Any small (5'2) women out there got a Boardman bike?

clairem
clairem Posts: 19
edited August 2009 in Women
Hi - I'm trying to get a new bike (or poss 2 - one road and one MTB) on the CTW scheme, so I've been looking at some of the Boardman bikes. The MTBs seem to get pretty good reviews on here - the only problem is I'm 5'2 and I think the small frame may be too big for me. Does anyone else out there have a Boardman bike who also suffers from being sllightly vertically challenged?! They never have any smalls in the shop for me to try, and I can pay £50 for them to order it in, but don't want to go to the hassle of that if it's just going to be way too big anyway!

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  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    They should get one in for you to try FOC. Ring the head office.
  • genspain
    genspain Posts: 43
    I'm even more vertically challenged by being only 5.1" and i had the same problem, the best is when you're at a shop and you ask to try the small bike and they say they only have the medium/large "but is the same as the small so try that one" :shock: . They are no help what soever :x .
    So i ended up emailing the brand asking how i can test one of their bikes and they were a great help, they hooked me up with a dealer near me and i could borrow the bike for the weekend and i ended up buying it.

    so i suggested to email boardman bikes directly.

    Good luck
    Cheeky, Cheeky
  • clairem
    clairem Posts: 19
    hey - thanks for the replies - what bike and size frame did you end up going for genspain?