Any female members out there?

[SPESHMIKE]

Pickle shave's his legs, does that count?

 

[OldSchoolGirly]

I am... obviously...

Think I said it in my hello thread but I used to be seriously into MTB's from about 1994 to maybe 2000 ish, although lesser towards the end. Worked in a bike shop, was in MBUK a couple of times (hideously embarassing.)

My Gorgeous Killer V got stolen and nothing else I got ever compared and eventually I packed it in and spent my cash on silly cars and home AV stuff instead.

Recently decided to get back into it at a much lower level, so got another Killer V and am retro-ing it up.

 

[m-trax]

My Gorgeous Killer V got stolen and nothing else I got ever compared and eventually I packed it in and spent my cash on silly cars.....

Sounds a bit like what happened to me, love of the bike changed to cars. Which cars are you into?

 

[m-trax]

And you like a long top tube relative to length of seat tube, do you? Sounds to me like a Kona is called for. The Orange Clockwork and C16R are also excellent lightweight steel frames that are in plentiful supply at reasonable prices.

Thanks for the post. Yes with the Dawes it always feels like I am hanging off the back of the saddle for a comfortable position. If I sit on it properly I just feel a bit cramped.

 

[OldSchoolGirly]

My Gorgeous Killer V got stolen and nothing else I got ever compared and eventually I packed it in and spent my cash on silly cars.....

Sounds a bit like what happened to me, love of the bike changed to cars. Which cars are you into?

I'm very sensible at the moment due to lack of finances, but I've had a fair few cars... last one was a one off MKIV Supra TT6.

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Porsche 911 (965 probably...) is somewhere high on my list next... Old school again... there is a pattern forming here!! Fair way off that though, stupid mortgage!!

 

[csd_19]

I'm not a girl but i've been trying to get one of the girlies in the next office to drop in for a nosy, she's a downhill chick at heart but she likes a touch of retro too...

 

[Anthony]

And you like a long top tube relative to length of seat tube, do you? Sounds to me like a Kona is called for. The Orange Clockwork and C16R are also excellent lightweight steel frames that are in plentiful supply at reasonable prices.

Thanks for the post. Yes with the Dawes it always feels like I am hanging off the back of the saddle for a comfortable position. If I sit on it properly I just feel a bit cramped.

You remind me of my GF, she’s the same height as me but she likes her bike set up literally about three inches longer than mine – i.e., bigger frame, longer stem and lay-back post. It’s basically a set up suitable for somebody at least six inches taller than she is and it looks painfully stretched-out to me, but she insists that she's comfortable and wouldn’t like it any shorter. And as she labours up hills, I helpfully tell her that being so stretched out prevents her from putting her full power into the pedals. But I am of course completely wrong, what do I know?

Notwithstanding all that, I am a bit surprised by what you say, as (a) Dawes is a good brand and I’d be surprised if they’d got the geometry wrong, (b) most female-specific bikes are short in the top tube, because it’s held that women need a slightly-upright riding posture as they’re anatomically-prone to bad backs (albeit not all women are the same of course), and (c) if you’re falling off the back of the saddle, it means it’s way too short for you, not just the usual inch or whatever. It kind of sounds as though you’re just not comfortable on the bike in general. But then, what do I know?

You could post up a side-on photo of it though.

 

[CAS]

Hi

I'm one of your female members. I do most of my cycling on the road on modern bikes but do have a Specialized Rockhopper of uncertain vintage that I enjoy tinkering with and also ride.

I acquired this bike from one of the moderators of this forum who happens to be a work colleague. I didn't give any thought to the age of the Spesh when I bought it - it was just another set of wheels to take on tracks because the road bike wasn't suitable.

I guess my interest has grown as I started to work on my bikes myself and there's something satisfying about a bike that's different from most of those you see around. I get encouraged ( for that read persuaded/brainwashed) by the aforesaid colleague into more mechanical adventures with this bike and get left gifts of second hand parts that I can't bear to waste .....and so it goes on!

I am planning to go to the Forest of Dean meet as I live just down the road - so no excuse really! I hope it's true that no one gets left behind as I don't do enough offroad to be fast although I'm reasonably fit from my road work.


Carol

 

[m-trax]

Notwithstanding all that, I am a bit surprised by what you say, as (a) Dawes is a good brand and I’d be surprised if they’d got the geometry wrong, (b) most female-specific bikes are short in the top tube, because it’s held that women need a slightly-upright riding posture as they’re anatomically-prone to bad backs (albeit not all women are the same of course), and (c) if you’re falling off the back of the saddle, it means it’s way too short for you, not just the usual inch or whatever. It kind of sounds as though you’re just not comfortable on the bike in general. But then, what do I know?

You could post up a side-on photo of it though.

It is a 16" frame, and I am about 5ft 7 from memory. It used to be ok when I first got it, but not now :? I will get some pics up of it

 

[BG]

Porsche 911 (965 probably...) is somewhere high on my list next... Old school again... there is a pattern forming here!! Fair way off that though, stupid mortgage!!

That is some car to lust after! And not that many are out there, especially if you want the 3.6 litre turbo, rather than the earlier 3.3 (correct me if I'm worng, but the 965 is the model code for the turbo version of the 964 isn't it?).

I own a Porsche already, but set my sights much much lower managing to get an '84 944 into the garage without too many protests from the wife - funny thing is now she's the one now who wont let me sell it unless we get another Porsche! Alas finances and a young family mean it's much cheeper to upgrade the bikes instead