wrote:If women were really interested in equality, they would enter the men's races (same goes for tennis etc.)
What is old fashioned , or primitive, as you suggest about this? This is true equality, not just patronisingly pandering towards it. There are many many women who could kick my ass in any sport you like. I would happily compete with them. Why should women be any worse at cycling than men?
Yes but you're not an elite :roll: At recreational level the playing field is far more level than at higher levels where basic physiology plays a huge part. When people are performing at there top 5%, that's range is higher/faster/stronger for men than women0 -
I was being a little trollish, but why not? There is a lot of evidence to suggest that childbirth improves the performance of elite marathon runners, and if you think about it, having separate events for women automatically implies that one thinks they are unable to compete with the men, and are hence, in that sense, inferior. If one is interested in true equality, the only truly enlightened view can be open competition. Anything else is sexist, whatever andyp thinks.
This is not "stone age" thinking surely.Dan0 -
Seriously, are there people who doubt the importance of BMX to cycling as a sport. It has to be included in the Olympics. It's been a seriously competitive discipline (in all its forms) for years now. In the 1980s GB had some of the best riders and teams out there. It's how Robbie McEwen, Chris Hoy and Shanaze Reade got into the sport. Getting kids into cycling is crucial for its survival at international level and that is what BMX offers in a way that no other cycling discipline does.
The lack of women's events has nothing to do with the IOC cutting one discipline each from the Games and everything to do with the UCI's complete dereliction of duty as a governing body. This is after all a governing body that feels that it is right for the Women's Elite World Championship Road Race to be punted into an early start and third place on the bill behind the Men's Under 23 Race.
It's a complete red herring to talk about the Olympic opportunities on offer to the likes of Victoria when the people meant to be ensuring the lifeblood of the sport aren't even willing to truly fight the corner of women's cycling.0
