Originally Posted by
pstock
I also wrote Georgena Terry directly about all this. How great for her to reply to me. Here's what she says:
"Thanks for taking time to email me about the wheel sizes. Here’s the scoop on the wheels:
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My first thought when I saw this thread was "Why don't you ask her? She is very approachable."
I have been a fan of hers a long time. I raced when all women raced man's bikes. (Well, not all. A small few had access to framebuilders.) Georgena and I raced the same time although we never crossed paths. New Jersey and New England. Some of the women on men's bikes accommodated them better then others. My training partner did quite well on an Italian Masi. A woman I used to see on my commutes every morning went from a men's bike to a Terry and the difference was like night and day. Now women specific bikes were not invented by Terry. The first women's national champion raced a bike built for her by her dad; Doris Kopsky in 1937. (I met her and saw the bike in the '90s, I have a photo of her on it. It fit. Full sized wheels but it was not a man's bike and it fit.
Ben