Is there a touring bike with low standover height?

[tulip]

We hardly ever even fold our Bike Fridays, but they're great little utility and touring bikes even without being folded. Steel bikes are always nice. And you will get LOTS of attention on a Bike Friday. This can be good and bad depending on how chatty you are feeling and whether you have time to answer questions. Sometimes it's just a thumb's up or "cool bike" (said mostly by teenagers).

I've done self-supported and supported touring on my Bike Friday, and it's great. The advantage is that I can take it places that I can't take a regular-sized bike, and it can fit in smaller cars (like rentals and taxis). I don't notice a difference when I'm riding it.

[Sylvia]

Since the OP had concerns about finding a bike with enough standover height, I thought I'd post a link to a blog about the importance of standover height when you have a really short inseam (like me )

[Crankin]

Emily, one time DH and I were riding, just around town, and he was on his Friday. The comment he got from a teenager was, "What the hell????"This was followed by a long laugh.

[emily_in_nc]

Emily, one time DH and I were riding, just around town, and he was on his Friday. The comment he got from a teenager was, "What the hell????"This was followed by a long laugh.

I'm sure people must think that a lot when we ride ours, but we get lots of positive comments. Usually riding our Fridays we have racks and panniers, so people think we're traveling, even if we're just buying groceries. Maybe that's what they are responding to more than the bikes themselves.

[tulip]

My Bike Friday sparks comments, but they've all been positive. People are just curious about them. More importantly, they are great to ride and open up all sorts of places where I could not go with a full-sized bike.

[IBrakeforPastry]

We hardly ever even fold our Bike Fridays, but they're great little utility and touring bikes even without being folded. Steel bikes are always nice. And you will get LOTS of attention on a Bike Friday. This can be good and bad depending on how chatty you are feeling and whether you have time to answer questions. Sometimes it's just a thumb's up or "cool bike" (said mostly by teenagers).

Well, I was never cool as a teenager, so maybe now's my chance

Since the OP had concerns about finding a bike with enough standover height, I thought I'd post a link to a blog about the importance of standover height when you have a really short inseam (like me )

Thank you!