Ya know, gals, we really do have the best of both worlds. I got into riding when I was single AND working at a bike shop! Employee discount and my pick of the customers! Well, the interested ones anyway. Life was pretty good. Ended up dating several mx racers, trail riders, and off road racers, as well as a fellow bike shop employee (different store, not mine) plus the service manager at the store I worked at after I quit! :p
<sigh> so much fun. moto-guys are the best. Especially the one I got now.
I will not be impressing anyone with my riding however. They are usually impressed with the bike, and ask what it's like, and then see me ride it and are like "OH No, RUN! She's gonna hit us!" LOL j/k I managed to pass this one guy and we passed each other back and forth all day. It was great fun.
Whenever my female riding friends and I would head out to ride people would stare like we were creatures from another planet. A girl riding with her boyfriend is one thing, but two gals riding alone? Inconceivable!
So you can all think I'm a bit vain if you want but I have to admit that the attention I get as a female rider, even if my skill level is nil, is pretty exciting. After all, that makes us ALL part of an elite few, right?