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The gender gap is relatively small in Oxford (and the Netherlands, for that matter). I think it's because the main roads are reasonably civilised, so cycling isn't especially frightening, and doesn't have substantial "negatives" that have to be outweighed by "positives". Richard On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Paul Rosen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > An interesting article here, that challenges the assumptions behind cycling > promotion in the UK as well as the USA, I think. I'd be interested to know > how true it rings for those who've been doing more recent research on > cycling than I have. > > http://www.grist.org/biking/2011-06-20-bicyclings-gender-gap-its-the-economy-stupid > > Paul >