Hi all.
My wife is searching for a tri bike, but it's a challenge for her size. She has a road bike but it's really a size too big for her (50cm Merida Scultura, but it's more like about 530mm ETT).
She had a Guru/FIST fit a while back but it doesn't include Pad XY, and the bar drop seems small to me (38mm) - I think she could have gone much more aggressive as she has good flexibility.
Height 160.5 cm (edit: 5'3" NOT 6'3"...)
Saddle ~660 mm
Any tips for translating the above into recommended frame size specs, or likely bikes to check out?
I reckon at that size she should be on a 650c bike, but they're rarer than hen's teeth.
2nd hand would be preferred for budget reasons, so I'm not locked in to the current market but happy to explore older stuff. (As long as it looks right and is the right colour of course...)
Also needs to have the perfect saddle, which we still haven't found yet.
SMP Glider - nope
SMP Lite 209 - nope
Sitero - not really
ISM Attack - instant nope
...
Thanks
My wife is searching for a tri bike, but it's a challenge for her size. She has a road bike but it's really a size too big for her (50cm Merida Scultura, but it's more like about 530mm ETT).
She had a Guru/FIST fit a while back but it doesn't include Pad XY, and the bar drop seems small to me (38mm) - I think she could have gone much more aggressive as she has good flexibility.
Height 160.5 cm (edit: 5'3" NOT 6'3"...)
Saddle ~660 mm
Any tips for translating the above into recommended frame size specs, or likely bikes to check out?
I reckon at that size she should be on a 650c bike, but they're rarer than hen's teeth.
2nd hand would be preferred for budget reasons, so I'm not locked in to the current market but happy to explore older stuff. (As long as it looks right and is the right colour of course...)
Also needs to have the perfect saddle, which we still haven't found yet.
SMP Glider - nope
SMP Lite 209 - nope
Sitero - not really
ISM Attack - instant nope
...
Thanks