j-sworks
Maximum Pace
- Feb 5, 2012
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Hi All,
So I finally got my wife interested in real road biking, this plan has been in the works for about 3 years (basically a few months after met! haha)
I first got her on a mountain bike a long time ago but she was not a fan because the bike was to heavy and living in the city it required travel to get to the riding worth doing, but she was a trooper and never complained Then I got her a single speed Specialized Daily for getting around Vancouver, we lived in false creek and her school was downtown so she rode around the seawall two times a day (about 9km each way). Again she was a real trooper, even with the single speed and rain!
The time has finally come when I can get her out with me on the road, so what do you suggest?
Stats:153cm, excising shoulder problem (nothing serious), likely will be a weekend warrior, and we are likely heading back to Vancouver in about 3 years. I want to keep within $1000 CDN as thats what I paid for my first roadie. She has tried the Specialized Dolce, Ruby, Anchor something, and it seems that she does not fit the anchor and the Specialized bikes are good in size 480mm. I am also looking at the Louis Garneau CR23 in a 420mm but its a tank at 10.something kg's...
So I finally got my wife interested in real road biking, this plan has been in the works for about 3 years (basically a few months after met! haha)
I first got her on a mountain bike a long time ago but she was not a fan because the bike was to heavy and living in the city it required travel to get to the riding worth doing, but she was a trooper and never complained Then I got her a single speed Specialized Daily for getting around Vancouver, we lived in false creek and her school was downtown so she rode around the seawall two times a day (about 9km each way). Again she was a real trooper, even with the single speed and rain!
The time has finally come when I can get her out with me on the road, so what do you suggest?
Stats:153cm, excising shoulder problem (nothing serious), likely will be a weekend warrior, and we are likely heading back to Vancouver in about 3 years. I want to keep within $1000 CDN as thats what I paid for my first roadie. She has tried the Specialized Dolce, Ruby, Anchor something, and it seems that she does not fit the anchor and the Specialized bikes are good in size 480mm. I am also looking at the Louis Garneau CR23 in a 420mm but its a tank at 10.something kg's...