Originally Posted by
CKnDave
This may be true. I have the woman's bike. I am only 5' 4" and even with the seat all the way down, I am just touching the ground with my feet. The men's bike at 26" would be painful for me
However, in riding, I have found that my bike does have shocks on it and the seat is not too bad. I do not do distance biking however (as in more than 5 miles per side). If I did, I would replace my seat. I have no qualms over the ladies bike...I LOVE the step through frame and I REALLY LOVE sitting upright to bike. My back and neck do not like bending as in mountain biking (my camping bike) although I will put up with it until I can get my next bike for Christmas (want a ladies stepthrough mountain comfort bike!). The brakes seem to work fine for me.
CK
I didn't mean that the women's bike doesn't have shocks! But if you go to the Walmart page and enlarge the pics, you can see that on the men's bike there is an accordian kind of shock thing just under the seat, which makes the seat bounce a bit when you ride it. I rode them both today. And bought the women's, by the way (but you already know that)....I also think the brakes work just fine on the women's model. I think the only difference might be a quick stop at full throttle, hopefully something I won't be doing!