Lower seat post when already min height
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Lower seat post when already min height
Ok, wife is 5'2" i bought a used 2009 Giant Cypress DX (Medium womens) its a little too tall but need to make work. Everything is adjustable but the suspension seatpost is aleady at lowest point. Is there any reason i cant just replace with solid post to get it down 2" lower for her?
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Ok, wife is 5'2" i bought a used 2009 Giant Cypress DX (Medium womens) its a little too tall but need to make work. Everything is adjustable but the suspension seatpost is aleady at lowest point. Is there any reason i cant just replace with solid post to get it down 2" lower for her?
Thanks for any help on this.
Thanks for any help on this.
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The bike is still very almost certain to be too big for your wife, if 5' 2" is not a typo. It's too big for me, at least on paper, and I'm 5' 7".
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Sounds too big, to me. By quite a bit.
Depends a lot on riding position, of course. But, myself, at 5'9" and a relatively upright riding preference, I find that any top tube in the 22" range (as the Cypress DX / MED is, in the current geometry) to be far too much of a reach for me ... assuming the standard stem and bars. To say nothing of the stand-over height. Which, at least in current geometry, is more than 30" for the Medium size.
About ten years ago, I tried out a Cypress, among others, and found the Small size to be about right or perhaps a tad large for me. Though everyone's different.
You can certainly swap out the "suspension" seat post for something that'll allow more downward adjustment. And there are some saddles that measure a bit less height from pad to rails as compared to a well-padded saddle (uncertain which this bike has). Which, with this frame and rider fit, is probably about your only option. Short of a frame change to something better-fitting.
Depends a lot on riding position, of course. But, myself, at 5'9" and a relatively upright riding preference, I find that any top tube in the 22" range (as the Cypress DX / MED is, in the current geometry) to be far too much of a reach for me ... assuming the standard stem and bars. To say nothing of the stand-over height. Which, at least in current geometry, is more than 30" for the Medium size.
About ten years ago, I tried out a Cypress, among others, and found the Small size to be about right or perhaps a tad large for me. Though everyone's different.
You can certainly swap out the "suspension" seat post for something that'll allow more downward adjustment. And there are some saddles that measure a bit less height from pad to rails as compared to a well-padded saddle (uncertain which this bike has). Which, with this frame and rider fit, is probably about your only option. Short of a frame change to something better-fitting.
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The top tube isnt any issue, only the seat. This is a low step theough type bike. I agree its way too big if it were the mens model but lowering seat by 2 inches and she damn near can sit flat footed on seat to floor. Seat posts are cheap i will see what that does. The bars adjust waay down.
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The top tube isnt any issue, only the seat. This is a low step theough type bike. I agree its way too big if it were the mens model but lowering seat by 2 inches and she damn near can sit flat footed on seat to floor. Seat posts are cheap i will see what that does. The bars adjust waay down.
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The Giant Cypress are bizarrely massive frames. I had one a few years ago - I got a medium, and found it felt WAY too big. I'm 6' tall. I don't see how someone 5'2" could feel comfortable on that bike. It got sold very quickly.
For comparison's sake, I ride a 58/59cm road bike.
For comparison's sake, I ride a 58/59cm road bike.
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Yes, you can change the seatpost to a regular one without any other problems.
However, I would recommend also getting a stem that is maybe a bit shorter, which places the handlebars down lower. Or at least mount the current quill stem all the way down into the head tube.
However, I would recommend also getting a stem that is maybe a bit shorter, which places the handlebars down lower. Or at least mount the current quill stem all the way down into the head tube.