Bikes for Women
Bikes Available Today
| Road Day Ride | Designed for all-day riding—centuries and single day excursions. The Honey Day series offers a stable, comfortable, slightly more upright bike than a “standard road” bike. |
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| Weather | This is Honey’s all-weather training bike series. Honey Weathers come with fenders and long-reach brakes. |
| Commuter | Honey’s commuting-specific bike series. They come with belt-drives and internal gearing. |
| Cyclocross | Designed specifically for contemporary American UCI sanctioned ‘cross racing. |
| Tandem Road | Designed to fit—with 27 size options, the Honey’s fully loaded tandem series is ready for serious multi-day riding. Honey Road Tandems include disc brakes and are ready for fenders and front and rear panniers. |
| Mountain 26″ | Contemporary hardtails available in 12-sizes with innovative frame tubing design. |
| Mountain 29er | Contemporary hardtail series. Quick handling and tight geometry. |
| Fixed Gear | Simple urban fixies. Available with belt drive and chain drive. |
Bikes Available Soon
| Touring | Designed for the most serious multiday loaded pannier riding. Available March 1. |
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| Road Race | 100% race fit, handling, and performance. February 1. |
| Tandem Mountain | Yes; mountain tandems. Available March 1. |
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Designing Bikes Specifically for Women
The Busy Bees at Honey—some of whom are women—have been designing and building women’s bikes, for various companies, for nearly 20-years. Honey sees important differences between women’s and men’s bikes and bodies. That’s one reason that Honey offers such a wide range of women’s bikes—with more than 30 women’s models from which to choose! In fact, every model Honey offers for “men” Honey also designs specifically to fit a woman’s body.
Honey also knows that the idea of a “women’s bike” or a “men’s bike” is a bit of a fallacy. Some women fit really well on “men’s” bikes and some men are better fit on “women’s” bikes.
Honey’s way of achieving the best possible bike designs for women is comprehensive and threefold:
- Feel: Honey tailors the bike’s contact points—saddle, handlebars, and controls—specifically to a woman’s body. These adapted contact points will be more comfortable.
- Fit of the Frame: Achieving the best riding position begins with the correct frame size and shape. A Honey guarantees a better fit than any other stock bike because Honeys come in 12-sizes—and 11-styles. This allows the rider to choose between a few sizes—thereby getting the best fit. Improved frame fit helps reduce overall fatigue, back pain, hip issues, and lots of other problems.
- Fit of the Components: Honey fine-tunes the riding position by choosing the correct female oriented components, including gender-specific stem length and angle, saddle type, handlebar width and reach, and controls—brakes and shifters—size and shape. This helps alleviate shoulder pain, hand numbness, hip problems, and lots of other issues that can arise from a poorly fitted bike.
Feel: Contact Points on the Bike
Every rider has three contact points on a bike—saddle, handlebar, and pedals. When appropriate, Honey tailors these contact points to the female rider:
- Saddle: Honey bikes for women often come with a slightly wider saddle, because a woman’s hip bones tend to be wider than a man’s. Of course, saddle feel is a very personal choice; a wider saddle isn’t universally the ideal choice for every woman. If you have narrower hips, a narrower saddle—often considered a “men’s” saddle—might feel better.
- Handlebar & Controls: Honey bikes for women come with a narrower handlebar, in many cases. This is because a woman’s shoulders tend to be narrower than a man’s. And sometimes, when appropriate, the Honey has different brake and shifter levers—depending on the bike model and size.
- Shoes: Shoes are the third contact point, and Honey doesn’t offer shoes. We recommend that you work with your favorite local retailer to try some shoes and have them professionally fit.
Of course, these are generalizations, and it would not be ideal for every woman to have these component alterations be applied to every Honey bike size, in every Honey bike style, for each Honey series. Honey applies these rules when and where they are appropriate and they provide a better bike riding experience.
Fit of the Frame: Fundamental Riding Position
Choosing the right frame size is the first step to getting the ideal fit. Fortunately, because Honeys come in so many sizes and shapes, you can choose the best possible match of handlebar reach and height, relative to your saddle height. One of the benefits of all the size options is a reduction in overall fatigue, back pain, hip issues, and lots of other problems.
Fit of the Components: Fine-Tuning Riding Position
Honey not only chooses component contact points specifically for women, Honey also places those points in space, better for women’s bodies.
- Honey Saddles for women are typically slightly more forward, for better pelvic rotation and a slightly more upright feel.
- Stems on Honey bikes for women usually provide a slightly higher handlebar height which helps open up lungs and torso; the stem choice also helps reinforce improved pelvic rotation.
- Women’s Honey Handlebars have a shorter reach and narrower width—when appropriate. This helps reduce shoulder fatigue and other upper body and arm issues.
- The rider’s Controls—brake levers and shifters, where appropriate—on Honey bikes for women may have a slightly smaller and more natural fit. This improvement can help reduce hand fatigue and numbness, and arm and shoulder pain.
These design points, along with a lot of science, make up Honey’s extensive women’s bike line.