Quote Originally Posted by Lisa S.H. View Post
Little K,
My own advice to you is based on your somewhat short height- I would suggest you look at the women-specific Terry brand bikes...the ones with the slightly smaller front wheel (650 size) with the regular 700 size back wheel.
Your advice is great, but a small correction. The smaller framed terrys have a 24" front wheel and 700c rear wheel, the intermediate and larger ones have two 650 c wheels. 650s are very similar in size to 26", 700c are very similar to 27". The advantage of 24" is you can shorten the top tubes to 48cm without toe clip overlap or handling problems. Also, you can get high performance tires in 24" in a wider range of sizes than 650, I have used 23c to 32c whereas 650s go to 28c max.