Up until now, the Remedy – Trek’s most advanced full suspension bike – hasn’t been given any sort of women’s specific fit.

That’s changed with the addition of this new mint green trail dancer.

Chris Garrison, Trek’s UK media guru, explained to us that the frame is the same as the unisex best seller – there are no shortened top tubes or center of gravity adjustments here. Why?

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“This sort of rider is going to be spending a lot of time out the saddle, so there’s no need to make changes to account for women’s often differing centre of gravity. What has changed is the contact points – the saddle and grips. So if a woman preferred another colour of spec she could buy a unisex bike and change these, but this new model means she doesn’t have to.”

At £2,500, the women’s Remedy comes with 140mm travel RockShox fork, and SRAM GX groupset with 27.5″ wheels.

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The more entry level mountain bikes – hardtails such as the Skye for beginners – do have tweaked geometry, with lower standover heights for women’s comfort.