Women don't really ride bikes here. This town is bike (and donkey) heavy and therefore I see a lot of them every day but I have only seen TWO women riding bikes using their own legs while I've been here. A handful more have existed on the crossbar or handlebars of a man's bike.
In other bike news, they use bikes for EVERYTHING here. they deliver fifty liter containers of water, canisters of gas, cases of beer all over town. It is actually pretty impressive. Oh and the ice cream men either walk or BIKE! And by bike I don't exactly mean the one side of the street obeying the rules of the road (it would probably help if there were rules) kind of biking that tends to happen in the US. More like bike wherever you want and hope the buses are nice enough to honk when they are gaining on you. And avoid the donkey poop.
You probably wouldn't EXACTLY think it was safe but it sure looks fun, mom. And these guys have speed PLUS finesse. And they can bomb down the nastiest hill I have ever seen and still be alive at the end. And I mean a pretty nasty hill. Like the kind that hurst you calves BAD when you walk up. And you can never really see the top once you're climbing it because it is too steep. With some serious grooves dug to control sewage runoff. It is a hill worth conquering.
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