Girl racers

bikegirl · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 29 May 2004 Karma :

By the way, I appreciate everyone's comments whether for or against. I fully expect to come across critisism for what I am trying to achieve, so it's not unexpected. However, other responses have been fantastic and the media (one of each national paper, radio and TV) are interested so I'm very positive about this.

I'll take on board the comments I need to as some are food for thought, some are very useful and some just need me to have good rejoinders to hand.

I'm still looking for girls to add to the team!

Visordown will no doubt get just as heated a response so I'll be posting this thread on there soon.
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Sparks! · Sir Tart-a-lot Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Karma :

hellkat · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm about to step away from this thread because of the wank that is being chatted here.

Girls-only novices. That would be me, 43 years of age, hardly a "babe", but predominantly only "not interested" in track days simply because I don't want to be going putt-putt around a track with loads "racy geezers" getting stressed out around me, cos I am not good enough to be racing properly on "their" track days.

I think that plan in itself is a good one.

Bollocks to all you lot who think its not a good idea, this team racing thing. I think its damn good. I just haven't got the bottle to do it, LOL.

And bollocks to those who are giving it grief because of some perceived "sexist" nature. There must be way better things for you to be bleating about than the inherent sexism in a girls racing team, for fuck's sake. Get a grip.

IF I were good enough to be part of a girls' racing team, I wouldn't give a monkeys who was wrenching for it. It would be cool if all the wrenches were girls, but if not, what the hell? If they had a team of blokes wrenching, there's going to be a percentage of the girls racing who would be interested enough in their own bike/s to at least pick up and learn a bit, and until they do start racing, they won't know how much interest they have in wrenching the bikes themselves as well.
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bikegirl · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 29 May 2004 Karma :

mrchips · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Mar 2004 Karma :

I thought this was about Puma drivers.

carvell · Scuttler Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Karma :

Well I blame the Spice Girls.
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Andy99 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Karma :

A good girl racer will get coverage without the whole 'look at us we're a girl team' thing. If you have a couple of good girl racers then have a team of girl racers,but if you want to play on being female,which is what you are planning to do in order to get sponsorship,then you'd better make sure you are better than all the male riders in that class or the fact you've used your gender to help you race will turn against you.
Just look at Katja Poensgen in GP's,her bike just wasn't quick enough to compete at top level,but people will think of her as that girl who did badly in 250's,who remembers the names of the male racers she beat?

G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

Sparks! · Sir Tart-a-lot Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Karma :

bikegirl · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 29 May 2004 Karma :

Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Anyone is a potential racer. Do the normal novice, intermediate and fast groups, all the possible racers will be in fast group. And I'm sure it would go down really well if someone organised a male only trackday. Rolling Eyes

Andy99 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Karma :

I think a girl only track day for novices who are intimidated by some of the macho types at a normal track day,is a really good idea. However having a fast group for potential racers,why not just go on a normal track day in the fast group? Any potential female racer will be racing against men anyway so get used to it. You'll probably find inexperienced girls on a track day will be just as intimidated by fast women as fast men.

Git · Brolly Dolly Joined: 17 Dec 2003 Karma :

I for one shall wish you all the best in what you are trying to achieve with a female team, I look forward to seeing females in race leather. Eyes are peeled.

bikegirl · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 29 May 2004 Karma :

Clarification needed again... blimey, this is hard work Laughing

The 3rd session is so we can take a look at the girls who want to race with us. They will be going out with current racers who are watching and guiding. It's a test session for Team Bikegirl in effect, so I don't want it to be a inter/fast group as per a normal track day.
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Andy99 · Spanner Monkey Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Karma :

Maybe i should read the posts better,i see what you mean now Embarassed

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billy whizz · Scooby Slapper Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Karma :

So i will be picking you up at some time then Bikegirl? Wink

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hellkat · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Exactly.

Because I know all I do is bimble round London and rarely even go out for long and dangerous rides into the depths of the countryside. So that makes me any less of a biker? Or incapable of getting to a stage where I might acquire a racing licence and get into a girls racing team (not that I would, LOL).

But the fact that I MIGHT be interested in going to a track day with equally as nervous bimblers as myself, or learning how I might acquire a racing licence at all - and yet DO feel intimidated by the likes of all those types who only want to race round very fast and prove what Men they are to everyone else who is racing round very fast - is exactly the reason I'm feeling more than a little peeved by upstarts with a singular line of thought.

Guess I'll check out the Novice Classes for Old Ladies (pardon the expression, I'm not one of those EITHER) and stick to hanging out with men who only feel the need to prove themselves by getting into fisticuffs, rather than the type who think they are some kind of heroes by whizzing round and round racetracks like greyhounds chasing fluffy rabbits.

I like those kind of fellas better. Real men. Real bruises. Real bikes.

Sod this, I'm all crotchety now and its not even PMT week. Little bastards, irritating me with thoughtless remarks, and I was in a SUCH chirpy-bird mood after a nice weekend, too.

You bunch of gits, LOL.

Laughing

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Sparks! · Sir Tart-a-lot Joined: 30 Aug 2003 Karma :

This is what annoys me, it's all equal rights blah blah blah blah, yet your basically assuming now that all women are slow and want to bimble.. bendy is 100% right, how will a womens only track day be any different? There will still be fast people, slow people, intermediate people. It is no different whether it's a bloke in front or a woman!

MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

Yams there is another thread for the trackday subject...
This one is about racing. Smile

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bikegirl · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 29 May 2004 Karma :