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08-22-11, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Amesja

21" Step-through Nottingham Sports are common as dirt here. Sure, a lot of them are deteriorated pretty far -but usually they are mostly-complete and in the off-season I can find them for well under $50.

19"-ers are much more sought after by shorter women who can't comfortably manage the 21" frames. They are harder to find and the people who WANT them enough to know what they want are willing to pay a premium to get one.

And I have been chasing Colts and Space Riders for all the short women in my life

I needed a 21" a while back but was able to convert a Sprite to 3 speed for the one tall lady in the bunch. Left it on the 27" wheels but laced up an AW hub to the rear.

Aaron

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