Miguelangel

My wife is looking for a bike and she is quite frustrated as she does not find a lot of info specifically for women. She is from Denmark, so she basically was riding since she can remember, she used a DK made bike euro style. She wants to use the bike for city and touring and as opossed to Copenhague we have lots of hills where we live. She is about 6' which will mean a large frame. She does not want a mans frame nor does she want a granny bike. I have shown her some hybrids and she was trying out a Randonee in REI but she said that was a mans frame although she liked the bike. You see, when we been in Copenhaguen we have used bike rentals instead of car rental and its not unsual to even go to a new years eve formal party wearing tuxedo and dress in a bike and next day go for a weekend of touring in the bike. I will greatly thank you if you could give us some alternatives and /or point us in the direction where we cold find more info. Thanks!!!
BTW Happy 2007 everyone!!!
May the wind be on your back and all your roads on a downhill !!!!

Cyclist0094

Here in the United States good quality "step through" bicycles are not easy to find especially in a size for a 6' tall danish woman ( you lucky guy!) The few quality step through bikes are often called "urban bikes " here.

I was in a shop not long ago that had "Breezer Bicycles" The "Uptown" model is similar to what I built for my wife. Not a bike you would likely take on a week long tour in the mountains, but the 8 spd Shimano hub has a pretty good gear range

Trek has (had?) a couple of hybrids with low top tubes that might work also . https://www2.trekbikes.com/

If you want to spend some money on her ( and you should, you lucky guy!) A " Bike Friday" would probably work also and you can ride it anywhere
Bike Friday is at https://www.bikefriday.com/


Another good possibility would be a Moulton which have been in production for over 40 years in the UK. https://www.alexmoulton.co.uk/

FlowerBlossom

Can you import a bike from Denmark? It might be worth the effort. Velonomad is right; we don't have the same bikes here. I personally like the "men's" bikes, so, I don't have any other suggestions.

invisiblehand

So by "a man's frame" she means one with a horizontal top tube ... as opposed to one with a woman's ergonomics.

My wife and I like out Bike Fridays. It certainly has a low stepover if that is what you are looking for. But they are quite pricey since they are designed to be packed into suitcases (and can fold). The Moultons are great bikes; but they are even more expensive the the Bike Fridays.

My wife also has a Jamis feminine bike but I think it falls under the category of man's frame.

Perhaps you could show her the Terry Bicycles homepage. Maybe it might convince her that the horizontal top tube is not necessarily a man's fame.

Miguelangel

Thanks for your answers...
By a mans frame I refer to the horizontal top tube?? the answer is yes... as she says ..you cant mount the bike wearing a tight skirt....
I'm including a link to what she is use to... maybe we will have to import it from DK unless we could get something similar... I think the breezer is a great recomendation....
Any other ideas..
https://www.kildemoes.dk/pages/bicycle.asp?brandid=39724..

Miguelangel

Just in case the link does not work...
Its a Kildemoes Street Dame soft sand/sort 27 gear....

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xilios

Hi, you can check out the Giant expedition bike
cheers

Cyclist0094

Here is the Bike that the OP is looking for in a similar US model.



Look at the contrast between the Giant Netherlands bike catalog and Giant USA bike catalog, You folks in Europe get practical transportation. Us folks in the US get toys to decorate the back of our SUV's

https://www2.giant-bicycles.com/en-US/bikes/

Miguelangel

WOW Amazing !!! This is why marketing research & market segmentation is ruining the world we live in !!! The expedition is indeed the bike we would like to get, but unfortunately we cant get it in the US. Velonomad u r so right it is quite a different catalog , I cant even find the same frame as the expedition in any of the bikes. You would think that a least they would produce same frame with different names and equipment... I will write to the company see what they say....

xilios

Couldn't a Giant dealer in the US order one for you?

Cyclist0383

Check out the Specialized Globe City. There are two different womens models to choose from. This is from the Specialized USA website. This is the closest thing to a normal European bike like your wife wants that I have seen by a major American bicycle company. Good luck.

https://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkM...keTab=features


https://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkM...&bikeTab=story

Cyclist0094

[QUOTE=Ziemas]Check out the Specialized Globe City. There are two different womens models to choose from. This is from the Specialized USA website. This is the closest thing to a normal European bike like your wife wants that I have seen by a major American bicycle company. Good luck.

Way to go Ziemas! That is a pretty good setup for $880 MSRP, Mostly Deore, 48x36x26 crankset, Nimbus tires, dyno hub and lights.

Miguelangel

Thanks a lot !!!
WE will be visiting the lbs to ask for that model....well keep u updated

Cyclist0383

Happy to be of help! And please do let us know how it turns out.

beetes

Someone already mentioned the Breezer Uptown, but she might also look at the Breezer "range bikes", the Greenway or the Liberty. I have a greenway. While they aren't quite "step-through" frames, but they do have a lower top tube than a normal "mens" bike, and while I (being a man) don't ride in tight skirts very often, I think it might be possible on the greenway or liberty.

Miguelangel

Hi everyone that helped!!
After long conversations with my wife. The decision ws made and we got concensus. I said we shud buy the breezer or the specialized, she said we shud got o DK to buy a bike. So...this summer we will go to DK to buy a bike....
will post again when the purchase is final....

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brianmcg123

Check out the Glorious from www.rivbike.com