[Closed] My wife on a bike

Id say no problem, small commencals are like extra small in other brands.

She'll be fine, you might have to lower the bars and shove the seat forward a bit though

Do you want her to actually enjoy biking ??

Borrow/hire something that fits her, then you stand a fighting chance.

If it fits fine, but sort her out with her own saddle.

Shorter stem. I've got one of Stu's 50mm O/S if you need it.

The laydeez seem to be longer of leg, shorter of torso, or so they'd have us believe.

pretty small

Ladies saddle is a must , or she will be v.uncomfortable 😯 I had to buy my wife a SC Heckler as she really liked mine after riding it.
so be prepared to spend 😀

Both my bikes are Commencals as they have a nice short top tube, and assuming that you drop the saddle the 2" needed then the position should be fairly upright too. I'm 5'6" (female) and have a small Meta 5 and a Supernormal. Love them both. But +1 on the girly saddle.

I would say great, is good that you will loan her your bike - when I wanted to start riding I got hubbys 30yr old rigid diamond back. 19" frame, straight bars, felt like I was on a gate! Graduated onto full sus a couple of years later and suddenly realised what fun it all was 🙂

I'm gonna size here up for standover tonight, if it doesn't fit proper then I'm not gonna press the issue.

I've already greased my self up with a girly saddle, there's no way she'd live with my Koobi.

Thanks John but I've got a 50mm O/S Thomson and 640mm bars lying around doing nowt so if reach is an issue then i'll have a fiddle, fnarr fnarr.

I'm gonna size here up for standover tonight, if it doesn't fit proper then I'm not gonna press the issue.

😛

i recently got my wife a bike, this weekend she went on it for the first time all was good but she hated the saddle - need to find a female friendly saddle now & maybe some padded shorts

My wife rides my old 16" 456, I'm 6' and she is about 5'1" so while it was a bit small for me it is a little big for her. I have put some light wheels a womans saddle on a suspension post ,she is new to riding so doesn't know when she should stand/feels out of control when she does. The post is layback so I put that on backwards and mounted the saddle as far forwards as I could effectively shortening the TT. I also put a 35mm stem and some narrow high ride bars on it. The idea behind the bars was that she will be in a less aggressive position so should be more comfortable sitting more upright.

What I would say is 100% let her have the full suss bike, the comfort of that plus the saddle is a huge benefit. Not sure how she is with being given advice by you (my Mrs is a nightmare in that regard) but if she going to ride your pride and joy I'd find a way of given her a lesson in gear changing and/or ride a trail where granny ring is not required. My Mrs changed from middle to granny under full load a few times and the noise made me wince !

I hope it works out, much better she gets into the biking a bit even if it's just summer evening rides midweek which is what we do.

lend her your shorts, they should fit as she already wears the trousers.... 😆

Good point well made snakey (hangs head in doley shame)

Protip - telling her to "just mtfu and get down it; it's not [i]that[/i] steep" will not be seen as encouragement & may lead to an argument.

Just remember not to nag. She will make all the mistakes that you made a long time ago and have forgotten.

My better half bought a bike a little too small so that she could sit more upright. Looks strange to me, but it works for her. Now as she is more confident, she is looking for a larger bike!

Lots of "You're doing really well, x wasn't as good when they first rode with me" also helps. Hot drink and cake to return to and half way round too while she's learning.

just mtfu and get down it; it's not that steep

I'm 5'6" (female) and have a small Meta 5

Ohhhhh you're not looking to sell the frame are you 😉