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Old 09-22-11 | 04:33 PM
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you're not giving much info on her.

frame or bike, the Women's Specific Design is always a 'mebbe'.

since there are soooo many different frame designs, it would be hard to not find a model that wouldn;t work for her

WSD, depending on bike maker, can be very different. For example Spec takes a 54 and slacks the HT angle some more, steepens the ST angle and shortens the TT a full cm.
Basically shortening the overall reach.
The down side of this is if the woman rider has longer legs and proportional femur length, the steeper ST makes it harder to get the seat back. So the seat goes higher to compensate and the torso gets rotated forward... the drop to bar increases,,, yadda, yadda, yadda - what it means is it gets more complicated.

Run her measurements thru some fit calcs, and then find bikes/frames which fall into general specs.
Don't get too complicated.
Usually for newbie female riders, getting the seat set so it's not too far forward and thereby not having too much weight on the arms/shoulders will get a positive response.
but this is all speculation, since we don;t know much of anything.

use the fit calcs, they do a pretty good job.
be ready for saddle swaps...
if she's a complete noob, be ready for the inevitable 2 week burn-in period for her rear...
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