It's goodbye Rumor, hello Camber, as Specialized unveils the latest edition to its women's bike lineup. The performance trail bike gets female-specific finishing kit, based around the same frame geometry as the men's Camber.
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Designed for all-round trail performance, the Camber is a 130mm-travel 650b bike. It's existed in the Specialized lineup for a number of years, and for 2017 the company has launched a women's version, which takes the place formerly occupied by the Rumor.
In a bike design move that echoes the approaches of other mountain bike brands such as Juliana, Specialized created a bike based around the same frame as the men's (or unisex, depending on your point of view) Camber but with narrower handlebars, a women's saddle, and shorter cranks on the smaller models.
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Why no women's specific geometry? Specialized has access to a sizable database of biometric information, from thousands of individual bikes fits performed at Specialized dealers and in-house in Morgan Hill, California. From this, Specialized claims it can determine not only what the physical differences are between men and women on average, but also if and how those differences impact on the ride experience, based on the type of terrain and riding style.
In the case of the Camber, the team at Specialized analysed the data and came to the conclusion that although there are differences, for example with women tending to be a lighter weight for the equivalent bike size, these aren't of the kind that mean a different bike geometry would improve the feel and performance of the ride. Instead, Specialized claim, a lighter suspension tune and the appropriate contact points are enough to ensure rider comfort and bike handling performance.
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