Women vs The Two-Wheeled Machine 

I take for granted the fact I don't have to feed my bicycle. 🤣

As someone that works in a bike shop: successful connection of the pump head to the valve is still a ongoing battle for many today.

I love how supportive she is, always saying “it’s ok if it takes you some time to learn” or “take as many breaks as you need”. She sounds like an amazing teacher, and I love that she wrote this to encourage the women of her time in a gentle way. Thanks to that she’s inspiring people even now, amazing ❤❤❤

This book is SO inspiring to me as a female cyclist. I ride my bike everywhere I can even though I live in a car-centric American city. When I ride it I feel like I am connecting with my female ancestors. The bicycle is such a compelling symbol of democracy and empowerment and freedom. I need to go on a cross country bike tour with my gal pals now…

A video showing off cycling in period-accurate 1890s ladies' cycling clothes would be amazing.

All these comments about the weakness of women completely disregards the farm wives, housekeepers, laundresses, etc. who toiled at heavy labor every day of their lives 😂😂😂

Have you heard of Ride? It's a musical about Annie Londonderry, who, in 1894, was the first woman to bicycle around the world. It's based on a book written by her great grand nephew. I feel like you'd be into it.

I listen to your podcast episodes in the background while I'm at work. I got a museum studies degree and am working as an archivist. Your topics are right up my alley!

As soon as another one comes out I need to watch it immediately - love these ☺️

This episode was fascinating! And it’s true, we don’t think of victorian women like that. Well at least I /didn’t/. The descriptions made me want to go cycling around too ! I went looking for archive footage of women cycling afterwards, there are some available on youtube.

I have moved recently from the countryside to big city. First months were hard, but then my precious bicycle arrived. It was still winter but I decided to use it anyway and gosh. It was like new era! The whole word is open now, I can ride wherever want, found so many beautiful and wild places. The feeling of freedom during ride is overwhelming and i absolutely love it. So I can't imagine what women back then must have felt. I imagine 50 km were not enough!

As an equestrian, the warnings about not confusing the bike's and the horse's capabilities are very valid IMO. When I learned to drive a car, I found myself doing riding/cycling behaviors: leaning into the turn for no reason, sitting forward or leaning back in my seat as I sped up or slowed down, wishing I could make it scoot over sideways to parallel park. I couldn't begin to guess how many times I buckled up and had the instinct of "I forgot my helmet!" I learned to cycle from an early age too, so I never had issues mixing that up with riding a horse. But horses and bikes bear far more similarities in operation than horses and cars, so I can only imagine how much of an adjustment to one's instincts it would require, especially in an age where bikes were new!

I love this! Thanks for your review. Who knew how revolutionary the bicycle was? Have a great day Ms Karolina, your vids are the best.

Yay! Thank you for making these 😊 they are so fun and interesting.

Dynamo Jenny is a Short podcast from a few years ago about different experiences of women in cycling that is absolutely worth a listen ! I learned about cycle touring in 2019 and have gone on several small solo unsupported tours since then. There's something really unique and special about cycling alone, dealing with whatever weather happens, resting whenever you feel like it, and solving whatever problems come up. It can be scary but really empowering at the same time. I can only imagine what it must have felt like to experience early cycling in the Victorian times, what a cool text!

"Censure from many sources" indeed. My patriarchal father couldn't acknowledge my ability to ride a bike with ease -- before he could brag about his sons -- who had a more difficult time managing the machine. His embarrassment was palpable. Never mind Victorian times. This in the 1970s.🤣

Karolina is the best example on why History,especially in fashion,is an interessing subject,hugs from Ireland,karolina

The way you say knickerbocker is so satisfying

love this podcast! I always learn something new!

Hmm the scorching part explains my motorcycle obsession...its just scorching evolved. 😂

being reminded what a barrier hills can be to biking, I remain eternally grateful to have an e-bike. Truly all the best parts of cycling with none of the downsides. just pure ease and freedom

A note about horse sense: Horses will guide themselves over familiar territory. Horses will avoid danger. Horses will stear themselves around rocks or uneven footing. Horses will respond to subtle directions of the rider. Horses do not require your exertion. Bicycles by contrast require the rider to watch where they're going, to stear with direct control, to be aware of hazards, and make it go, etc. Comparatively speaking, riding a horse was (and still can be) a rather brainless exercise.

As a chemist, I concur that alum was and still used in water treatment as a chelating agent, that is something that helps suspended particules stick together and therefore sink to the bottom of the container

The book did it's job, I want a bike now. I've ridden one once as a kid, it was hard but fun. I can understand the freedom one feels esp during a time when you had none Also dont use a hat pin while riding bc if you wreck it might puncture your head same with claw clips.

The way they describe exercise as possibly dangerous is hilarious. "Woah there buddy, don't go too fast on your bike or your organs will explode"

Hi! 😊 From Texas!

I wonder if the author would have a heart attack or jump for joy if she saw how Dutchies go about cycling 😂, people go in their regular clothing ( you will see peoplein 3 piece suits on their way to work ), they move stuff ( mattresses, boat masts, paintings, you name it ), multiple people on one bike ( 2 is common, more is absolutely a possibility), a wide variety of cycling tours from as little as 25 km in a day to 235km in one day ( Elfstedentocht or eleven cities tour, ive done that one twice now😊 ) and the NK tegenwindfietsen ( Dutch championship headwind cycling which is done over 9 km with storms so that it's 7 bft or higher )

Loved this! You got me fantasizing about long bike rides on my vintage bike with a riding skirt!

Mother, i smell memes.

Awwwww YEAAAAAAA a text on women's attempts on bicycles! ...quite funny that the author said you don't need to wash your bicycle 😅😅😩🙈 (8:10). Okay, maybe it's not like washing a horse, but you should still clean your bicycle periodically!

let's go we're early (I just finished watching the differentiating between 19th century fashion😃)

Thanks! Simply explained - good podcast, without a car or public transportation can only walk or ride a bike.

On the water thing, yeah, the way the water plant I worked for as a summer job in university pretty much does the same for the city's drinking water, just on a different scale. Alum will act as a flocculant (yes, actual scientific word) which causes all the particles suspended in the water to stick together and settle out faster, then you pour that off the sediment and boil it to sterilize it. It's not going to remove a lot of toxins or heavy metals or anything, but boiling will kill any bacteria in the water so you don't get any of the deadly or inconvenient bacteria or worms you could find if you were using a pond or stream as your water source. My city pulls water out of the river, pre-treats it with enough chlorine to kill anything in it, then uses a flocculant (might actually have been alum, it was 20 years ago and I've forgotten), a settling tank and sand filter setup to catch the sediment, then to the filtered water, adds some lime to adjust the pH to be a bit on the alklaine side rather than acidic which makes the water taste better, and then adds chlorine and ammonia to kill bacteria and leave enough residual disinfecting in the water that has to get out to the further areas without tasting like a swimming pool but not have the water pipes go slimy. And the boiled water is gross thing, yeah, if you've ever noticed that freshly poured water tastes a lot better than water that's just been sitting around, but all you have is water that's been sitting out a while, try giving it a good shake. Aerating it makes a difference, though I couldn't t tell you why. I suspect the reason they advised against using ice in the boiled water is that back then, the ice available was carved out of the nearest body of water in winter and stored in ice houses so it would last into the summer, so that won't have been boiled and carries with it all the dangers of drinking out of the river that you're trying to avoid by boiling the water in the first place.

Pretty wild how much this still tracks for lady motorcyclists 😳

my mom would have very upset if she had known I was riding 20 miles away, near the railroad tracks, NOT near houses or NO telephone. many scars from riding bikes & motorcycles.

I can't imagine the mental hurdle learning to ride a bike as an adult would be. I learned as a small child, when my brain was still in full motor skill development mode, with kiddie wheels on the bike! It's also hard to emphasize the liberation of bicycle transport over equestrian for everyone, not just women. Horses are expensive to aquire, keep, and maintain. They require specialized facilities to live in, round the clock attention and multiple feedings a day. A horse requires continuous training, not just for Its physical fitness, but to keep it obedient. Additionally, the rider requires greater skill, not just to stay on, but to convince the horse to follow their direction. A vehicle that could just be picked up, used, and put away when finished must have been revolutionary to them!

do you know Bertha Benz? she was the first person to drive an automobile over a long distance.

1890’s vlogger: hey guys! Been getting a lot of questions about my bicycling routine! If the water supply in the area you biked to is suspect, you can filter your own by-

17:46 if you have a bike with different gears and can stay on your feet on the pedals, you can overcome most of ramps and hills.

I suspect that the anti-elastic may be because elastic that's too strong and tight would cause circulation problems. Anyone who has ever made faces at the cufflines from over elasticated socks will know.

the women who had the most cardio were the london social butterflies and so on... imagine country dance for 15 minutes at a go... i... would... die...

I am now going to save up for a bicycle. How did I forget how great they are?!

I was super tentative watching this because I don't like cycling, I don't like bicycle culture where I live, but this does give a different perspective that was present for some people, I just don't think women here had access to bicycles in this era. Pretty sure that was too rich. The only little bit that I see as inaccurate about the second to last "speech" she made (that is to say everything else sounds really true and well thought out to me), is that about prejudice: The only way to remove prejudice is for the people who have it to deal with it themselves.

Why is it with no video on youtube but with video on spotify? 🤔

Where I live I ride my bike all winter 💪

It sounds written for the middle and leasured classes. Other women would know that they could work.

14:02 Imagine when a human has to count on the intelligence of a horse 🐎😂

When i was younger i hurt Jim and the twins

8:09 - You definitely DO need to clean your bicycle, even if not daily. And changing of a part or two once in a while is a normal occurence. I presume you don't have a bicycle, do you?

i like watching your stuff but you have a room echo and it causes me headache. ive tried fixing it but you are literally one of the few people i have a problem with this. you might wanna figure out something.

Please just do something about the room reverb. It's unpleasant to have so much echo.