Quote Originally Posted by pinsonp2 View Post
Giant makes a womwn's cross bike that I find interesting, but I am not ready to buy another bike. Here's the link and they do make a XS and S frames in it:
http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-us/...oad/?level=all

P2
That looks really nice...but even their S would be too big for me in terms of both stand-over and TT. I don't really consider myself an XS woman at just under 5'4". A truly short woman has almost no options, aside from something like a Redline Conquest 24, which is marketed to kids 9-13 (our DS--almost 11--is getting one for Christmas).

I wonder if more women would do CX if the CX bike selection weren't so limited to women of shorter stature. There's always the option to use a mtn. bike, but that extra weight would stink for barriers and really slow a person down.