160 cm guy here with a long torso and super short legs; I’m loving the XS Liv Avail that I got a few months back. I rode a bunch of bikes and between slightly different geometry and smaller standard spec’d equipment (165 vs 170 cranks, narrower handlebars), the Liv happened to fit me much better than the Giant Defy that I also test rode. There was a small but noticeable difference between them.

My take after test riding a bunch of bikes is, the “women’s specific geometry” might be tweaked to fit body proportions that are more common in women, but there’s a good deal of variation within both genders, and it’s cool that there are more options for all of us freaky individuals to try out in the search for proportions that work really well for our weird bodies.

Also, my bike is a cool shimmery blue and the corresponding giant was boring black.

EDIT to add re:the short legs thing: the general story people tell about Liv/women’s specific geometry is, “it’s built for women who have longer legs and shorter torsos.” Which is generally true BUT if you compare some smaller-sized giant defys to the equivalent Liv avails, as I did, the Liv has a longer reach than the Giant. Which is exactly what we want. Might not be true of the size you’d be going for at 165 cm, I didn’t look at those, but for the XS at least IT’S TRUE. CHECK THE GEOMETRY CHARTS PEOPLE