Womens Bikes
rush1884
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I was just wondering if there was any major differences between specific womens bikes and standard bikes? Im looking to buy my girlfriend a bike for her birthday for around £400 and dont really know where to start. I really want to get it from wiggle so that I can but some other nick nacks, bump up my spending to £500 and then get 10% a bike I want!
Anyone got any advice for bikes around this price, and should I look for a womens bike rather than a standard bike. Sorry if this question has been asked before but I am new to the forum and have had a brief look and cant find anything.
Any help would be much appricicated
Anyone got any advice for bikes around this price, and should I look for a womens bike rather than a standard bike. Sorry if this question has been asked before but I am new to the forum and have had a brief look and cant find anything.
Any help would be much appricicated
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By a bike with the wrong geometry, colour, style and you'll have £400 sat in the shed.
Prior to mainstream women specific bikes, momen cyclists had to make do with scaled down men's bikes or expensive custom built frames. Hence the designers at Cannondale, Trek, Specialized, etc came up with WS bikes.
Some cynics say that they are "last years 52 cm frames painted powder blue" but women have bought loads of them and give them a huge thumbs up. Other women I know (more serious racers) hate them and see them as girlie sub-standard products, and much rather have a proper bike specced to their requirements
I have had no problems with using a mens bike, and I don't even have long legs! I knew as soon as I tried it that 'it was the one', but at the end of the day it's all down to personal preference and how you like to ride.
So women's bikes usually have a shorter top tube compared to the seat tube. Here is a previous post about this: http://forum.220magazine.com/tm.asp?m=17921&mpage=1&key=䙀
And here is a link to some more info: http://www.cervelo.com/viewkb.aspx?id=00692#3
Riding a bike that was too long on the top tube just added to my many physical problems, for example, I ended up losing muscle mass and dexterity in my fingers because the reach was too long for me and it was cutting off the nerves to my hands. I guess it depends on how much cycling she plans to do. I do a lot, so important for me to have the correct geometry / size / fit.