I posted this in the DH forum, but figured I should get some input from this forum as well.
I ride with my girlfriend most of the time. She is starting to get damn good, really kicking ass and starting to ride way outside the ability of her 13.5" Trek Fuel with the hayes hydros and 2.5" tires I got for her last christmas. She isn't particularly into the jumps and air time, but she is now droping in all the steep shutes and hitting the rock gardens. As you can imagine the bike is holding her back.
She now has the downhill bug, and has been saving up the big $. She wants a dedicated downhill bike, something for her to ride Windrock, hit the Colorado ski slopes, and hopefully make it back to BC this summer. It needs to pedal at least enough to get to the top of the hill. I ride a banshee scream and she needs to try to keep up with me.
This is the catch, she is 5 foot nothin' and weighs 95lbs. What should she get?
Santa Cruz makes good small-size bikes. We have been waiting to hear more about the VP free and are about to pre-order one, but I figured I would get some anonymous-internet ideas. 888 seems way too much, maybe a super t?
We have thought about:
Santa Cruz Bullit- with a super t and maybe even dual 24" wheels? Might work well, they are small and fit her all right.
YETI ASX- not a link bike, the swingarm design is a negative, not offered as small of a size, by a half inch. A single crown might be enough, but won't offer the raked out front end she needs , maybe get one and put a super t on it?
Turner DHR
Foes DHS
Balfa bb7, 2-step HD
Specialized Demo 9, or big hit- too big
banshee (like mine)- too heavy
Rocky Mountains are too big
We have thought about smaller bikes, 5" rigs, but generally the head angles aren't slack enough, and she wants to hang with the big boys with the big travel!
What do you think?
I ride with my girlfriend most of the time. She is starting to get damn good, really kicking ass and starting to ride way outside the ability of her 13.5" Trek Fuel with the hayes hydros and 2.5" tires I got for her last christmas. She isn't particularly into the jumps and air time, but she is now droping in all the steep shutes and hitting the rock gardens. As you can imagine the bike is holding her back.
She now has the downhill bug, and has been saving up the big $. She wants a dedicated downhill bike, something for her to ride Windrock, hit the Colorado ski slopes, and hopefully make it back to BC this summer. It needs to pedal at least enough to get to the top of the hill. I ride a banshee scream and she needs to try to keep up with me.
This is the catch, she is 5 foot nothin' and weighs 95lbs. What should she get?
Santa Cruz makes good small-size bikes. We have been waiting to hear more about the VP free and are about to pre-order one, but I figured I would get some anonymous-internet ideas. 888 seems way too much, maybe a super t?
We have thought about:
Santa Cruz Bullit- with a super t and maybe even dual 24" wheels? Might work well, they are small and fit her all right.
YETI ASX- not a link bike, the swingarm design is a negative, not offered as small of a size, by a half inch. A single crown might be enough, but won't offer the raked out front end she needs , maybe get one and put a super t on it?
Turner DHR
Foes DHS
Balfa bb7, 2-step HD
Specialized Demo 9, or big hit- too big
banshee (like mine)- too heavy
Rocky Mountains are too big
We have thought about smaller bikes, 5" rigs, but generally the head angles aren't slack enough, and she wants to hang with the big boys with the big travel!
What do you think?
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