My GF's club insist she wear Pink
Setanta
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Any advise. my Girlfriend has recently joined a local cycling club and is enjoying her first taste of road spins. She is an accomplished Sportive rider. She does not race
Her club has 2 Club Kits registered with the national cycling body- One Pink intended for females and one blue intended for males (There is no transgender option). In addition Bib-short option is not available to women as the majority of members want shorts and number of members wanting bib-shorts for females is insufficient
When she went about buying her club gear she was told she could only buy the pink gear as it was for 'the girls and it is lovely'.
She is upset as she does not wish to create a fuss and was enjoying the welcome she got from the club committee and its members.
Any suggestions or thoughts
Her club has 2 Club Kits registered with the national cycling body- One Pink intended for females and one blue intended for males (There is no transgender option). In addition Bib-short option is not available to women as the majority of members want shorts and number of members wanting bib-shorts for females is insufficient
When she went about buying her club gear she was told she could only buy the pink gear as it was for 'the girls and it is lovely'.
She is upset as she does not wish to create a fuss and was enjoying the welcome she got from the club committee and its members.
Any suggestions or thoughts
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No normal club would have this nonsense.
There is always an issue with minimum piece needs for orders - if, for instance, most women want waist shorts then there may be no way of ordering the minimum order for bibs ( remember, one would expect different pads in the male and female shorts).
In one of my clubs in the past some of us wanted the top of the range pads in the shorts, but there were not enough of us to make up the order.
If your GF is racing, then she has to ride the club kit - but only if she is a 3rd cat or above. Otherwise, she can wear what she likes and I don't know of any club that insists on club kit for non- racing rides. If she likes the club then I'd say don't let the colour of the kit be a barrier, and next time the designs are reviewed she can influence the next version.
I wear what I flaming well want to... luckily I aint forced to abide by feckin' BCF rules when I race ;-) one of the joys of being a bloody minded pensioner.
At the end of the day,, it s a flippin cycling club not a cult.
one of my local clubs insists their (godawful) club kit is worn on ALL rides, no idea why but that was another reason why I couldnt be bothered to join them. and if a club told me I could only wear their pink kit because Im a girl, Id be looking for another club to join.
She should wear what she likes
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^^ This. That club sounds like it's run by a load of jokers.
I've never heard of a club that insists you must wear thier kit on all rides. Sounds elitist and dumb unless it's for insurance reasons.
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If not, join another club.
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On a serious note, if I tried to make the club I run wear kit 100% or a set colour I'd be the first out through the rule breaking, never mind the angry mob which would be raiding the sheds for pitch forks
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If the sponsor has put money into the club - as people have said -its only right that they wear the proper kit.
If you don't like their rules - join another club.
Anyway, she has a few choices, a new club, or she could seek to change the rules, sucking it up, or take up a race, then she'll need the official kit which will be blue. (A 4th cat rider doesn't need to race in the official kit, but they cannot race in anything put a plain jersey which you would assume the club kit isn't)
I read it as the issue is woman only having the option of a pnk kit, he didnt mention she was being mde to wear ut on every ride, but she wants the same kit as the blokes