Just looking at possible bikes for the GF and the Malt R looks a fabulous deal at the moment. However the smallest frame is 52cm. She is 5’6″ and has been okay-ish on:

47cm rayleigh airlite aura (the women’s specific geometry airlite)- fit looked ok but she wasn’t comfy – think it was poor set up
48cm dawes sportif (men’s geometry but sportif) – looked about right but slightly stretched out, said she was comfy and really liked it
50cm trek lexa (Women’s specific geometry again) although shop thought they’ed order in a 52 as she might prefer that – she was comfy and liked it, shop did a basic ‘proper’ fit and she looked good on this

the malt R isn’t girls geometry, and at 52 I suspect too big. Hiwever, I thought I’d just ask on here about the sizing, as it looks a good deal if it were a good fit. Anybody know what the fit is like?