Wife’s first road bike suggestions?

seanoconn

Hi. Looking for a relaxed geometry bike, budget £400 ish as she may not take to road riding.

Decathalon route?

Or something a couple of years old from eBay?

Thanks.

singleton

if it were my OH, I think I'd go the decathlon route - so she can sit on it, make sure it's comfy etc.
My wife would care more for a bike that's a nice colour and in good condition rather than getting something higher spec.

MattFalle

Decathlon as it will all work properly and be clean and she can choose the colours rather than something you have to work on that she won't completely enjoy and it'll just end up sitting there.

and use it as an excuse to get yourself something new.

photonic69

Be kind and buy her a decent female specific saddle to go with it, otherwise she'll probably ride it twice. Something like a Selle Italia lady gel flow which my wife likes a lot.

masjer

photonic69 said:

Be kind and buy her a decent female specific saddle to go with it, otherwise she'll probably ride it twice. Something like a Selle Italia lady gel flow which my wife likes a lot.

It might be a good saddle but lady flow is a horrible name.

daniel_b

Before I opened this thread I was going to reply Decathlon

darkhairedlord

Supersix two sizes too big, then keep it for yourself...

edward.s

I'd say getting a bike for your wife is a fair swap

MattFalle

edward.s said:

I'd say getting a bike for your wife is a fair swap

jim davidson just called asking for his joke book back.

Ben6899

We got Miss6899 a Willier Luna from Wiggle - discount code and platinum loyalty brought it to £740... a bit over your budget, but if you can find one 2nd hand (and with the chance to try), I would recommend. It's not just pink (in fact it's black), but has geometry to suit a shorty.

I've gone a bit leftfield with that response, but I'm a big fan of how the geometry and build (narrow bars for example) genuinely suits a shorter rider*.

I'm making an assumption here that your wife is on the main portion of the bell curve for women's heights!

seanoconn

Ben6899 said:

We got Miss6899 a Willier Luna from Wiggle - discount code and platinum loyalty brought it to £740... a bit over your budget, but if you can find one 2nd hand (and with the chance to try), I would recommend. It's not just pink (in fact it's black), but has geometry to suit a shorty.

I've gone a bit leftfield with that response, but I'm a big fan of how the geometry and build (narrow bars for example) genuinely suits a shorter rider*.

I'm making an assumption here that your wife is on the main portion of the bell curve for women's heights!

Yep, 167 height, long legs, inseam 83cm, I checked the inseam twice to be sure 😂

seanoconn

1 Luna on eBay for £800 ish. Might be hard to source one in budget.

Ben6899

I actually just looked myself and, by golly, they're holding their price at the minute.