Woman's Road Bike Wanted

Greg T

A friend of Mrs T is doing a dual-a-thon, run bike run thing on the other side of Summer.

She asked me to put slicks on her MTB for the event but I'd rather find her a road bike to train and compete on. She's just done the London Marathon so is a game girl who could benefit from the right kit.

She's not tall at 156 cm or 5' 1" in old money so needs an ickle frame circa 47 cm or so....

Does anyone in West London have a spare frame (I could build it up from spare parts if it's stripped) I could borrow / buy (cheap - cheap I tell you) / have for the summer.

She's also going to be looking for training partners - she lives in Battersea

Did I mention she's a Physio.

And an Aussie?

And Single?

Form an orderly queue, take a number get in line.

Greg T

Anything on this?

lost_in_thought

All my bikes will be too big for such a leeeetle lady!

Try the fleabay perhaps? Child's bike?

EDIT:

Look! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/compact-SMALL-FRA ... 1|294%3A50

cjcp

My spare frame's too big. Try a post in the Classifieds section.

tardington

Is there a way to search things by location in fleabay? I could do with a very basic crappy road bike, but a lot of them are Pick Up Only. I did try advanced search but I just couldn't work it. :oops:

Greg T

I think the problem is that she's such a stumpster.....

I'll have a look around.

GT

Rich158

If she's in Battersea she could join the London Phoenix mob in Regents Park on Tuesday evenings.

roger_merriman

Greg T wrote:

I think the problem is that she's such a stumpster.....

I'll have a look around.

GT

might be lucky i'm on the other end of scale or at least i'm long legged any how, (close on 36 inch inside leg) so i got a old bike/frame for beer money.

Cafewanda

lost_in_thought wrote:

All my bikes will be too big for such a leeeetle lady!

Try the fleabay perhaps? Child's bike?

EDIT:

Look! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/compact-SMALL-FRA ... 1|294%3A50

Hey! Whad'ya mean child's bike. She's 2 inches taller than me :P
Stumpster :roll: :P

sarajoy

tardie wrote:

Is there a way to search things by location in fleabay? I could do with a very basic crappy road bike, but a lot of them are Pick Up Only. I did try advanced search but I just couldn't work it. :oops:

Think once you've done the search you can order the list in order of distance (assuming ebay knows your postcode)

londonlivvy

try thebikewhisperer.com - the woman who runs it, Corinne, is 5'1 too, and is, I understand, selling off an old road bike of hers. She's absolutely lovely and takes good care of her bikes so your aussie friend might get a bargain or even a hire type arrangement? Worth asking in any case I'd have thought.

Deadeye Duck

sarajoy wrote:

tardie wrote:

Is there a way to search things by location in fleabay? I could do with a very basic crappy road bike, but a lot of them are Pick Up Only. I did try advanced search but I just couldn't work it. :oops:

Think once you've done the search you can order the list in order of distance (assuming ebay knows your postcode)

If you go to ebay, then click on all categories/sport/cycling/bikes
scroll down and on the left will be a bit saying location with a down arrow. Click on the arrow and up pops a box to put in your postcode and options for distance.

I've been using it recently to try and find a second hand roadie for myself.

tardington

Ah, thanks!

Greg T have you tried gumtree? You may be in luck, especially if its a titchy wee size..

Greg T

londonlivvy wrote:

try thebikewhisperer.com - the woman who runs it, Corinne, is 5'1 too, and is, I understand, selling off an old road bike of hers. She's absolutely lovely and takes good care of her bikes so your aussie friend might get a bargain or even a hire type arrangement? Worth asking in any case I'd have thought.

Cheers for the top tip Liv.

londonlivvy

D'oh. thebikewhisperer.co.uk

But you may well have already worked that one out!