Originally Posted by ogbigbird

here is a random bit of info i heard around, but it makes a lot of sense: bikes with "girls" frames are typically in better, untampered shape, than a bike with a conventional frame. the logic on this was that a young man or boy will be more likly to either be really hard on the bike and wear it out and more likely to "tinker" on it, therefor sometimes making it mechanically shady. an old mountain bike with flat bars, nice geometry and fat tire would be about perfect, as long as you know how hard that bike was rode and its mechanical geometry. an old 3speed in the womans frame would probably prove to be in good shape with less chance of having been rode hard and abused.