I'm curious - how many women are riding (or thinking about riding) women's specific fit bikes (WSF)?
I've read the blurbs about WSF being designed for:
I happened to pretty much luck into getting an entry-level SUB road bike, and it feels like it was made for me. Either I am more of a standard female shape than I (and every single clothes designer in the world) thinks I am, or SUB is designing bikes for oddly shaped women.
I've never ridden a men's road bike to compare. My beloved is 6'4", so there's not much point in trying out his OCR.
Has anyone got experience in riding both sorts? Any tales to tell?
I'm pretty curious.
Partially I'm posting this in self-defence. There's a thread elsewhere on this site talking about sizing saddles based on distance between ischial tuberosities and I'm now trying desperately not to measure my bum.
I've read the blurbs about WSF being designed for:
- longer legs,
- shorter torsos,
- shorter arms,
- smaller hands, and
- narrower shoulders than men...
I happened to pretty much luck into getting an entry-level SUB road bike, and it feels like it was made for me. Either I am more of a standard female shape than I (and every single clothes designer in the world) thinks I am, or SUB is designing bikes for oddly shaped women.
I've never ridden a men's road bike to compare. My beloved is 6'4", so there's not much point in trying out his OCR.
Has anyone got experience in riding both sorts? Any tales to tell?
I'm pretty curious.
Partially I'm posting this in self-defence. There's a thread elsewhere on this site talking about sizing saddles based on distance between ischial tuberosities and I'm now trying desperately not to measure my bum.