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Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast.

My name is Jeff, and today Leah is joining me to talk about women's mountain bikes.

Mountain bikers come in all shapes and sizes so it's no surprise that some bikes fit riders

better than others. With more and more women taking up the sport, demand for bikes that fit

these riders is heating up. Today we're talking about women's bikes, but really we're talking

about bikes that just fit for the average woman or even a shorter than average man. So Leah is

the founder of single tracks, for those who don't know, and over the past year, she's been

investigating mountain bikes with compact geometry to see how different brands are approaching this market.

So Leah, what exactly makes a bike a women's bike?

This is kind of a controversial topic, isn't it?

Yeah, it definitely is depending on who you ask, depending on how long you've been in the industry

and maybe even how long you can

hold a grudge about it. It can be controversial. Well, you know, anytime you label something

with a gender calling it out as, you know, for women, it can feel exclusive and, you know,

maybe exclusive in a negative way.

I started riding mountain bikes before there were any of these, you know, women's specific bikes,

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