Hello Ladies,
I want to get my wife a bike, and we are currently debating between a cruiser style all terrain, and a full suspension mountain bike. Clearly, I would prefer that she get a fully, and starting riding with me . However she is not aggressive, or that confident, on a bike. I really want to be able to share riding with her.
I know she likes the cruisers though, she rode a jamis earth cruiser 7, and enjoyed that (http://www.jamisbikes.com/bikes/04_ec7.html). She felt really comfortable and the fit of the whole bike was well suited to her. So the question is could I find a mtb that would also feel so good to her.
Her current/previous bike (she hates it) is a mtb, but the fit, other than frame size, is very poor for her, and inspires no rider confidence.
So what bikes/companies are out there putting together nice packages that are very woman specific, aka geometries, components, size etc... Oh yeah, my wife is little, 4'10", er I mean 'petit' .
Building her a set up from the frame up would be an option in the future, but not till I think it would be worth the money and effort for her.
Thank you very much for any info and suggestions.
mutt
I want to get my wife a bike, and we are currently debating between a cruiser style all terrain, and a full suspension mountain bike. Clearly, I would prefer that she get a fully, and starting riding with me . However she is not aggressive, or that confident, on a bike. I really want to be able to share riding with her.
I know she likes the cruisers though, she rode a jamis earth cruiser 7, and enjoyed that (http://www.jamisbikes.com/bikes/04_ec7.html). She felt really comfortable and the fit of the whole bike was well suited to her. So the question is could I find a mtb that would also feel so good to her.
Her current/previous bike (she hates it) is a mtb, but the fit, other than frame size, is very poor for her, and inspires no rider confidence.
So what bikes/companies are out there putting together nice packages that are very woman specific, aka geometries, components, size etc... Oh yeah, my wife is little, 4'10", er I mean 'petit' .
Building her a set up from the frame up would be an option in the future, but not till I think it would be worth the money and effort for her.
Thank you very much for any info and suggestions.
mutt