Originally Posted by
repechage
At 5' 3" - I would look for a 700c bike or a 650c
easier to get good geometry with 650c
the real advantage of the Terry solution is to get a short top tube without overlap.
the downside is the contact patch of the front wheel is different - enough that I really think it needs a wider front tire- often the fork is not set up for that and there are flavors of "24"" some are not possible to find a wide enough tire in my view.
Thanks, I'm specifically asking thoughts about this bike. On most bikes, especially for me it's easy to look at a frame and see how it might fit but with these it's hard to tell. And I'd definitely put wider tires on this. She's not looking to break any road records.