Liv Avail Tested in France

TEN WOMEN OF ALL AGES, shapes, sizes and cycling ability and experience. Ten bikes, all exactly the same, but offered in three different sizes. A base in the south of France with three rides covering all manner of terrain, led by a former member of the French national road team, over about 150km with 1500 metres of climbing. And not a single complaint.

Seriously, how often can you put more than a couple of people on essentially the same bike and expect them to be happy?

That was the main takeaway from the international launch of the new Liv Avail, held in the Provencal town of Isle sur la Sorgue in the south of France. That all of the 10 female journalists who hailed from as far as Australia, Japan, Italy, England, Poland, Spain and France, agreed that the new Liv Avail is one very comfortable bike that suits the purpose it was designed for.

Fresh from riding Liv’s race offering, the Langma, up