Hi Skygale:

I was following your posts and wondered if you were able to find a bike yet. I'm also 4'10" (yay! there are at least 2 of us!) and I've just begun looking into buying a bike. I haven't ridden since jr high so I didn't want to spend a lot in case I don't get hooked on the sport, and also `cause it'll be a first bike.

The Terry "Susan B" sounded perfect since it actually says it's made for a 4'10" woman, and it's more reasonably priced too.
I also can't find anyone that carries Terry bikes. I live in a super-bike-friendly area (northern California), but so far no luck even when calling stores that are listed as Terry dealers on their website. I'm going to call Terry directly and see if they can tell me who actually carries the bikes in stock, but I'm not expecting any.

My sister is 4'11" and rides a lot, mostly mountain biking. She has one road bike: Cannondale R400 (2000 model). It's not specifically for women but she got the 43cm and has fitted other parts. Unfortunately, we live on different coasts so I can't even try out her bike!

In the meantime, tomorrow my husband and I are going on our first bike-testing trips. I think I'd prefer a hybrid or touring bike, but will be happy with a road bike if it fits and is comfortable. I'll be looking for the following bikes based on what I've read on these threads and a couple of other sites & message boards.

Maybe you can look into some of these too if you haven't already? If you have tried them, can you tell me how they were for you?

~Trek: 2000WSD, 2200WSD, 2300 WSD, 5200WSD
~Cannondale: adventure 500 feminine, comfort 400 S femine, R400 triple feminine
~Specialized: alleze vita woman
~Giant: cypress women's, cypress dx women's, cypress lx women
~Fuji: finest women's, newest women's, kobe lady
~REI: novara carema
~Bianchi: eros donna
~Raleigh: capri
~Gary Fisher: big sur GS

I know we're supposed to get the bike that feels right. It just seems hard to do that when you can't even get a small enough bike to test ride (sigh).

Keeping my fingers crossed for both of us,
Christine