So on the final stage of this years edition of the Tour de France the organizers have set up a womens race around the Champs Elysees. I think this is a step forward for womens cycling but the UCI needs to put in more effort and money. It's 2014, every girl should have equal opportunities as boys in life. I really believe a womens tour can and will be successful this time around. Time, effort and money needs to be put in this and I believe it should be run along side the mens race with starts a couple hours apart. Any thoughts on this people?

It is a much shorter race than the TdF but, It is a step forward. IIRC it is only one leg of the traditional tour.

I would love to get into cycling, I have a Raleigh Mojave, but that is more of a hybrid bike how I have it setup. I know I could never get to the high end level, but I swear that Schwinn Varisty at the pawn shop a few miles away is callying my name (and filling me with nostalgia for my Schwinn World Tour), I don't care if it is heavy, or that the indexing is off, I have some stem mount friction shifters just dying to go on that thing. Of course it would suit my level of performance lots more than those $3K carbon fibre bikes down at the bike shop lol