Custom Werking Anormale

In hindsight, it’s quite amusing that the frame I had designed as part of a project to investigate female-specific geometry is called A-nor-male. Regardless, my Werking Anormale is a custom frame – the geometry and layup was based upon a detailed bike-fit and riding interview, and it’s neither male-specific nor femalespecific, it’s gender-neutral; I expect you’re already anticipating the conclusion of the feature, along the lines of, ‘is women-specific geometry outdated?’

I was fitted for and reviewed the bike back in 2018; at the time I noted that one of the flaws in the philosophy of custom geometry is that a rider’s ideal bike-fit changes over time. If everything is going in the right direction, we become stronger and more flexible over time; sometimes in life we become weaker, more