Do you have a question for Specialized Women's Product Team?

[rlambert]

Ask a question, get an answer! Have your questions answered by Specialized Women's Brand and Product Manager, Eron Chorney and Women's Mountain Product Developer, Rachael Lambert. Ask us a question and we will give you a video answer. You can ask anything from product questions to questions about riding to tips on getting into biking. Go to

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Specia...N/218728855634 or

www.twitter.com/specializedwmn to post your question

Thanks!

[administrator]

Hi Rachael,

Please take a moment and introduce yourself on a personal basis. Some of the forum members have PM'd me about your posts being potentially too "commercial/spam". I think you have something of value to offer to the community, and a bit more personal info/participation would help establish your bona fides here

[rlambert]

Hello everybody! My name is Rachael Lambert and I am a part of the Specialized Women's Product Team. Primarily I work on mountain bike development but I am also a part of a growing team of people using social networking to talk and engage with riders. I am an avid mountain biker and occasional commuter and some of us here thought it would be interesting and engaging to find out what kinds of questions you have about cycling, riding, gear and products. If you have a question for us and want to get an answer, we are doing short video answers to all your questions on our Facebook Fanpage. Thanks!

[Triskeliongirl]

I think Jeff's point is to just try to observe how we interact and become one of us. Commerical posts are not permitted. However, we do have women on the board that work in the industry, and of course they bring their expertise and perspective to the board. For example, Margo of Luna Cyling is on the board. But she doesn't blatantly promote her bikes, she just comments on things of interest to her (especially in the maintenance section), and in so doing, gives us a sense of her depth of expertise which makes many of us want to give her strong consideration if/when we are in the market for a custom bike.

So, I think its fine if you want to post that you are sponsoring a ride in San Francisco in the regional ride listings, just be careful that all your posts don't come off as being commercial.

[rlambert]

I agree that being a member is really where the value is. I am new to cycling forums in general and wanted to start some dialogue with people who are using them. In an attempt to find out what is important and interesting to other riders (besides myself and the women I ride with), I wanted to open an discussion on what questions you would have for a product team, not to sell you a bike, but to find out what your questions, interests and riding styles are. I will work to be sensitive to the fact that this is a place for people to communicate and not to sell themselves. Thank you.

[Zen]

I think you'd find those things out by becoming an active forum participant. Or at least reading past posts.