Just been to follow the dog at Cannock with my girlfriend, after hiring a bike she thankfully decided she enjoys mtb'ing. So I'll now be looking at building her a hardtail, any suggestions. I have thought of either an On-One or a Voodoo Scabo (as its on offer at Sideways), any other suggestions?
Build her the lightest longest travel full sus you can get your hands on.
Mrs Flamejob went from riding a hardtail for 6 months to an Orange 5 with Revelations and adores the 5.
IMO the 'skill compensatorness' of the 5 boosted her confidence quickly to a level where she was storming singletrack descents and keeping up with group rides rather than struggling.
What do you ride?
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Merlin Have got some good offers on this weekend ...could be worth a look, small sizes too.
Women shouldn't be allowed to ride bikes, certainly not 'in the mountains' anyways...
Unless of course they are extremely attractive and I have NEVER seen an attractive woman riding an mtb
I'm a fan of the one on, having a 14" frame for my 5'4", height. It's light and nicknamed the nountain goat. Also a fan of Kona's.
Agree totally with flamejob about the lightness issue.
Other things to consider are a ladies saddle, padded shorts and lots of encouragement from you.
Or just throw her in at the deep end ( which is what happened to me).
Get her the newest MBUK-recommended rig there is. Ignore the weight, price and style as long as Doddy says it's fine. Like this:
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To add to what bunnyhop said:
Small grips and wound in brake levers help too.
That's ugly
How about a nice stumpjumper hardtail frame, this is my wifes old frame on ebay...
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Light and long travel full suss? - I've an 08 women's giant cypher going for £800 if you're interested...
Otherwise, On-ones and kona's have always been cool for Mrs Rex, but on-one particularly have long reach, so need short stems and high rise bars.
I put together a merlin malt for mrs JB (thanks to classifieds on here), with recons/deore. lovely bike, I wish it was my size. Hannah loves it too and has given it a pet name. comes in around 25lbs I reckon.
merlins are fantastic imho
I put together a merlin malt for mrs JB (thanks to classifieds on here), with recons/deore. lovely bike, I wish it was my size. Hannah loves it too and has given it a pet name. comes in around 25lbs I reckon.
merlins are fantastic imho
Nugget is selling a Speccy Myka disc 15" on the classifieds here, and its in mint condition 🙂
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