biggs682
Itching to get back on my bike's
- Location
- Northamptonshire
ok , might have a small Principia soon
Buying a female Roadbike or not?
- Thread starter LeahCod
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ok , might have a small Principia soon
Elybazza61
Guru
Actually I got that wrong the Avail is a small,getting mixed up with her Escape which is medium
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Elybazza61
Guru
Oooh that sounds nice.
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Nice one biggsie. Genuine gel saddle? Wonder what a non genuine one would look like.
steveindenmark
Legendary Member
In the end I think women specific bikes is a marketing ploy. Jannie had a Trek Lexa SL, a womens specific bike. She never really got used to it and yet I loved. We just switched bikes and she had my 54cm road bike.
We all like to sit and ride in different ways and the only way you can find what suits you is to get on and ride it. Some short people like big bikes and I have seen lots of guys riding road bikes that would fit their 14 year old daughter.
The weird world of cycling.
We all like to sit and ride in different ways and the only way you can find what suits you is to get on and ride it. Some short people like big bikes and I have seen lots of guys riding road bikes that would fit their 14 year old daughter.
The weird world of cycling.
steveindenmark
Legendary Member
Seats are a totally personal thing again.
I bought Brooks saddle of ebay \Germany for £8. I put it on the bike as soon as I got and went off and rode 110 miles. The seat was brilliant. When I had a closer look at it I saw it was a women's Brooks Imperial.
I have had lots of saddles but now use Charge Pan on all my bikes.
chriscross1966
Über Member
- Location
- Swindon
More "feminine" than Celeste?..... How?.... BTW, that's not a criticism, I'm about to do up up a Brompton in Pantone 332 with Campag, Miche and Selle Italia bits simply because Bianchi don't make a folder......
smutchin
Cat 6 Racer
- Location
- The Red Enclave
Well, you're right to pick me up on that point. It wasn't meant to be my own evaluation, more a comment on the fact that women's bikes tend to come in white/pink/purple, while men's bikes are BLACK. But looking at the Bianchi website, it seems their current women's bikes are similar colours to the men's bikes.
Nice. I'm very keen on the idea of a pink Brompton. Adam Buxton rides one and I think it looks great...
chriscross1966
Über Member
- Location
- Swindon
Bianchi makes bikes that are pastel turquoise, always have, always will... The black framed ones are just wrong..
vickster
Legendary Member
The colour is called Celeste
chriscross1966
Über Member
- Location
- Swindon
Yes, and it's lovely.... it's also basically pantone 332 if you ever feel the need to get something else painted in it :-)...The colour is called Celeste
Philhh
Active Member
My lady rides bikes equipped with campag because she says shimano levers are too big for her hands and finds problems with braking on long hills on them this of course is the reason for cross top brakes on women's bikes giant seem to fit them on their avails as standard- the other thing she has is a fairly short stem and of course a womans saddle
Saluki
World class procrastinator
- Location
- ...Norwich over the water.
Both my CX and my Roadie are 'mens' bikes with female specific saddles. I changed the stems to an 80cm one and the bars to 40cm and they fit me perfectly. Actually, my 40cm bars on the CX came off my Giant Defy whose original bars were too wide for me so I bought the 40cm bars from our own @vickster
That Bianchi was lovely. I'd have bought it
That Bianchi was lovely. I'd have bought it
