klehner wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/business/dealbook/cycling-matches-the-pace-and-pitches-of-tech.html? When I read this, my first thought was "more of the old boy network." Private golf clubs used to have explicit exclusionary policies, and now we have implicit exclusionary policies (don't use Strava? Can't keep up? Don't have the "right" equipment? Sorry!).
I kind of see your point if it is that members of one gender may have more difficulty making the cut to get in on the rides (and the business opportunities) than members of the other...... But, with mechanical doping, things can be equalized. And while there may be some puritanical reaction to such a heresy, it seems to me to be a lot better equalizer than a golf handicap -- everyone in the group can be riding to their physical capabilities and sharing in the burn, and yet the mismatched members of the group can hang with the rest.