Originally Posted by
cyccommute
A 29er is not for you...not if you want to do off-road riding too. The big wheels and tires along with suspension makes the bike way too big for you. You'd not have any room to bail off. I don't know that there are even any 29ers in your size. You'll need a 13" frame for off-road and that's really too small to have 29" wheels on.
Stick with 26".
I'm 5'7" and the smallest 29er that works for me is a 15." Any smaller in height than that, go either 26" or 650B. They can design 29ers only so far because of the monster tires people can run on it. Not any different in sizing from today's fat bikes.