Need a good bike for my girlfriend, any suggestions?!

edzio

Guys,

My girlfriend is itching to come with my brother and I around Thetford etc (if only to keep an eye on me) so I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for what I could get for her. I'd like to get something not too expensive in case she doesn't like it, so any recommendations?

hoathy

what kind of riding are you doing? and is it just for off road, or on road a bit as well? and what do you mean by "not too expensive"?

xtreem

I would go for some Trek. They have a nice line up of womans bikes.
If you have a small budget and your girlfriend is a total noobie a would go for V-brakes:
4500 WSD 400£ or why not for hydraulics disc brakes:
6500 WSD 700£.
Those are both HT but if you can afford 900£ you can buy her a
FS Fuel EX 5.5 WSD.

Cheers .

dirtbiker100

ARGH just closed the window with the post i'd written out. went something like...

^^^ £700 / £900 for a beginners bike that they dunno if they'd like? also forget V's you can happily get disc brakes and front sus for £300.
i helped my ex get a giant yukon w for £300 http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-GB/bik ... 431/31734/ which is an alright bike.
try to get women specific bike as it will generally help with geometry and comfort.
there are several companies that do womens bikes these days.
specialized, giant and marin are a few that immeadiately come to mind.

xtreem

Wow, dirtbiker100 that bike is good for the money so the Treks are off my list (they are expensive).
I've changed my mind and I would go for Giant Yukon

Chaka Ping

See what's going in her size secondhand. Lots of people buy new bikes for their other halves that get very little use before going on eBay.

One lady owner and all that.

hoathy

Xtreem wrote:

I would go for some Trek. They have a nice line up of womans bikes.
If you have a small budget and your girlfriend is a total noobie a would go for V-brakes:
4500 WSD 400£ or why not for hydraulics disc brakes:
6500 WSD 700£.
Those are both HT but if you can afford 900£ you can buy her a
FS Fuel EX 5.5 WSD.

Cheers .

My girlfirend had a 4500 WSD as her first mtb, she didn't like it and has since got a new frame, but... if you do want a cheaper trek, they do a 4300 WSD aswell, the specialised range is well worth a look, thats what most of my customers used to go for.

artillerydave

my wife has the pink marin for £470 and she is very happy with mainly because it is bright pink, but it is a good bike however.

supermonkey

I've also been looking for a bike for my better half and she's decided she quite likes these (Well she likes the colours anyway):

http://www.evanscycles.com/product.jsp; ... tyle=86523
http://www.evanscycles.com/product.jsp; ... tyle=86522

Any reason not to go for one of these?

GHill

Her indoors has a Specialized Myka with cable disk brakes. It's a reasonable bike for the money (about £370) and she says she doesn't need anything better. Oh, and she likes the butterflies :oops: :roll:

robmanic1

A good bike for your girlfriend sounds like a good swop

supermonkey

Robmanic1 wrote:

A good bike for your girlfriend sounds like a good swop

Suppose it depends on the Girlfriend. I'd swap mine for some cable donuts sometimes.

BlackSpur

SuperMonkey wrote:

Suppose it depends on the Girlfriend. I'd swap mine for some cable donuts sometimes.

I take it she doesn't read this forum then?

supersonic

So what budget then? lol

hoathy

BlackSpur wrote:

SuperMonkey wrote:

Suppose it depends on the Girlfriend. I'd swap mine for some cable donuts sometimes.

I take it she doesn't read this forum then?

either that or she's have to believe that he really really REALLY liked cable donuts...

Larok

Do people think this would be ok for a women?

Maybe a different saddle with it.

http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/?fn=produ ... goryId=100

or perhaps this womens specific design one by Focus

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.a ... ies%202008

supersonic

Maybe! As always best to try. Many 'men's' bikes fit fine.

hoathy

Larok wrote:

Do people think this would be ok for a women?

Maybe a different saddle with it.

http://www.merlincycles.co.uk/?fn=produ ... goryId=100

The Malt 1 is very good value, womens specific design bike tend to suit people with shorter upper bodys and longer less (proportionatly), also used to find that wsd bike were a waste of time for taller women, alot of time they'd find the mens version more comfortable.

supersonic

Yes, many women seem to like riding on a man's.

dirtbiker100

supersonic wrote:

Yes, many women seem to like riding on a man's.

would you mind finishing that sentence?

supermonkey

dirtbiker100 wrote:

supersonic wrote:

Yes, many women seem to like riding on a man's.

would you mind finishing that sentence?

Hard tail?
29er?
Fully rigid?

The innuendo could go on and on...

Paul Sh

Bought my missus a spesh rockhopper disc, she loves it more than she loves me, and yes it's a blokes bike, when asked she didn't want a womans one.

NigeUK

HI there, Just got my missus an '07 Carrera Vulcan Disk (girls) reserved it online at Halfords to get 10% discount....bargain at £206.99. Looks identical to the 08 model to me, in a nice girly baby blue colour too !!!