Originally Posted by
terrymorse
Nice bike, albeit a bit odd.
I'm curious to know what makes it difficult for your wife to lift a leg over the saddle. I have a stiff left hip as a result of an old fracture, and I keep it flexible by stretching twice per day. If I don't stretch, it hurts when I lift my leg over the saddle.
Since this didn't yet get an answer from the OP, in my wife's case, it is degenerative arthritis. I recently built her up a nice titanium bike, but she has a lot of trouble getting a leg over the top tube, and can't swing one over the rear wheel and saddle (which is what I do).
It is a real problem, and she began to scratch up the top tube as a consequence. I bought a protector for the frame, but it looks kind of odd.
She probably will have hip replacement surgery soon. I don't know if that will help or make it even harder to mount the bike.
If I could have got her what is pictured, I would have.