New Specialized Website

[chickwhorips]

Not sure if anyone has seen it (or mentioned it here), but specialized has a new women's website.

There are a couple of How To videos that are good for newbies.

http://www.d4wgear.com/

[Geonz]

I've been surveying what the different companies have on their sites that are especially geared towards women.

Here's my critical question: did anybody else's computer start making nature noises at that website??? And here I thought it was a Mac thing, 'cause it wouldn't turn off...

So far there isn't much up there (and I dunno "S- girls" makes me think of the whole Specialized Angel thing which is definitely oriented towards men... but let's just see what happens...) but I think it's cool that more sites are discovering us as a market...

(YES!!! That's the chirping site!!! Okay, I forgive you, Steve Jobs....)

[KnottedYet]

I just can't help myself, I watched the rider on the opening page for nearly a full minute...

Look at the angle of her sacrum compared to the angles of her thorax and lumbar spine.

The guy in my fit class who had taken the Specialized fit course (very cool guy to work with, he was on my fitting "team") would never have let that happen.

Then I watched the mtb'ers iliac crests as she sawed herself across that saddle.

I worry about the pink-haired kiddo's elbows.

I can't stop myself. It's a sick obsession. Think I'll have another beer. (and finish investigating the site!)

[Starfish]

Look at the angle of her sacrum compared to the angles of her thorax and lumbar spine.

Laymen's terms?

ETA: I wish Specialized didn't think it had to make the websites so fancy. I don't like their sites...slowish. Too much sizzle and not enough steak.

[KnottedYet]

Her pelvis is pointing at the sky, her thorax is more nearly horizontal, meaning her low back has to go into this exaggerated flexion to connect to the two. That shoves her abdominal contents up into her diaphragm and cuts down on her breathing efficiency and sets up her lumbar spine for some nice disc distortion and paraspinal muscle strain.

Either her core isn't strong enough to hold the rest of her lined up with her thorax (so she is tilting her pelvis up in an effort to control weight distribution and balance) or she isn't flexible enough (mostly hamstrings) to ride with the saddle/bar relationship on that bike.

Or maybe that saddle is so uncomfortable she just can't sit right...

[Starfish]

Her pelvis is pointing at the sky, her thorax is more nearly horizontal, meaning her low back has to go into this exaggerated flexion to connect to the two. That shoves her abdominal contents up into her diaphragm and cuts down on her breathing efficiency and sets up her lumbar spine for some nice disc distortion and paraspinal muscle strain.

Either her core isn't strong enough to hold the rest of her lined up with her thorax (so she is tilting her pelvis up in an effort to control weight distribution and balance) or she isn't flexible enough (mostly hamstrings) to ride with the saddle/bar relationship on that bike.

Or maybe that saddle is so uncomfortable she just can't sit right...

OK, maybe I'm being lazy...what is the thorax?

[VeloVT]

hmmmm... you can "change riders"... the other two have hips that rock wildly from side to side with each pedal stroke -- it doesn't look so much like the seats are way too high, more just awkward pedaling (if anything seats look on the low side, judging by leg extension... but I know nothing about mountain bikes). strange choice of models?

ETA: both of the mtbr's have sooo much upper body movement, look at the waist-ribcage swaying between hips and shoulders. it looks really tiring. and the second one -- again, I know nothing about mtbs so I could be totally off here -- but the bike looks too small. if she didn't lock her elbows, and got a little lower, she'd have to round out her back.

[gnat23]

I worry about the pink-haired kiddo's elbows.

My elbows are fine, thanks.

(We were on rollers on demo bikes, with not exactly with a lot of time for proper fit. I was more worried about falling off right in front of the camera!)

-- gnat!

[chickwhorips]

My elbows are fine, thanks.

(We were on rollers on demo bikes, with not exactly with a lot of time for proper fit. I was more worried about falling off right in front of the camera!)

How long did you have to ride and make sure you didn't fall?

[VeloVT]

oh well now that makes me feel like a jerk . (pulls foot from mouth). I know I'm scared to death to even think about rollers. and I'm sure if there were a video of me for others to idly watch there would be plenty of problems to point out.

[velogirl]

My elbows are fine, thanks.

(We were on rollers on demo bikes, with not exactly with a lot of time for proper fit. I was more worried about falling off right in front of the camera!)

-- gnat!

I thought that was you, Gnat. How did you end up with that gig? I recognized a few others too.