Terry Symmetry Sizing?
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Terry Symmetry Sizing?
I am looking a Terry Symmetry bike to commute with (about 20 miles total/day) and have heard a lot of good things about Terry Bikes for women with short torsos and small hands. The issue is I'm looking at sizing and the XL geometry matches my really well fitting carbon bike almost exactly. I'm only 5'6" so it seems impossible I can be an XL. BikesDirect recommends that size for 5'9" women. The stand-over and effective top tube length are identical though. I've tried to find a LBS that carries it, but there's no one within 50 miles. Does anyone have any words of wisdom?
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I don't see any issue. So they call it XL. If the numbers jibe with what you know (and love) and call L (or M) it doesn't really matter. It should fit you fine.
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I would recommend finding your closest Terry dealer and buying one from a real person rather than an internet store. At a real LBS you will be able to test ride, and someone who knows what they are doing will be able to fit the bike to you. I'd take a long drive to get to an LBS especially for a bike like the Terry Symmetry.
My daughter rides an older Terry Symmetry and it is a fantastic bike for her, but they are unconventional, so harder to fit.
My daughter rides an older Terry Symmetry and it is a fantastic bike for her, but they are unconventional, so harder to fit.
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I though Terry switched to custom bikes? Anything I can find online is older stock.
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I am looking a Terry Symmetry bike to commute with (about 20 miles total/day) and have heard a lot of good things about Terry Bikes for women with short torsos and small hands. The issue is I'm looking at sizing and the XL geometry matches my really well fitting carbon bike almost exactly. I'm only 5'6" so it seems impossible I can be an XL. BikesDirect recommends that size for 5'9" women. The stand-over and effective top tube length are identical though. I've tried to find a LBS that carries it, but there's no one within 50 miles. Does anyone have any words of wisdom?
I'd measure your bike again. The XL just seems too big. On the other hand, BD does pay for return shipping.
I would recommend finding your closest Terry dealer and buying one from a real person rather than an internet store. At a real LBS you will be able to test ride, and someone who knows what they are doing will be able to fit the bike to you. I'd take a long drive to get to an LBS especially for a bike like the Terry Symmetry.
My daughter rides an older Terry Symmetry and it is a fantastic bike for her, but they are unconventional, so harder to fit.
My daughter rides an older Terry Symmetry and it is a fantastic bike for her, but they are unconventional, so harder to fit.
Bikes Direct had a number of Terry's from old stock. I picked one up for my wife back in the spring with which she is very pleased. I have another one in a box waiting to go to Tucson next spring.
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Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!
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symmetry is making both wheels the same size She just made the front one smaller when the smallest cogs were 13t. 28r/24f
now with cassettes in 11t that doesn't matter
Read one of her frame building contracts is with Waterford.
Aluminum ones here : https://www.terrybicycles.com/Bicycle...metry-Drop-Bar
and the Phone number to call and ask .. Ms Terry, Current Bikes ..
now with cassettes in 11t that doesn't matter
Read one of her frame building contracts is with Waterford.
Aluminum ones here : https://www.terrybicycles.com/Bicycle...metry-Drop-Bar
and the Phone number to call and ask .. Ms Terry, Current Bikes ..
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