RANT ALERT - Getting fed up..

If you can argue (with evidence) that you get a smaller % of the revenue than the competitors in the male tour I'll willingly join your equal rights crusade. However if you get a similar (%) slice of a smaller pie mainly because women's competitive cycling generates less revenue then I'd suggest you focus on how you can market women's sport cycling and raise it's value.

You seem to want equal pay under unequal market conditions which isn't going to be sustainable.

The plans and purse for the final stage of the Women's TDF are a step in the right direction, and the value of the Women's Tour on that final day is probably great for sponsors TV etc. I notice the prize money isn't similar for the other days of the Women's Tour, but then how many will watch the women's coverage every day this time around? A chance to capture more viewers and something to build on maybe?

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On another note if you dont like using the website then dont , its like every other internet page or forum people make a choice if you choose to read something and you dont like it time and again then why come back?

Do people still think that this is a valid response or defence in order to excuse offensive or unacceptable behaviour?

And what the fuck was that all about I ask myself???
Someone has forgotten that its only an internet forum and as such totally irrelevant in life! REMEMBER
Calm down its only an internet forum

mooleur wrote:

There aren't many women on this forum, but of the ones that do use it frequently - they are knowledgeable, experienced and well known riders,

Hi Mooleur, I suspect that the above may be the issue rather than your gender, you see most of us are just opinionated knobheads on bikes. Myself I'm a pro mechanic but I don't come on here for serious technical discussion, just light hearted banter and the odd rant, loosely based around cycling.

as I see it, any right thinking person knows who feels threatened in this thread, and it ain't the OP.

More power to you Mooleur, you have them scared, don't worry about the odd daft post, as someone who was a crap amateur 25 years ago, I'm always interested in hearing from those employed in serious modern day competition, regardless of gender.

There are eejits in all sports and walks of life, including those who live on the internet.

I'm just gonna get out of the way, and hope Moo (and the other lady posters and columnists) keeps doing what she's doing, and as awesomely as she does already. World needs more women on bikes, in and out of competitive cycling.

Moo honey, you can hunt me down anytime.

Just be aware that once you catch me, I'll sit on your wheel for the rest of the day

Gentlemen, please remember that the ladies on here are as proficient in most aspects of cycling as most of the guys are. Don't go out of your way to be patronising or sexist.

Understand exactly where you're coming from, Moo; it's a familiar story. Frankly, it's emblematic of attitudes that, depressingly, still exist throughout many levels of cycling. I have to believe we'll get there. Eventually...

Oh dear. It seems to me that Mooleur got up this morning and was disappointed to find there was no posts relating to female issues or a proper sexist argument to be had anywhere ... so she thought she'd start one of her own.

Then she had an enjoyable few hours responding to the daft few who took her bait.

But why oh why oh why is there a gavel?

Gavels have never been used in British courts......

And another fan club member, what level of membership would you like?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RDjCqjzbvJY

Fuck me this is a tiresome forum thread - I'm not blaming Moo, if she feels the victim of sexism on this site, then she's the victim of sexism on this site. Attempts to justify it as trolling or banter are pretty pathetic. Perhaps those bantermeisters ought to leave that shit for the sales rep meetings rather than exhibit their misogyny on a public forum?

Also, and though I try to resist picking on people's writing skills, "Northstar", your use of quotation "marks" not "only" make you look "thick" but also make me "think" you're a Daily Mail "reader". Food for "thought".

I don't give a toss about what gender someone is, just whether they're decent people.

And frankly, the women on this forum seem (in general) to be both more knowledgeable and better adjusted people than the average guys. Me included.

It's like cbeebies but with swearing!

LOL, this is just to easy, would you like a official fan club badge?

Nope, the only idiot around here is you, you run around "dishing it out" but cry wolf when you "can't take it".

You were the one who said you would "hunt them down", tell me more? I'd rather you didn't but you seem to be a all round coward anyway.

*waits for the same reply and bullshit from you*