Originally Posted by Peter_C

FYI - my wife is 4'11" (on a good hair day) and we found that the Giant Suede DX (womans) bike with the seat all the way down fit her fine. She had not been on a bike in 30yrs, and is able to be flat-footed while sitting on it as well, and it's all of $480 bucks for a 21 speed with a life-time frame warranty from Giant.

Hope that helps...