Ladies road bikes

[s7ephanie]

before i bought my bike i looked for a ladies road bike - all of them had the high cross bars? like a mans bike, what about us poor ladies that can't t our leg over

 

[jonny jeez]

Sounds like everything I've heard about french ladies was a lie....

 

[s7ephanie]

Sounds like everything I've heard about french ladies was a lie....

I'm not french !! in fact i come from your neck of the woods (keston, kent)

 

[Fnaar]

what about us poor ladies that can't t our leg over

ooh la la!

 

[jonny jeez]

I'm not french !! in fact i come from your neck of the woods (keston, kent)

That's even worse, those rumours were the only reason I moved here!!!

I really need a better plan...

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

before i bought my bike i looked for a ladies road bike - all of them had the high cross bars? like a mans bike, what about us poor ladies that can't t our leg over

I think that is pretty much standard on modern drop bar bikes. A step through type frame wouldn't be stiff enough to work properly as a fast road bike (I think).

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I think the only reason that ladies bikes developed the way they did, was for skirts, then it sort of became a tradition that that was the design of ladies bikes. In this day and age no reason to not have a top bar. ( I might get corrected on this though)

 

[hopless500]

before i bought my bike i looked for a ladies road bike - all of them had the high cross bars? like a mans bike, what about us poor ladies that can't t our leg over

There's definitely some around with lower cross bars - I've been looking and seen a few. Trek certainly do some. Then there's Giant Avail. And Specialized do quite a range too.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I think the only reason that ladies bikes developed the way they did, was for skirts, then it sort of became a tradition that that was the design of ladies bikes. In this day and age no reason to not have a top bar. ( I might get corrected on this though)

I agree with you - thought they would be defunct by now.

 

[s7ephanie]

Thing is, if you are not as young as some, you are not so flexable, there is no way i could ride a bike with high crossbar :-(

 

[vickster]

I ride an avail. Crossbar isn't too problematic, although having a rack bag on the back does make getting on and off more cumbersome. Not that I ride in a skirt!

 

[AnythingButVanilla]

I was sold a Specialized that's a size too small for me and I still struggle to get my tiny little leg over. I tip it so far down that it's practically on the ground :midget:

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Thing is, if you are not as young as some, you are not so flexable, there is no way i could ride a bike with high crossbar :-(

That's a good point - I hadn't thought of that.

 

[jonny jeez]

Thing is, if you are not as young as some, you are not so flexable, there is no way i could ride a bike with high crossbar :-(

surely that goes for chaps as well...and they don't do a chap specific drop- top road bike.

perhaps we've spotted a gap in the market.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Thing is, if you are not as young as some, you are not so flexable, there is no way i could ride a bike with high crossbar :-(

I don't know how old you are but I am pushing 50, but you have a point about age.