On Wed, 2009-09-02 at 15:32 -0700, MichaelH wrote: > That's a tough question. I remember shopping for a new bike with my > daughter who is 5'5" and we never saw a decent road bike that fit her > on the floor of a bike shop.
How long ago was that? There are many women in my bike club who are very happy with the WSD Treks. > She ended up ordering a small SOMA frame > from a one man shop with the skill and knowledge to make sure it was > what she needed fit wise and wanted ride wise. At 5'1" - 3" you > probably can't get a good fit & ride with 700c wheels. So they will > need to look at frames for 26" or 650 wheels. Note that that'll probably mean 650C wheels. There aren't many road bikes made for 559 wheels. The big downside to 650C is that almost all the tires available for it are 23mm or narrower. > That will limit the > selection. They might start with a web search. An entry level > Bilenkey might be a good bike to look at first, at least they would > begin to see what they got for $1500 frame, vs what the LBS had to > offer them. Yes, I should certainly hope so, since Bilenky is one of the top tier custom builders! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
