Lightweight Ladies Step-through Bike

wandsworth
wandsworth Posts: 354
edited December 2015 in Family & kids cycling forum
I'm looking for a step-through bike for my wife. It needs to be fairly light.

This kind of thing: http://www.evanscycles.com/products/pinnacle/californium-2-2015-womens-hybrid-bike-ec054875

This weighs 13.5k - not sure how that ranks for this kind of bike. Are there better/lighter ones? Any recommendations?

Thanks.
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  • Daz555
    Daz555 Posts: 3,976
    I've never seen a light weight one. My wife has the Pendleton Somerby - it's heavy too - but it does have heavy pannier rack along with chain guard and mudguards - all metal. The seat on my wife's bike is like a sofa - tons of leather and springs.

    I think those bikes are all about comfort and looks rather than performance.
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  • brianbee
    brianbee Posts: 330
    [url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19758424#p19758424]wandsworth[/url] wrote:
    I'm looking for a step-through bike for my wife. It needs to be fairly light.

    This kind of thing: http://www.evanscycles.com/products/pinnacle/californium-2-2015-womens-hybrid-bike-ec054875

    This weighs 13.5k - not sure how that ranks for this kind of bike. Are there better/lighter ones? Any recommendations?

    Thanks.

    if you take the basket and the chain guard off, it will help. As above if you want something lighter get another style of bike. But that said,13.5 isnt that heavy in the scheme of things

    Why does it need to be very light, she isnt going to carry , is she ?

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