Originally Posted by
Korina
Nice bike, but it really grinds my gears when they call step-thrus "women's" bikes. Plenty of men would benefit from a step-thru; last month I saw an older man on his Liv, and he loved it. /rant
Yeah, they're UK-based, though. Step-throughs were traditionally women's bikes there due to the length of skirts around the turn of the 19th century I believe. That's not the case universally, however, as evidenced by Rivendell and Jones. Even Marin is doing a cool step through (for the US market I guess) as reviewed by Russ from PLP. Don't let stuff like that get to you! The rest of us are doing just fine with things like comfortable unisex saddles (I refuse to ride anything else) and step-through designs.