Originally Posted by
QStorm
Hey all, I unfortunately have no answers but instead a question. Are "women's" bike frames inherently weaker? What I mean is doesn't a bike frame get its strength from the front and back frame triangles? If the front frame triangle is smaller, isn't the frame less strong (especially for truly heavier riders, like 300+)?
No, it would actually be stonger since it is made of shorter tubes and a tighter construction. Like the big pencil snaps easier than the short pencil principle.
Same with a sloping top tube. Many believe that they are stiffer and more responsive but that is always debated. If you look around, most new bikes are sloping tubes making the main trianlge smaller. Must be a reason for it.
Ginas' WSD (women specific design)...sloping tube
