Quote Originally Posted by Triskeliongirl View Post
I recommend an older terry classic/madelaine. Those are their touring models. An older symetry/isis would also work. The terry website used to have a buy/sell a used terry feature, so I recommend that you start there.
I have been looking for all those models except for the Madelaine. I'll add it to my wish list. I did find a lovely Tange-1 Symmetry for $300 but it is 44cm or 48cm with a 72cm standover, which is almost 10cm higher than my inseam, the best I can tell, though I can ride a 19" mixte with about a 28" standover. Maybe I slide back some on the mixte so it's lower than I think; it's hard to tell. I also found a Symmetry that's a 40cm, much closer to what I need, maybe even ideal. However, I know the Symmetry was not as well-made as the other bikes of that time. It has a seamed Infinity chromo frame with lugs on the seat post, but in the picture it looks like it is TIG in the front without eyelets in the front. I also read somewhere a comment by someone who crashed and broke the TT at the seam that the fork is not as good as in other models. So I'm pulled between something I love that is too big, but I can ride it, something that fits or comes as close as I'm likely to find, and waiting for week, months, years - I don't know. I sure hate to miss having a good bike this summer, and summers here are short.