Wanted: Bike for 5' 2" girl (anything considered)

Hi,

I have been trying to find a bike to fit my girlfriend but pretty much everything is too big.

Doesn't have to be a fixie, anything considered (road, mountain, tourer etc), and the cheaper the better! A bike made with 650c wheels would be great.

Can collect from London anytime :)

See this thread. http://www.londonfgss.com/thread28250.html#post902598
refrencing this site http://www.double-butted.blogspot.com/
with a lovely moulton midi. for about £80.
perfect for the lady in your life, was considering getting it for the missus, but my stepmum is lending her a simoncini now so i dont need it.

http://thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com/smallest18.html

+1 on the Moulton Midi. They are superb bikes for the smaller woman. My girlfriend has two and loves them.

http://forum.ctc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=28457&sid=ee73c43f2812208881fd82421ea41e44
lovely looking little frame for 40quid.

**Bike for 5' 2" girl **

This seems like a pretty good exchange, can I see some pics?

This seems like a pretty good exchange, can I see some pics?

Haha, I only have nude pics, is that okay?

To the PMers and replies, thanks I'm collating info to show her :)

more than ok!
:D

If she wants a road bike, then she might find a 650c wheeled ladies triathlon bike. That would be my first thought. A mate of mine picked one up off EBay pretty cheap. he's 5'6" and reckoned the handling was much better for him than a 700c wheeled bike.

Or if shes after a carbon TT bike., these go down to 44cm seattube (horizontal geo) with 650c wheels :)
http://www.planet-x-warehouse.co.uk/?page_id=1051

^^^ I think anything like that's gonna be too much. Just spoke to her and the max is about £150.

Also she doesn't know what she's after really (typical), so I'm just gaining options to present to her!

Also she's a novice, big time

5'2 is very short, finding a frame that fit her is pretty hard so your best bet is to get a frame that's designed for 650c wheels.

the Fuji Track also come in 650c for people who are under 5'3 (42cm).

the IRO Mark V HD is a 650c version of the popular Mark V for people under 5'3.

http://www.fujibikes.com/Kids/Track/Track650.aspx

Sorry to highjack thread, but i am looking for a ducth style bike to add to my collection. Can be a bit dinged as i plan to take it on as a project . I want to do it up so i can cycle to the market and buy leafy veg on it !! ;) If anyone has anything to sell suitable (im onlt 5ft) let me know!

Hi i'm looking to get rid of my dahon folding bike. i'm sure it would be fine for your girlfriend as i'm 5' 1'' and it's comfortable enough for me!

pm me if you're interested.

Hi i'm looking to get rid of my dahon folding bike. i'm sure it would be fine for your girlfriend as i'm 5' 1'' and it's comfortable enough for me!

pm me if you're interested.

Thanks, but no really interested in folding bikes, she needs to be able to keep up with me on my track bike!

Ha! ok. well it's one of those folders with the big wheels that looks like a mountain bike. to be honest, i never fold it up becuase it's too big and i go pretty fast! but i think that's more a reflection of my powerful legs than the bike!

it looks like this: http://www.dahon.co.uk/jack.htm

good luck with your search anyway!

+1 on the Moulton Midi. They are superb bikes for the smaller woman. My girlfriend has two and loves them.

Funnily enough i sold the moulton to a large man, for himself. He looked like a circus ape

^^^ I think anything like that's gonna be too much. Just spoke to her and the max is about £150.

Also she doesn't know what she's after really (typical), so I'm just gaining options to present to her!

Also she's a novice, big time

I was taking the piss a bit with the carbon TT, but the point was a serious one. At 5'2" 700c wheels would unsuitable IMHO. I just did a quick search and the PX was al I could find (lazy).

5'2 is very short, finding a frame that fit her is pretty hard so your best bet is to get a frame that's designed for 650c wheels.

the Fuji Track also come in 650c for people who are under 5'3 (42cm).

the IRO Mark V HD is a 650c version of the popular Mark V for people under 5'3.

http://www.fujibikes.com/Kids/Track/Track650.aspx

^Thats a less lazy answer for you :)

A cheapish 650c wheeled road bike is the Pro-lite Ahem kids bike ahem. As kids bikes, I imagine these come up second hand alot.

My sister's got a 49cm (I think) pretty pale blue Raleigh step through she's wanting to sell as it's too small. If you're really desperate I could find out more for you, but she's in New York and it's at our parents' house in Norfolk so it might be a week before I could get it down.

^ Cool :)

Ebay seller: 940ian

I got my GF's bike from this guy on ebay. He had loads when i went to pick it up. The bike was in good condition and he'd obviously given it a decent once over.

He's located near Guildford, which isn't too far away by train....

Anyway... might be worth emailing him to see if he's got anything.

^ Ta mate