I guess it comes down to opportunity. Some may like to do a particular hobby but may not have the finances or the location to do it...Living in the middle of the desert isn't conducive to scuba diving for instance. It depends on many things I guess. I don't see hobbies as gender specific though as I know both men and women who do all sorts of things as hobbies. Of course I understand what you're saying...It's not common to see men doing cross-stitch as a hobby and probably more common to see a man doing car racing as a hobby than women; Not exclusively of course though.
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I don't have a huge list of people that I'll just get right down and ride with. I mean it's one thing on a freeway and straight roads, but when I'm getting at it, I need to trust who I'm riding with. Probably a quarter of the names on my list are women. Seems to me like there aren't many 'casual' women riders, they are really excellent riders.
I guess that makes sense in a way. It had to be harder to 'get started' for women and those that got there freaking wanted it.
Trusting who you ride with is important. I've stopped riding with people because a lack of trust.
Yeah. Me too.
I've done some casual riding. We had an informal group here that drank coffee and occasionally rode somewhere to breakfast or lunch. I'd ride with them on the Freeway or straight and level 2 lane roads, but I was busy if they were planning something other.
There were 3 guys in that group that I'd ride anyplace with, and sometimes did. One at a time :)
I think groups of riders can sometimes get out of control - Remember I rode sports bikes not cruisers, and some of those dudes used to ride with were mental. I stopped going with them. It became a race rather than an enjoyable ride and so I lost interest.
I've had two guys (in 50 years) that I've trusted with High Speed Riding. One is dead and the other is in serious love and unavailable right now (he'll be back :)).
I don't like race riding. When I am on a real good road I ride "The Pace". Pick a gear and stay in it. Braking is considered bad form as is shifting. Crossing the centerline is forbidden. Then let the big dog eat! I have a few I'll ride like that with (includes 3 women). But not many and never more that 3 or 4 at a time.
I like that sort of riding. Sounds enjoyable and like you'd not be in fear of coming off and breaking yourself in two all the time. It was that sort of feeling I stopped riding with those dudes. Didn't seem worth it.
Yeah, Born to Ride-Ride to Die doesn't get it with me. Born to Ride, Ride to Live is more like it.