MaxLinux Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 Do you agree in most countries many girls ride EUCs, but in the USA the percentage of girl riders is very low? This is what it looks like to me based on watching EUC videos on YouTube. Do you think my perception is correct, and if so, do you have an idea what is the reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johrhoj Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 I have only seen other wheels around about 10 times total in a full year. Never a girl though. I let my ex-wife try my nb1, and she was very enthousiastic, but still did not purchase one herself. I am not optimistic on the percentage of women riding wheels in The Netherlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomek Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 47 minutes ago, johrhoj said: I have only seen other wheels around about 10 times total in a full year. Never a girl though. I let my ex-wife try my nb1, and she was very enthousiastic, but still did not purchase one herself. I am not optimistic on the percentage of women riding wheels in The Netherlands. I have not yet seen any other rider in the Netherlands! (except for @Luiz and his wife who came over for a weekend - but we made an explicit appointment, and had a great ride together through Amsterdam) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael de Gans Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 32 minutes ago, Tomek said: I have not yet seen any other rider in the Netherlands! (except for @Luiz and his wife who came over for a weekend - but we made an explicit appointment, and had a great ride together through Amsterdam) @TomekThere's a lot of wheelers in the Netherlands (search futurewheel channel or electric unicycle brothers on youtube), we have a Whatsapp group where we plan our WeekendWheeling trips. Want to join the group? More guys than girls on electric unicycles in the Netherlands as I see it now. But might change when it becomes the next hype after the hoverboard (which you see everywhere). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 @Michael David de Gans That is awesome you are able to coordinate weekend trips as a group! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yourtoys7 Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 my sister just got Ninebot E+ blue se. model, will find out in time how much she gonna use it, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andress Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 I am teaching my GF to ride. So far we had one session and in about 30 minutes, she was able to ride. She can mount by herself and than ride more or less straight, not much control over direction. Yet! She was able to go for about 200 meters max. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Vu Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 You should check the malls since girls love shopping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmethvin Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Our local mall wouldn't let you do that. They used to have one of those kiosks in the main aisle selling hoverboards and they wouldn't let you ride those either. After all the news about exploding hoverboards it shut down anyway. I'm not sure why girls/women don't ride EUCs in the US, I've gotten a lot of interest from both men and women and both have been bold enough to try my EUC. I'll see if I can upload some videos of people trying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmethvin Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 At this point I've let a few dozen people ride my wheel but I don't always have the camera on. These two clips were from last year, I had the camera clipped on my belt so it's not a very good angle but I really don't like the look of the chest strap or having it mounted on my helmet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanR Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 @Michael Vu the red rear light appears to illuminate when the EUC slows? So, it looks like a 'brake' light? Did it come factory fitted or did you fit it yourself? May be a useful safety feature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxLinux Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share Posted June 20, 2016 That is very cool introducing those girls to the Firewheel! A USA girl rider I like is the daughter of djquestionthis. Having an e-wheel dealer for a dad (myfunwheel.com) is an advantage, I suppose. She's a very good rider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edwin_rm Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 @dmethvin That's brave of you letting so many people try your wheel. I usually don't let people try due to concern that they'll fall on their faces. Thou I might follow your lead and start offering "lessons" to the ladies as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Vu Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 10 hours ago, AlanR said: @Michael Vu the red rear light appears to illuminate when the EUC slows? So, it looks like a 'brake' light? Did it come factory fitted or did you fit it yourself? May be a useful safety feature! That's how Kingsong has programmed all their wheels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
electric_vehicle_lover Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Me and my girlfriend riding: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurgen Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 high prevalence of obesity in the US? Riding a wheel, you draw a lot of attention. Personally I don't give a fart, when other people's facial expression says "what the f...: a fat middle aged guy just escaped the loony bin on the ward's Roomba". I guess women are just more sensitive to these unflattering facial expression. To be honnest, I don't have clue, I'm just joking here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 @Jurgen LMAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rehab1 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 @dmethvin Love it! You should start a EUC dating service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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