Light, small frame
08-21-09, 01:04 AM
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Light, small frame
I bought a used bike for my wife that she had been using on a trip overseas. When we changed the bars to drop bars, it became immediately apparent that the top tube was too long for her. So, now I need a smaller bike and I was contemplating one build around smaller wheels (650b or 26?).
Any recs on good small frame for road use. We will be doing a few 50mi rides and she seems to like to do around 25mi rides.
Any recs on good small frame for road use. We will be doing a few 50mi rides and she seems to like to do around 25mi rides.
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small?? light?? 650?? ...Of new stuff on the market, your best bet is The Orbea Onix Dama. I believe the sub-48cm frames use 650's. The frame sells for about $1400+
Out side of that - check ebay.
FYI (...and I might be wrong) - I don't think I've ever seen a road bike with 650B wheels. You might be suprised - there's a ton of really nice WSD bikes out there as small as 47cm that are built around 700c wheels. 650's are fading away pretty quick.
Out side of that - check ebay.
FYI (...and I might be wrong) - I don't think I've ever seen a road bike with 650B wheels. You might be suprised - there's a ton of really nice WSD bikes out there as small as 47cm that are built around 700c wheels. 650's are fading away pretty quick.
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650c is what you should be looking for. If the frame size is 47cm or smaller, 650c wheels make for much less toe overlap and a much more "normal appearing" frame. I just bought my wife a very nice Cannondale Six13 frame; it's a 47cm and uses 650c wheels.
I'm building it up as a "weight weenie el cheapo" exercise with SRAM Rival and some Lew 650c carbon tubular rims I've had for years. I expect the total cost to come in at ~$1000 and it should weigh under 16 lbs.
I'm building it up as a "weight weenie el cheapo" exercise with SRAM Rival and some Lew 650c carbon tubular rims I've had for years. I expect the total cost to come in at ~$1000 and it should weigh under 16 lbs.
