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Trek Domane - gender differences?

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Old 10-01-19, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by RideOnSister
With most women's models the handle bars are more narrow, cranks are shorter and brake levers have a shorter reach.
Question: Are women's hands so much smaller than men's that women require short-reach brake levers?

Answer: Apparently not.

Hand length-to-height ratio:

Men: 0.109
Women: 0.103

A difference of about 5%. Whoop tee doo!
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Originally Posted by GlennR
If it fits.. buy it.

No one will know you're riding a women's model, just like they won't know if you're wearing panties
Yeah, but don't wear underwear on the bike. Save the panties for later.

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