Focus Black Forest Expert, sizing for ladies

sinar
sinar Posts: 59
edited July 2009 in MTB buying advice
Hi,

I'm interested in buying a lightish hard tail and looking around the FBFE looks to offer great spec for the money, I'm a little unsure about the sizing though.

I'm 5'5" with a 30" inside leg, I currently have a 2005 16" Trek Fuel EX9 WSD and a 2008 16" Commencal Meta 5.5.3, I'm a little concerned that the Focus has a slightly longer top tube than my other two bikes, the Commencal has 54.7cm while the focus has 56cm.

It doesn't seem like a major amount of difference but I don't want to feel too stretched out on the bike, does anyone have any thoughts regarding the size suitability of the FBFE? or perhaps have other suggestions of a sub £1000 hardtail that comes in around 25lb or so?, the bike will be used for general XC, nothing too demanding.

Thanks for reading,

Julie

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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Can you try it out? Only way really.
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  • sinar
    sinar Posts: 59
    Thanks for the reply,

    It's from Wiggle, so I'd have to order it and try it out when it was delivered, which i may end up doing.

    Julie
  • Kafkaesque
    Kafkaesque Posts: 45
    Hmmm, I have a small FBFE and I'm a guy 5'8" 30" inside seam. TBH it's plenty big for me, and doesn't feel cramped at all. It does come with a 100mm stem so you could get a shorter stem I guess.
  • sinar
    sinar Posts: 59
    Thanks for that, sounds like it might be a little too big for me,

    Julie
  • sinar
    sinar Posts: 59
    Thanks for that, sounds like it might be a little too big for me,

    Julie

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