I have a question… How many men on this site ride a (so-called) woman’s bicycle? I have read that in Europe, and other countries like Japan and China, that it is not that uncommon, and that they don’t really have a hang up about step through versus diamond frame bikes.
I ride a step through frame bike (a so-called woman’s model) and I enjoy it very much. I really find it somewhat irritating that I have been so brain washed about the sex of a bicycle since my childhood that I should even refer to my bike as a woman’s bike. ( I am a man by the way) I ride a step through frame, because I had to have my left hip replaced due to degenerative arthritis about two years ago. My doctor said ride a bike for some exercise, but he didn’t like the idea of throwing my leg up and around a tall center bar on my bike, so I got a step through frame cruiser. I plan on up grading my bike in the not too distant future, but I really get sick of going to my LBS and looking at a bike: only to have some sales person tell me that I’m looking at a woman’s bike…
I was just wondering if anyone else on this forum has went through the same thing. I’m just feeling like the bike manufacturers are missing a segment of the market, by hanging onto out dated views on what types of frames are supposedly male, or female.
I wish they made a step through frame, that could be fitted for a six foot tall, 250 pound male… So what sex is the bike you like to ride?…
By the way... Hello everyone, I look forward to being a part of this fine forum.
I ride a step through frame bike (a so-called woman’s model) and I enjoy it very much. I really find it somewhat irritating that I have been so brain washed about the sex of a bicycle since my childhood that I should even refer to my bike as a woman’s bike. ( I am a man by the way) I ride a step through frame, because I had to have my left hip replaced due to degenerative arthritis about two years ago. My doctor said ride a bike for some exercise, but he didn’t like the idea of throwing my leg up and around a tall center bar on my bike, so I got a step through frame cruiser. I plan on up grading my bike in the not too distant future, but I really get sick of going to my LBS and looking at a bike: only to have some sales person tell me that I’m looking at a woman’s bike…
I was just wondering if anyone else on this forum has went through the same thing. I’m just feeling like the bike manufacturers are missing a segment of the market, by hanging onto out dated views on what types of frames are supposedly male, or female.
I wish they made a step through frame, that could be fitted for a six foot tall, 250 pound male… So what sex is the bike you like to ride?…
By the way... Hello everyone, I look forward to being a part of this fine forum.