Originally Posted by
Erzulis Boat
ETA- Did anyone put as much effort into a woman's frame as they did the men's? You would already be starting with a design deficit (structural) in the woman's frame, so what would have to be done to overcome this first hurdle?
It was a serious discrepancy for years, as the market wouldn't bear it.
Now, there's money in it, so it's happening.
Fastest growing cycling demographics are female, long-term effects of Title IX and other changes.
Georgena Terry was a pioneer in the design of frames "for women."
Specialized long ago recognized that the same frames perform much differently in different sizes.
Most makers now have digital matrices to build in what steel frame builders instinctively knew, years ago.
Customizing for sizes is still fairly expensive, but not relatively as high as it used to be.