Comparing men's bike prices to women's bike prices.

[vickster]

Trek T10?

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/trek/t10-2011-womens-hybrid-bike-ec001535

Daisychaingirl just bought one

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Trek T10?

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/trek/t10-2011-womens-hybrid-bike-ec001535

Daisychaingirl just bought one

Cheers!
Don't need another bike just now - got 5 at the moment but will keep this in mind

 

[vickster]

It's an end of line model, probably be a bit big. Not sure if there is the same bike in the current range

 

[lesley_x]

I ride a men's medium secteur... I must be a weird shape for a lady! I'm average height too.

Lady's bikes are a lot more attractive these days than when I bought mine... Some of them look absolutely cracking now. But you seem to pay a premium for buying a woman's bike, same components, more cash.

 

[vickster]

Not with giant, the defy and avail have the same RRP

 

[Ningishzidda]

I ride a men's medium secteur... I must be a weird shape for a lady! I'm average height too.

Lady's bikes are a lot more attractive these days than when I bought mine... Some of them look absolutely cracking now. But you seem to pay a premium for buying a woman's bike, same components, more cash.

Ladies pay a premium for their WS bikes so the manufacturer can recover the cost of R&D, design and having the framebuilder tool-up for the different frame dimensions.
European Caucasian women can ride men's frame bikes without bother.

 

[lulubel]

European Caucasian women can ride men's frame bikes without bother.

I'm sure I was European Caucasian last time I looked, and getting a unisex frame to work for me has been a whole lot of bother.

 

[Ningishzidda]

I'm sure I was European Caucasian last time I looked, and getting a unisex frame to work for me has been a whole lot of bother.

What is your Cormic Index?

 

[Cyclopathic]

What is your Cormic Index?

People who have seen me on a bike say that my comic index is very high.

 

[Sandra6]

I hadn't noticed ladies bikes being more expensive than mens, if anything I found more deals on women specific bikes, but I didn't like any of them.
I was told women's bikes tended to be shorter than mens - but my hybrid is actually longer than my husbands road bike -obviously they're not the same bike so that probably has very little to do with anything, but I happened to notice mine won't fit in the same space as his.
I bought a "man's" bike and it's much more comfortable than any of the women's ones I tried. That may have something to do with it costing about £300 more though.