Anna Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 I have not met anyone else riding an EUC yet so I assumed it was a girl only thing. Maybe the we ride them and blokes blog about it?? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBump Posted October 12, 2015 Author Share Posted October 12, 2015 I have not met anyone else riding an EUC yet so I assumed it was a girl only thing. Maybe the we ride them and blokes blog about it??How is there a 'we' if you haven't met anyone else riding one yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OliverH Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 It seems like if you look at many of the Asian videos a lot of EUC riders are female, but I don't think a single prolific poster on this site is a woman.What hap? E.g. the sales ladies from Gotway, Kingsong, Rockwheel, Firewheel are registered here ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Bjerke Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 On 10/9/2015 at 9:41 AM, esaj said: The first ever "programmer" was a woman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (née Byron; 10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852) was an English mathematician and writer, chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. Her notes on the engine include what is recognised as the first algorithm intended to be carried out by a machine. Because of this, she is often regarded as the first computer programmer.[1][2][3] Really, which language is that? My guess would be that most code in use today is written with C, C++ or Java, Cobol has mostly died out (except from banking mainframes, where it's being replaced by Java). None of those were invented by women, C was designed by Dennis Ritchie, C++ by Bjarne Straustrup and Java by James Gosling. Edit: Apparently 2 out of the 6 members in the design team of Cobol were women. Women "invented" how you explain programming code to others a type of documentation that made cooperative efforts easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonm42 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Please remember Ruby, Python, Groovy, ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vasuvius Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 maybe, just maybe, women don't waste time on such forums ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanghamP Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 4 hours ago, vasuvius said: maybe, just maybe, women don't waste time on such forums ;-) That's my guess as well, since OW riders seems very even between genders (and there's a lot of OW riders), while MiniPro riders are dominated by younger females (I've seen dozens of minipro riders in the city, possibly the same girls, yet just one male rider). Despite a lot of OW riders, I've seen only two or so female EUC riders. EUC riders are extremely rare as a whole, although I would consider OWs as a subcategory of EUCs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RockyTop Posted March 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2020 If I were a woman, I might use a non gender name so that my gender would not interfere with my comments. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post atdlzpae Posted March 8, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2020 (edited) Srsly though, they're disinterested. Just like there are way less men in psychology and way less women in STEM. Or gaming. Edited March 8, 2020 by atdlzpae 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee guy Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 That photo got me @atdlzpae 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrelwood Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 I believe adrenaline and less controlled risk to be the aspects that differ between men and women when it comes to EUCs. While horse-back riding is not the safest of sports, the horse people I know use 90% of their horse time to take care of and groom them, and only ride a little at a slow pace to keep the horse active. The ones that race do so in visual horse shows, not on speed tracks. All female EUC riders I know of or have seen videos of, ride the EUC rather slow. They’re not in it for the adrenaline fix, but for the freedom and perhaps the feeling of being in control. I was envious when I heard a local rider getting his wife to learn to ride. He wasn’t too keen though, since she still rides at around 20km/h tops. Instead, me and him zoom through challenging off road paths sometimes up to 40km/h. A female testing out the top speed of the latest Gotway and posting a video on it to Youtube is something I doubt we’ll ever see. We men get our fix of adrenaline and other stuff from just watching the video, which I’d say females generally have little interest of even watching. I’m sure male adrenaline-junkieness has it’s roots in the beginning of times. Gender is of course not an A/B switch but a spectrum, and of course some women are junkies as well. Everything I wrote was done so with the average gender behaviour in mind. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazarinho Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 At the Winter Games in Brussels there were a couple of women that held their own among the front runners, notching 4th and 7th places. This was racing, obstacles and agility combined. Also it seems the ladies riding with @Mike Sacristan aren't exactly averse to speed either, especially Petra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrelwood Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 2 hours ago, Tazarinho said: it seems the ladies riding with @Mike Sacristan aren't exactly averse to speed either, especially Petra. Oh right, how could I forget about her! I must revise my statement: All but one female rider that I've seen... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazarinho Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 8 minutes ago, mrelwood said: Oh right, how could I forget about her! I must revise my statement: All but one female rider that I've seen... Which statistically, probably translates to quite a few male riders, but there might of course be some sampling bias. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyTop Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 6 hours ago, mrelwood said: All female EUC riders I know of or have seen videos of, ride the EUC rather slow. They’re not in it for the adrenaline fix, but for the freedom and perhaps the feeling of being in control. A female testing out the top speed of the latest Gotway and posting a video on it to Youtube is something I doubt we’ll ever see. Sooooo? My wife IS crazy! She does not ride a GW or post on YouTube. But!? The “Please decelerate” voice on her 18XL is getting a little horse form all the yelling at her to “ PLEASE DECELERATE!! “ I bumped the top speed down to 25MPH and she called me on it. WHY will my wheel only go 25 MPH now!!?. Me ..... ah?? Gee honey?? That must have been changed with the last update? ..... I’ll fix it. ....... Although??... It might be safer that way. Her- Fix it!! me 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mike Sacristan Posted March 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 9, 2020 4 hours ago, Tazarinho said: At the Winter Games in Brussels there were a couple of women that held their own among the front runners, notching 4th and 7th places. This was racing, obstacles and agility combined. Also it seems the ladies riding with @Mike Sacristan aren't exactly averse to speed either, especially Petra. The more they ride the faster they go. Monika and Petra do not read this forum, they read the FB groups now and then. Both have mentioned the FB discussion and both chose to stay away from it. The discussion on the FB group eventually turned towards protection, knee pads and riding fashion. At that point they both felt discouraged from participating in the discussion as: - they don't wear protection - they are both female riders but there are no female riders - female riders should have more choice regarding protection so as to be fashionable - they don't wear protection I told them both... it's okay.. you are both female and you are both riders. They are not talking about you and you shouldn't feel that the burden is on you to prove your existence. They are talking about the other females who don't ride. Monika felt like she had a lot to say but chose not to. Petra rarely says much. I usually end up saying what they don't. Monika hit the beeps on the MSX the other day at just a little over 50 kmh. We were riding on a road with gravel on it and she was carving as she tends to do... while I was struggling along on the 16X and found myself being pushed to the limits of my comfort level. Same happens sometimes when I ride with Petra. So we are becoming a bit competitive when it comes to riding. Petra would like her Tesla to be faster and has felt that she "needs" a faster wheel for quite a while now. Once I told Monika off for doing 46 kmh on a bike path. She had no clue how fast she was going and that bothered me. Monika and Petra rarely check AliExpress for new wheels or deals. Sometimes I "force" them to try different wheels... although it takes a bit of convincing. Skate parks are more difficult. Off road rarely requires convincing except for some more extreme slopes. They sometimes watch YouTube stuff but not as much as I do. So they are both in it for the fun and the freedom and the thrill of speed. They don't see it as taking risks and they don't calculate risks like I do. Which is why I have a one hour long clip of Monika not riding up a small mound at a skate park. The same day she hit the 5 beeps on the MSX. They both want to look a certain way when riding... especially Petra has a little dream of a helmet with ears on it.. or just ears and no helmet lol. They don't like riding in bubbles or cocoons (which is how they describe protection). On the bright side we will probably see them riding in bikinis this summer. We guys are way to wrapped up in our technical stuff so that when we are riding we are afraid of hitting the beeps after all the reading of people over leaning on their wheels. So while we are analysing our sandwich too see if the protein, carb, fat ratio, bread composition, type of wheat used and glycemic index is correct they are just eating the sandwich and enjoying the taste. Simon is the same though... he is 23 and hardly does any technical reading.. he just rides without fear of the limitations because he has not read of them and that has allowed him to develop into a very skilled rider. He rides my 16X and does crazy accelerating and braking on it with no fear whatsoever... while I watch wondering if it will cut NOW? How about NOW? Still no.... NOW? Nope... but... but... but... the other guys who crashed??? And no brake wobbles on the 16X? But... but... but... the forum says it wobbles... and yesterday my friend Rasmus over leaned his Nikola 100v 1845Wh slowly going up a 23 degree incline at a skate park. 3 times. It was 2 meters. He weighs 100kg with gear...battery at 90V. My friend Johan is also a 16X rider. He rarely reads the forums. He used to ride around at 35 kmh and got speed wobbles at a bit over that. Petra and I met him a few weeks ago and discussed foot placement and body posture. He hit 52,5 kmh a few days after that. I told him not to do that again. I could go on.. but I think I forgot my point. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Sacristan Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, RockyTop said: Sooooo? My wife IS crazy! She does not ride a GW or post on YouTube. But!? The “Please decelerate” voice on her 18XL is getting a little horse form all the yelling at her to “ PLEASE DECELERATE!! “ I bumped the top speed down to 25MPH and she called me on it. WHY will my wheel only go 25 MPH now!!?. Me ..... ah?? Gee honey?? That must have been changed with the last update? ..... I’ll fix it. ....... Although??... It might be safer that way. Her- Fix it!! me Haha lucky they have us to worry for them while they are living life. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blicky Te⚡️la Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 *woman enters the thread and sees all of the below happening. *woman leaves chat🤯 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mike Sacristan Posted March 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, General Principle said: *woman enters the thread and sees all of the below happening. *woman leaves chat🤯 Haha those images were hilarious. I showed Monika and she lol:ed. Ironically I overexplained two of them to her. Monika: "Yes baby I got it". 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post clementine418 Posted March 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 9, 2020 I am a bit reluctant to post in this conversation which probably says something but I ride in probably the second largest EUC/PEV community in the US and as far as I know there are about 5 total female EUC riders here while there are probably a few dozen total male EUC riders. I think by far the largest factor (for both men and women) is lack of knowledge. Most people have never heard of EUCs and even if they see someone riding one on the street have no idea where to buy one and can't google it easily since they also don't know what they are called. Most of my friends have said it looks too dangerous and/or they don't have good enough balance to ride one. I think aside from no mainline media exposure the high cost of entry, inability to easily try before buying, and relative reluctance to wear tons of ugly protective gear which may be perceived as a must prevents more women than men from trying it out. Most women cyclists learned to ride as children (men too) but as we get older I think that women become adverse to falling much faster and at much higher rates. So getting on a bicycle as an adult is way more likely than getting on an EUC since they already know how to ride the bicycle. Unicycles are also quite heavy and there are times when you have to pick the wheel up and carry it up or down some stairs which is not easy for most women when the majority of modern wheels are ~50 lbs. Theres probably other reasons too but those are the first things that come to mind. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post seage Posted March 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 9, 2020 I've heard many things about gear not being fashionable or fitting women enough. I've only seen high end Motocross gear for women that seemed to fit them perfectly, but it was like 9 trillion dollars. Outside of that, most of the stuff we have is bulky. Theres a girl in NY who has big custom cat ears on her helmet. She linked to a helmet customization shop the other day. I was all for "wear what you want" for quite some time. Im still kinda like that. But the other day i was on a ride and watched a girl on a longboard fall off. Her shoulder hit first and her unprotected head snapped into the ground. The crack was loud enough that i heard it over my music and the wind in my fullface helmet.. She was knocked out cold immediately. We called 911 immediately. She then began to have a seizure. She foamed the mouth. Woke up, passed out again, then woke up and was in shock until the ambulance finally came. I...yeah, i cant. I know people talk about it being safer without, and all that talk about knowing how to fall and so on, and yeah, if thats how you wanna play it, go for it. But man...lets just make some stylish/affordable gear so that no one has an excuse anymore, and get more people in it instead. Im actually pretty traumatized by seeing that. It plays back vividly in my head. I was so scared she was gonna die right there. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
null Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 6 minutes ago, seage said: But man...lets just make some stylish/affordable gear so that no one has an excuse anymore, and get more people in it instead. Im actually pretty traumatized by seeing that. It plays back vividly in my head. I was so scared she was gonna die right there. With PEVs becoming more common there should be a marked for less chunky / agressive styled protective gear. As it is pretty much only Thousand helmets and the TSG pass have clean lines. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seage Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 17 minutes ago, null said: With PEVs becoming more common there should be a marked for less chunky / agressive styled protective gear. As it is pretty much only Thousand helmets and the TSG pass have clean lines. Hopefully it sparks off soon. Theres gotta be designers that are starting to ride PEV's. Im sure the ideas are stirring. And we need female designers working on this. I remember this "Gamer dresses" fiasco that happened either last year or the year before where this dude made these uncomfortable looking dresses for girls....and didnt even give them pockets. Like come on, thats an easy point. lol 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clementine418 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) 51 minutes ago, seage said: I've heard many things about gear not being fashionable or fitting women enough. I've only seen high end Motocross gear for women that seemed to fit them perfectly, but it was like 9 trillion dollars. Outside of that, most of the stuff we have is bulky. Theres a girl in NY who has big custom cat ears on her helmet. She linked to a helmet customization shop the other day. I was all for "wear what you want" for quite some time. Im still kinda like that. But the other day i was on a ride and watched a girl on a longboard fall off. Her shoulder hit first and her unprotected head snapped into the ground. The crack was loud enough that i heard it over my music and the wind in my fullface helmet.. She was knocked out cold immediately. We called 911 immediately. She then began to have a seizure. She foamed the mouth. Woke up, passed out again, then woke up and was in shock until the ambulance finally came. I...yeah, i cant. I know people talk about it being safer without, and all that talk about knowing how to fall and so on, and yeah, if thats how you wanna play it, go for it. But man...lets just make some stylish/affordable gear so that no one has an excuse anymore, and get more people in it instead. Im actually pretty traumatized by seeing that. It plays back vividly in my head. I was so scared she was gonna die right there. Thats very sad, I hope she gets better! I'm not saying women shouldn't wear gear, I'm saying many will turned off from actually trying when they realize there is nothing that fits or looks good to wear. This is in the context of the question of why are there so few women riding. Edited March 9, 2020 by clementine418 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seage Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) 45 minutes ago, clementine418 said: Thats very sad, I hope she gets better! I'm not saying women shouldn't wear gear, I'm saying many will turned off from actually trying when they realize there is nothing that fits or looks good to wear. This is in the context of the question of why are there so few women riding. My response wasnt to you. You actually replied as i was typing, so i only saw it after i pressed enter. It was to mike about petra and monika. And i know, we're in agreement. Thats what i was saying too, that the stuff that actually does fit isnt realistic (motocross) and the rest is uggos Edit* Also, to be clear, i wasnt against anyone in my initial statements either. Just saying that since more people are riding, i hope to see more options and that i had actually in fact heard that things didnt fit/didnt look good and so on which caused many people to just skip the hobby as a whole. But yeah, wasnt coming at anyone. Edited March 9, 2020 by seage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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