What makes a bike wsd

Weight and stiffness of the materials used can be altered to better suit a lighter-weight rider. Bontrager Sonic Women's Road Shoe. Bontrager Solstice Women's Cycling Jersey. Bontrager Vella Women's Spin Short. Pearl Izumi Women's Sugar Crop. Pearl Izumi Women's Summit Gloves. View More Explore the bike paths. The WSD is comfortable and easy to ride.

With its upright position, you'll feel like you're sitting in a comfy chair. The step-through frame gives you extra clearance, so no need to swing your leg over the seat to get on the bike. Ride the mountain. Mountain biking is more fun than ever with this super light aluminum frame. Each brand I spoke with had the same end goal in mind — to not only create a great bike for women to ride, but a community that they can be a part of, and thrive in.

As we approach , the industry is saturated with options, but companies still teeter on the fence, deciding how to market to women. I teeter, too. Some women do want pink. Some women prefer black. The good news is that there are plenty of companies trying to make bikes a more welcoming environment for women.

Embracing the brands that give us options will help bring the community together. There are women out there right now with their own preferences and riding styles just waiting to get their next bike.

A look inside an ever-changing market. Did they? Juliana released their first frame in under the Santa Cruz brand.

Liv disagrees, to a point. Yeti — Photo: Ben Duke Women and men just want to ride great bikes Each brand I spoke with had the same end goal in mind — to not only create a great bike for women to ride, but a community that they can be a part of, and thrive in. Tags Bonnie Tu.

So, a trick to make it easier is to reach down with your free hand and push the derailleur pulley cage as shown to create slack in the chain. Once you've got slack in the chain you can manipulate the wheel to get it free of the chain and off the bike. As the rear wheel comes off you can shake it to get the chain to come off, too so you don't have to touch the greasy chain.

Once the wheel is off, set the bike down on its left side so that the chain stays on top and can't get dirty on the ground. Now you need to remove the punctured tube. To do that you need to remove one side of the tire. To do this, wiggle the wide, thin end of one of your tire levers under the bead of the tire. Attach the hook of the tire lever to a spoke or hold it in place with your hand. Approximately three inches from the first tire lever insert another tire lever and pry and you'll be able to remove one side of the tire from the rim you may need a third lever in some cases.

You can leap-frog the tire levers and slide them around the rim, too, as ways to get that one side of the tire free from the rim.

With the side of the tire off the rim, you can reach into the tire and remove the bad tube. Once the tube is removed, carefully inspect the inside and outside of the tire for the piece of glass, wire, thorn, etc.

Now get out your new tube and inflate it with your pump just barely enough to give it shape and remove any wrinkles. Don't put much air in it, though, or else it will be harder to install the tire. Insert the tube's valve into the hole in the rim and fit the tube back into the tire and up onto the rim all the way around. Make sure the tube isn't twisted or bunched up.

If it won't go in nicely check to make sure you don't have too much air in it and let some out if you do until it fits nicely. Double check that the side of the tire already on the rim is still on it all the way around and that the tube is tucked in completely and sitting on top of the rim. To finish tire installation, start at the valve and push the tire on with both hands traveling in opposite directions around the wheel. It will get increasingly tight as you get closer to being done.

At that point use the heels of your hands not your thumbs to push the tire onto the rim.