Feliz
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Now that's funny?
Why don't I see more women ebikers? Ladies? Thoughts?
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Now that's funny?
JRA
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No it is actually a Swedish Company dating back to 1919. I looked a little deeper and although Electrolux bought Husqvarna in 1978 Husqvarna and the above mentioned were spun off by them in 2006. The Husqvarna brand bicycles being marketed today are under the same banner as an aside. The sewing machines are produced by a different group as well as the motorcycles however.
I have both, but my chainsaws are Stihls. Did you know that Stihl now has a little saw that runs on a battery. A friend, also a woman but has no electric bike, bought one and swears by it for clearing brush in her tree plantation. Where I used to live, there were a few of us wimmin folks who ran chainsaws to get to where we needed to work. Trees will fall across roads for some strange reason.
My little saw, the old 032 has won a few chainsaw races--aginst the menfolk.
Here is my old helper with my Barbie Saw. We were going out to cut some trees out of a hiking trail. He was a good and cheery helper.
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ebikemom
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OH NO! Clearly she needs an electric bike to go with her electric chain saw!
OH NO! Clearly she needs an electric bike to go with her electric chain saw!
Nope. She did try mine out briefly. Her husband, who has gas saws, would not even try my bike. Oh well. The bike is a heck of a lot more fun than the saw.
Feliz
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How do you carry your saw when you're riding? I suppose you could rig it up for extra power on hills.
JRA
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It's only a lowly Harbor Freight one that I got to do a specific job with in a basement last year but I have been using it for spring cleaning on the trails I use here. With two batteries you can get some serious work done on the QT with no stinky either. Trick with saws is keeping them sharp no matter what size or powers them. What I think about is how to use my bike battery to power the saw......
The 032 is a lifetime saw but you must live where there are some serious trees across the trail as that bar is pretty long! I always go with a shorter blade for trail work myself as even with a 16" blade I can beaver down a 30" tree.
I had a chocolate trail buddy for years also, none better.
6zfshdb
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There are online bicycle maintenance courses available such as:
https://internationalopenacademy.com/bike-maintenance
I don't and didn't. See that duck taped pad on the bar? I carried my saw on my shoulder and hiked. The problem trees weren't very far away for that day. At work, the saw was in the back of the truck and the problem trees were on the road. I was watching videos of a Canadian guy who is biking from Alaska to Argentina, and a bike rack maker in CA was talking about designing a rack for chainsaw carrying. I'd want a smaller saw than the Barbie saw for that. I'd name the saw, Skipper. (Barbie history there). Saws should have names for some reason.
You all have inspired me to get out the Barbie Saw and maybe kill a cherry tree today. That is, if the weather is not too bad. Retirement is good.
Nova Haibike
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You need saws mounted to your e-bike like Speed Racer's Mach 5.
Dionigi
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My wife has always been the more athletic person in our relationship, she rode her pedal powered bike 7 miles to work in the beautiful Pittsburgh weather. In the summer she would ride 5 miles to a pool to swim a mile. My energy was a little less. But now that we are retired and split our time between Pittsburgh and Santa Cruz ebikes have become our main form of physical activity. Lynn at 68 and 5’5”,120 pounds still is the driving force of activity (this weekend we’ll ride 50 miles to Monterey for an overnight). So when selecting a bike her selection came down to a Specialized Como or a Riese and Müller Nevo. What seems like perfect geometry for a woman that size was the 26” Nevo. The Nevo is agile on city streets, a great hill climber and works well for long haul tours on both paved and gravel surfaces.
I remember a story that was written by a women that played golf with her father when she was young and continued to play with him and his guy buddies until she was well into her adult years. I thought the story was about her relationship with her father. It wasn't it was about how it was rare for women to get together and have a great time like her father and his buddies did playing golf. She pointed out that when women did get together they would judge each other and that typically caused rifts in the group. She went on to talk about how never in her adult life did she experience the "just out to have fun" experience she had with her father's group of guys with a group of adult women. I'm not making this up...but it was written far better then my summary of the story.
She expressed a regret that she felt this was something that may keep women from doing things like bike riding because let's face it most bikers tend to do at least some group or friend riding. I do know that my ex-wife hated the my going out occasional to play golf with the guys (even though she was always welcome to come) and it ended up being one of the major reasons we failed (she would give me ultimatums and I eventually said no more ultimatums and it was over). Anyway, maybe this is a factor because I know that 90% of the group golfers, bike riders, tennis players, etc. tend to be guy groups.
She expressed a regret that she felt this was something that may keep women from doing things like bike riding because let's face it most bikers tend to do at least some group or friend riding. I do know that my ex-wife hated the my going out occasional to play golf with the guys (even though she was always welcome to come) and it ended up being one of the major reasons we failed (she would give me ultimatums and I eventually said no more ultimatums and it was over). Anyway, maybe this is a factor because I know that 90% of the group golfers, bike riders, tennis players, etc. tend to be guy groups.
Well, out on the trail today we came across a woman riding a giant etrance. She seemed totally supportive of my daughter , no judgement etc - in fact she was waiting along the trail to demonstrate some lines and couldn't have been more helpfull - including offering to take her out for some coaching in the future!
BTW , 6 people riding at the mtb complex today - 3 were female and 3 were ebikes! ( I've never seen another ebike there)
BTW , 6 people riding at the mtb complex today - 3 were female and 3 were ebikes! ( I've never seen another ebike there)
If you want a reason for not seeing groups, I'll offer up my opinion and experience. Kids. I've had fun with friends in all woman groups. We used to have a berry picking group where we camped and picked huckleberries. We called it our equivalent of the men's "elk camp", One time everybody showed up with a package of hotdogs, buns and beer oh and some bags of chips. That was a memorable gathering. Then kids arrived and they took priority. No more fun. Babies and kids took over. Now it is grandkids.
I just don't see many people biking at all where I live. Acoustic or electric. It just isn't done, but I do get questions and those people, both men and women seem to be interested, but they look like they have kids and.....cows. This isn't the most affluent area of the country either. I live on a income that would put me on the street in Seattle, but here I feel well off. You have to be able to afford an extra like an ebike in order to play on it. The main employer here is agriculture and agriculture doesn't pay much more than minimum wage unless you are a good apple picker.
Yes these are everywhere, unfortunately. They are electric, but not called eBikes, as that term is reserved for more sporty models similar to those seen overseas. These "mama Chari" are problematic because they are built with a very low center of gravity and hard to move at any decent speed, so most people don't ride them on the ride, but illegally on the sidewalk instead, where they routinely injure pedestrians...Meanwhile in Japan...
It is good, though, that there are all sorts of models available for women, men, and children. How people use our misuse them is not really the manufacturer's fault.
I would say that in Japan, electric bikes were mainly only for women and commercial uses, with eBikes only recently hitting the scene in the last few years.
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