Georgena Terry is an American bicycle designer and businesswoman who began the first women-specific bicycle company, Terry Precision Cycling, in 1985.^[1][2]

Raised in Alabama in the United States, she gained a degree in mechanical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University and worked at Westinghouse Electric’s nuclear services division during summer breaks. While working at Xerox Corp in Rochester she began making bicycle frames for friends.^[3] The bicycles were hand-built with frame geometries and wheel sizes designed to better fit women, and her business grew rapidly from 20 bicycles in 1985 to 5,000 in 1987.^[4]

She developed and patented a design of bike saddle specifically for women in 1991^[5] and handlebars with reduced diameter to suit people with smaller hands in 1994.^[6] The saddles featured the now-common cut-away centres^[7] and Terry now produces ergonomic saddles for both men and women.^[8]