Terry Women's Cycling

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I have a 2002 Trek WSD road bike. I call her the Gypsy Diva. I would never give her up. She puts up with alot from me.

I'd love to vote for Scott bikes, they are really up there in choice for women!!! And the Contessa range is a dream fit for me.

Sadly in the land downunder the WSD options are a bit slim...and no Terry bikes around, but Scott make a good range of models for women, especially in the mountain bikes.

I started out with an entry level Trek 1000 WSD road bike which has a great geometry, compared to a man's bike. Then got a unisex Cannondale T800 tourer spec'd to XT which just seems to be the right size, but changed out the XT cranks for narrower tread or 'Q' factor Sugino cranks (which I notice are on the Terry bikes) to address knee pain, and had to change the handlebars to narrower 400mm as well for comfort.

As the biking replaced car travel and we started doing long kms and big events, along came the Scott Contessa (CR1 carbon frame) road bike, which is a fantastic racer and goes uphill like a dream. I actually find the sizing better than Trek as I'm sort of in between their sizes, however would love to try a Trek Madone which I've heard is really comfortable. Does it sound like I'm becoming a bit obsessed...
Well I do actually ride them all regularly so get to compare often. The first Trek has become a commuter during the week in Brisbane Australia, and the other two get ridden on the weekend at home on the Sunshine Coast depending on the weather and the type of ride. Now just starting to explore mountain biking and Yes you guessed it, after much research and testing, went for the Scott Contessa Spark 25 women's bike.
So there's my vote.... check out the Scott bikes for a great frame!

I have to vote for Cervelo. Not on your list, but definitely female friendly in the smaller frame sizes.

I had been a dire hard Terry fan, until the geometry was changed on the 19" bikes in 2005. I have had two 2001 classics (converted to drop bars), a 2003 steel isis and a 2005 titanium isis. My problem came in 2005 when I went to buy the titanium isis. I need a 19" frame, but a 73 degree or shallower seat tube angle to be set up properly even with a very laid back seatpost. So, even though the 19" isis fit me better in all other respects I bought the 17.5" to get the 73 degree seat tube angle. Now I realize I should have bought the 19" and gotten a custom seat post instead, but I didn't know that was even possible then, and now its too late.

This year however I bought a 2008 XS cervelo RS (48cm). This bike fits me and handles better than any of my terrys, especially at high speed. Its has 650c wheels which I am convinced is the proper solution for this frame size, but also has a 73 degree seat tube angle (and no toe clip overlap either). It also has a tall head tube and sloping top tube so I don't need to use a highly angled stem to get my bars level with the saddle, and its light as a feather. I am so sad that Georgena pushed the STAs up to 74 on so many of her bikes, essentially losing a good chunk of potential riders (even on the new Valkyrie, just checked the specs today ). It just makes no sense to me why this was done. On the blog it says to shorten the top tube, but it doesn't shorten reach, which is the critical paramater, since for every degree increase in STA, you have to push your saddle back ~1 cm to get the same KOP position.

Women on average have longer femurs than men, so it seems to me that bikes made for women should consider this and be built with shallower seat tube angles.

So, now my beloved 2005 titanium isis has been relegated to beater bike. So while she is not as fun to ride on a fast club ride as my cervelo, she is damn fun to ride to work on every day. Beaters have it pretty good don't they, they get ridden more frequently, at least mine does.

My only experience with a WSD bike is on a Trek Pilot. I absolutely love it. Very responsive and fits well.

Should have an option for a "MSD" bike, where M = ME! instead of women. I have a custom Seven and someone else can have it once they pry it out of my cold, dead hands. If money were truly no object, you can bet I'd have multiple versions -- roadie, mtb, etc.