Comments on: Women and the Way of the Pedal-empowered http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/2011/11/women-and-the-way-of-the-pedal-empowered/ Just another blogs.smithsonianmag.com site Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:57:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Ken Wethreell http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/2011/11/women-and-the-way-of-the-pedal-empowered/#comment-180 Ken Wethreell Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:39:00 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/?p=548#comment-180 I will mention the Susan B. Anthony quote to my lovely wife in support of my many-years' quest to help her catch the bike bug. She is most certainly an emancipated and driven woman. Perhaps this history will inspire her. When you visit Portland (and you must if you have not), I recommend contacting the Portland Society, a nonprofit business alliance of professional women who are passionate about bicycling in Portland, Oregon. And...my business partners, Jenn, Courtney and Stacy. We are Portland Pedal Power, a bicycle-based meal delivery and promotional company (a majority women-owned business). I will mention the Susan B. Anthony quote to my lovely wife in support of my many-years’ quest to help her catch the bike bug. She is most certainly an emancipated and driven woman. Perhaps this history will inspire her.

When you visit Portland (and you must if you have not), I recommend contacting the Portland Society, a nonprofit business alliance of professional women who are passionate about bicycling in Portland, Oregon. And…my business partners, Jenn, Courtney and Stacy. We are Portland Pedal Power, a bicycle-based meal delivery and promotional company (a majority women-owned business).

]]> By: Jean Nick http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/2011/11/women-and-the-way-of-the-pedal-empowered/#comment-175 Jean Nick Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:28:40 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/adventure/?p=548#comment-175 I heartily agree with Thalheimer. I do love to climb on my bike and go, be it on a local bike path in the evening after work or on a longer tour with everything, including the kitchen sink (the bottom half of a defunct 5 gallon collapsible water jug), strapped firmly to the front and back. For me bicycling is the human-world equivalent of exploring the wild-world by human-powered watercraft -- both of which offer periods of silent and effortless gliding through the sights, smells, and physical touch of air and weather. Both give me intense feelings of freedom, empowerment, and adventure. How much more so it must have been for women who had far fewer options than we enjoy today. I heartily agree with Thalheimer. I do love to climb on my bike and go, be it on a local bike path in the evening after work or on a longer tour with everything, including the kitchen sink (the bottom half of a defunct 5 gallon collapsible water jug), strapped firmly to the front and back. For me bicycling is the human-world equivalent of exploring the wild-world by human-powered watercraft — both of which offer periods of silent and effortless gliding through the sights, smells, and physical touch of air and weather. Both give me intense feelings of freedom, empowerment, and adventure. How much more so it must have been for women who had far fewer options than we enjoy today.

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