I'm 5'3" and ride my 46cm Specialized Tricross on the C&O Canal, easy singletrack, gravel, city roads, country roads, you name it. My old Tricross was a 49cm and I had to have fit modifications done to make it comfortable. The new 46cm size is a perfect fit and the bike is damned tough and flexible.
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08-20-2013, 11:29 AM #1
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"How about if we all just try to follow these very simple rules of the road? Drive like the person ahead on the bike is your son/daughter. Ride like the cars are ambulances carrying your loved ones to the emergency room. This should cover everything, unless you are a complete sociopath."
David Desautels, in a letter to velonews.com
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08-20-2013, 12:49 PM #2
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You didn't say how short, but I'm just <5'4" and love my 44cm Redline Conquest.
I've yet to test ride a bike before buying. Shops just don't really carry my size. Actually, the shop we bought my Redline from did keep it in stock (and had a hard time selling it -- we bought it when it was already on clearance), but it was bought sort of as a surprise and fits like a dream. Our LBS guy and my DH could tell just looking at the geometry chart that it would work, and it does.Kirsten
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08-20-2013, 01:50 PM #3
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Good advice all, thanks. We'll start looking in earnest. I so enjoy test rides myself - I would find that a bummer to miss out on that. Like not seeing a movie trailer (altho perhaps equally unreliable).
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