Originally Posted by
63rickert
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Why do you want to put words in my mouth? And get all angry about something never said?
I put no words in your mouth nor did I “get all angry” about anything. I was just pointing out that bringing up a 50 year old bike as the example of the pinnacle of bicycle design is something of a moot point. I also don’t agree that it is the pinnacle of bicycle design. Nor do I agree that “
good stuff for short riders has always existed”. Through 40 years and a couple of dozens of ill fitting bikes, I haven’t found that much good stuff for small riders.
I said nothing about trying to find a particular bike for a particular person. I said there is no mystery in building bikes for smaller riders.
Geogena Terry would disagree. My odyssey in finding small bikes would also disagree. I have had to search far and wide for parts and bicycles that fit small riders.
Look, I think it’s wonderful that your wife found a bike she liked. But most small women I’ve worked with on getting the proper bike don’t have that experience. Geogena Terry did a lot to get companies to make small bikes and bikes that fit women for a while but it seems to have worn off lately. I really wish small women riders could go into a shop and pull a bike off the wall and it would just “fit” like they do for me. But that has never been the model and probably never will.
I
am mad but not necessarily at you. Small bicycles and the problems with finding them is a frustration I’ve had to deal with for ages.