Why are there womens and mens bicycles?

[dave_the_nerd]

Here's an idea: buy two bikes and go riding as a family. Your marriage will thank you for it some day.

Idunno about your marriage, but if your wife is physically active and fit, your libido certainly will.

 

[MongGrel]

The same reason women used to ride horse's side saddle years ago.

 

[KlokWyze]

It's still around because tradition dies hard.

 

[theeedude]

For Road and Mountain "Womens Specific" bikes it's usually just paint-job and saddle.
Sizing is person, not gender dependent, and in reality many people swap saddle anyways.
Trek Madone 6.2:

 

[Drako]

For Road and Mountain "Womens Specific" bikes it's usually just paint-job and saddle.
Sizing is person, not gender dependent, and in reality many people swap saddle anyways.
Trek Madone 6.2:

I'm guessing you did not notice the geometry differences between the mens v. womens bike sizes. They may seem subtle but can be significant.

 

[theeedude]

I'm guessing you did not notice the geometry differences between the mens v. womens bike sizes. They may seem subtle but can be significant.

There are much bigger geometry differences in same model men's bikes of different sizes, and also different model road bikes that are targeted more for touring vs racing.

 

[Drako]

There are much bigger geometry differences in same model men's bikes of different sizes, and also different model road bikes that are targeted more for touring vs racing.

Guess why. :biggrin:

 

[gotsmack]

get a tandem bicycle

 

[Humpy]

I'm guessing you did not notice the geometry differences between the mens v. womens bike sizes. They may seem subtle but can be significant.

Nope. If you look at the sizing charts for the two bikes pictured you will see that for the same frame size and type the geometry is exactly the same.

The difference is marketing hype and paint.

http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/road/performance_race/madone_6_series/madone_6_2/#

http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/road/performance_race/madone_6_series/madone_6_2_wsd_compact/#

 

[Ancalagon44]

You guys have got it all wrong.

The biggest difference is that women's bicycles have a vibrator under the front of the seat. They made me swear not to tell, but I considered this important enough to share.

 

[OBLAMA2009]

You guys have got it all wrong.

The biggest difference is that women's bicycles have a vibrator under the front of the seat. They made me swear not to tell, but I considered this important enough to share.

...and a built in pocket for a maxi pad

 

[BladeVenom]

The biggest difference is that women's bicycles have a vibrator under the front of the seat.

The Japanese bikes have the vibrator on top of the seat. At least in their pornos.

 

[MongGrel]

The Japanese bikes have the vibrator on top of the seat. At least in their pornos.

He he he.

:whiste:

 

[runzwithsizorz]

It's still around because tradition dies hard.

BINGO! On that note, why are women's buttons on the opposite side of men's?
I kind of like riding my wife's bike from time to time, it has a step-through frame only 10 inch's off the ground.

 

[notposting]

yes there is a reason. it's called geometry. women's bodies, as mentioned just above this post, have different proportions. therefore the bike's require different proportions as well.

even with that, a good bike fitting is important if you are going to ride a lot. a bike fitting will take an hour with a trained professional and will make more fine-tuned adjustments on the perfect seat height, distance from seat to handlebars, handlebar adjustments, etc.... those measurements are then saved and used on a future bike purchase. i worked at a bike shop, we had guys buying 10,000K bikes - take their measurements from their last whip and apply them there, and then still fine tune it.

the bike fitter puts them on a bike on a trainer and works with them until it's perfect to the 1/10th of a mm.

Pretty pissed. Bought a new bike 2 summers ago. According to the label it's the right size for me by height. But I have stumpy legs not by much, but enough that if I come off the seat and try to stand over the bike, I'm ON the bike.

Worst part was that we bought it at a bike shop. We got my wife's bike fixed up too, and I heard some crap from the guy in the back as her (admittedly ancient) bike was wheeled back for a tuneup. For that kind of service we could've just bought mine at Walmart and fixed hers up ourselves.

Never going back there, but in the meantime I have a nice bike that is just biding its time and waiting to neuter me

 

[muffintop]

No one should be buying women's bikes. The design makes them flex, making you loose some torque. Besides that when did you see a fixie stile women's bike?

 

[Eug]

Nope. If you look at the sizing charts for the two bikes pictured you will see that for the same frame size and type the geometry is exactly the same.

The difference is marketing hype and paint.

http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/road/performance_race/madone_6_series/madone_6_2/#

http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/road/performance_race/madone_6_series/madone_6_2_wsd_compact/#

I just had a look through the specs for those two models (men's and WSD). The geometries are different, as expected.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

BINGO! On that note, why are women's buttons on the opposite side of men's?

It's because women are supposed to dress men so they put the buttons on men's shirts reverse so it's always the same orientation to them.

 

[Humpy]

I just had a look through the specs for those two models (men's and WSD). The geometries are different, as expected.

That's fucking weird because I just looked at them, again, and they are still the same.

The WSD is H2 sizing (whatever that means). Look at the men's H2 and they appear the same to me. They did scramble the lettering up to confuse the simpletons.