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Advanced apologies for mix of imperial and metric here.
My Gf currently rides a mixte frame slightly too big for her, 22" Seat Tube with saddle dropped right down, Top Tube (measured from Top of Seattube to Top of headtube) is about 54cm.
Her main problem with it now preggers has been the reach - it was just about manageable before, but now simply too long with a bump reducing her range of movement to lean forward.
She's looking at 17" Frames, but the reach on the one she has set her mind on is 577mm, which is longer than what she's got. She's of a mind to compensate for this with an adjustable stem set to upright position - for which the handling wouldn't be v.nice I guess?
I'm off with Tape Measure to re-measure it in the shop, but meanwhile can anyone here with industry knowledge recommend any shorter Top Tube step thru / mixte frames we could check out from the manufacturers?
Any help much appreciated.