Timeline for What are the differences between men's and women's bike frames?
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| Sep 5, 2013 at 8:48 | comment | added | jilles de wit | Hi Dena! Welcome to bicycles. I think @davidsleeps' question refers to women's versions of more casual bikes while your answer seems to refer to road-racing bikes. (where I agree that the woman/man difference is just marketing). As a woman with the amount of industry experience you have, I'm thinking you probably also know a bit about the physical (rather than commercial) reasons for female specific bikes? | |
| Sep 4, 2013 at 18:04 | comment | added | Gary.Ray♦ | Welcome to Bicycles! Please note that this is a Q&A site, not a traditional forum. See the help link above for more info. I am going to let your post stand, but I think you should edit it to more clearly answer the original question, and incorporate Kibbee's comments. If you desire to have a "back and forth" conversation, please try our link above. | |
| Sep 4, 2013 at 16:24 | comment | added | Kibbee | I don't think that most women would shy away from buying a unisex/ments bike if it did fit them right, as you get a much larger selection of bikes in unisex/mens bikes. However, I do agree that the manufacturers are doing themselves a disservice calling them "women's specific bikes" as that means that almost no man will buy one, ever. They're also not just proportionally smaller. They are generally made to fit a rider who has longer legs, and a shorter torso and arms relative to their total height (which is much more common among women) and not just be a smaller version of the men's bike. | |
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| Sep 4, 2013 at 16:01 | history | answered | dena | CC BY-SA 3.0 |