If I had started racing 6 months earlier, I would have had to use 24” wheels, I was 5’-7” would have been tough.
a year later our club had a young woman of 11 who wanted to race, she was 5’-4” a local made her a 52cm track bike. 24” wheels. I think she medaled at the track.
was a challenge as very difficult to race enough to really learn tactics. Was not till the Nationals did she experience smart riders competing against her.
in two years she was busting out all over, Ralph Therrio took an interest, then was horrified to learn her age. We chuckled.