Ladies / Women's Bike Fitting

very interested to see this thread. my gf rides a hybrid, her main reason for not getting a road bike so far is because of her small hands its very difficult to pull the brakes on a road bike either when on the drops or on the hoods. her fingers dont reach enough for it to be safe to use. anyone know of any shifters/brakes with a short space between the lever and bar?

Definitely some WSD Treks have adjustable reach levers. I have a 51cm WSD Madone which, while being the subject of ridicule for being a Trek, works out great for my midget hands as it has WSD bars and adjustable reach. And a normal sized stem, none of this 120mm nonsense.

If anyone in the 5'6 region wants to try it lemme know and I'll bring it to drinks or something. (Though someone will have to remind me not to get drunk as it's carbon and I probably shouldn't crash it again.)