Originally Posted by
livedarklions
Wow, what an amazingly stupid and uninformed post!
Airplane cockpits are customized by making everything adjustable. If you drive, you'll know that the same solution has been used in the driver's seat, with the seat, the steering wheel, the pedals and the mirrors all allowing a "customized fit" for the driver. Obviously, this approach doesn't work as well for bicycle frames, although some other bicycle components can be adjustable to some degree. The solution has been to present a wide range of bike frame geometries. All I am saying is that designating part of that range as "women's" bikes is really just a guess based on averages, and it's absolutely ridiculous to assume that there aren't a significant number of men who would find that part of the range fits them better. So, basically, if men categorically won't try "women's" bikes, some of them may find themselves looking at bikes that don't really fit well.
Where you got the idea that I was advocating customized frames for everyone is a complete mystery. Nothing I wrote remotely suggested that.
Look you moron, I specifically said before that if a woman's frame fits someone better, they should use it. They're made for women to fit average sizes of women, who are typically shorter and have shorter torsos. Men like this might do better with those. Are you too stupid to understand this? You were complaining about bike mfgrs making frames for average people, so it totally looked like you advocated custom frames for everyone, because that's the only logical alternative to what they do now. Talk about a stupid and uninformed post.