IS THE WOMEN’S SPECIFIC ROAD BIKE DEAD?

UNSURPRISINGLY, JUST AS EACH BRAND HAS ITS own approach to designing bikes in general, they also have their own approach to designing bikes for their female customers, of which there are ever growing numbers.

However, there has been a retreat of sorts from some brands like Specialized and Trek about the need for women’s specific geometry. They say they are still fully invested in providing women’s specific products but they’ve changed their views on the need for different geometry.

Historically bikes with women’s specific geometry typically had shorter top tubes and taller head tubes. They were designed to cater for a perceived difference in average anatomical measurements – with women reportedly having longer legs, proportionally, compared to men, a fact that most bike companies now dispute.

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