2008 Orbea Dama Onix - 49cm - $800 shipped

[pamom]

Totally new to this forum. . . and newish to biking (a bit over a year) and in desperate need of a road bike (been traveling the pavement avg. 20-40 miles at a time on a hybrid). . . I know a person's height isn't a given to size the bike to . . . but I am 5'4" how would this be for this bike? (sorry for my naiveté)
Thanks

[Cataboo]

PaMom - height weight, you'd probably be okay - but this is a women's specific design bike meaning that it's designed for what bike manufacturers have decided is the usual female proportions - long legs, short torso. So if you don't have long legs and a short torso, you might feel like the top tube is a bit short for you - you could put a longer stem on to change the reach. What is your inseam?


But anyways, this is a great bike for the price and I'd be completely interested if I didn't know that the geometry doesn't work for me

[pamom]

Inseam is about 30" - got appropriately measured once at a bike shop but can't remember what they said. . . may be an outing tomorrow is in order.

[XMcShiftersonX]

Find a local orbea dealer and go get sized on a similar bike. I'm 5'2 and ride a 49cm Orbea. There are likely other things you could do to make the bike work like someone else mentioned.

[kyjchoi]

Is the bike still available? I'm interested.

[Miranda]

Where are these kind of post when you really need them? *sigh*

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...ighlight=candy


I want a back-up bike. Oh crud... how could I explain another pony in the stable...

[Serotta Jim]

The bike is still avilable, but I have to go out of town and I will be back Saturday. I'll check messages on here while I'm gone but I won't be able to do any checking on the bike.

When I posted it I did not realize it would generate so much interest. Doesn't that always happen when you have to go out of town?