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my wife has a genesis skyline 20, and I've been amazed by it. the gearing is perfect, brakes work really well, it's not that heavy and loads of mounts so mudguards and racks are easy to fit. Also has a very sloping tt so good stand over clearance. if you can find one of those, I'd stongly suggest that.
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My wife went for a Kona Coco. Really nice bike for the money! It's a step-through frame but is otherwise similar to the Dew.
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I'm not sure this best thread to ask this. I'm looking in to a bike for my girlfriend. She's not a cyclist so I'm after something functional as a mode of transport around London, 32c+ slick tyres, mudguards, flat bars probably. Probably something more hydbrid-y than anything else would be ideal but I'm open to any suggestions!
It's probably worth mentioning that she's pretty short, about 150cm. Would a bike with a smaller wheel size be beneficial? I'm not really sure where to start looking but the Kona Dew looks decent, comes with 650b wheels as well.
As I said, I'm open to any suggestions because I'm not sure where to start narrowing down the selection from! Needs to be available on the cycle to work scheme as well.