Why are there "boy's bikes" and "girl's bikes"?

Ever since I was a child, I wondered why there were different bikes for boys versus girls.  While the genders are certainly built differently, there didn't seem to be anything in our biologies that required a different design for pedal-powered transportation.  Well, the Straight Dope has the answer!  (Caution to those of a nervous disposition - since we are talking about gender differences, the article discusses specific anatomical differences that could be - ahem - "impacted" by the differing designs.)

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