Timeline for Why do men's bikes have high bars where you can hit your testicles while women's bikes have the bar much lower?
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| May 2, 2023 at 19:52 | comment | added | Chris H | A related painful experience is hitting the same part on the stem, from an abrupt stop that throws you forward but without enough energy to go over the bars. The top tube height doesn't affect the likelihood of that. | |
| May 1, 2023 at 7:49 | history | edited | Jeff | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Stepover >> standover, which is the wording used on bicycle geometry specs to define the vertical distance between the ground and top tube.
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| Apr 29, 2023 at 3:53 | comment | added | SamA | Basically, "ladies bikes" is just marketing. "Men's bikes" are never marketed as such, because it is obvious that anybody can ride one if it fits. | |
| Apr 29, 2023 at 0:10 | comment | added | leftaroundabout | I'd note that it's not that a high top tube is required for high strength-to-weight ratio. Competition trials bikes have extremely low top tubes, but are nevertheless both light and very strong. (It just requires good design and welds in the BB area.) It's rather the specific combination of high seatstays with a low top tube that's weak (because the seat tube is subjected to high leverage from the rear triangle). Modern MTBs make a good compromise, with quite low seatstays and top tube (good for agile riding) but still high enough to support also a raised saddle. | |
| Apr 28, 2023 at 21:10 | comment | added | Vladimir F Героям слава | Yes, with sloping top tubes and compact frame sizing it is less of an issue. | |
| Apr 28, 2023 at 21:08 | comment | added | mattnz | These days frame designs have lower top tubes than the past, so the problem of hitting the top tube is probably overstated for a bike built in the last two decades. Low top-tube bike is usually referred to as something like a 'City' bike rather than womans (Some big box BSO sellers have yet to catch up with the times) as plenty of guys ride these, the older generation with restricted mobility especially. | |
| Apr 28, 2023 at 14:01 | history | answered | Vladimir F Героям слава | CC BY-SA 4.0 |