+1 on using current bike to determine fit. Should be very accurate. If it helps, I am 5'6". also longer torso, shorter legs. My 53 cm Atlantis fits like a glove. Check the specs on the Riv site. You won't be too far off.
I'd recommend you get her some bikey things for the holidays, maybe a nice rack and pannier system, a Brooks saddle, a generator wheelset with good lights, you have lots of options... wait for the Appaloosa spring 2016. It's looking like a Hillborne with more tire clearance and canti-posts. That would be the perfect bike. On Monday, October 19, 2015 at 8:58:54 AM UTC-5, Shoji Takahashi wrote: > > Hi Kevin, > Does she have a bike now that fits pretty well? If so, get her saddle > height, and you'll be all set. > > If you're going wtih Cheviot, I think 55cm is probably going to-be the > recommendation. Level top-tube bikes could be more difficult to guess a > good fit. > > Good luck! > Shoji > > > On Monday, October 19, 2015 at 9:21:39 AM UTC-4, Kevin Lindsey wrote: >> >> I'm thinking of surprising my wife with a Rivendell for Christmas, but >> can't ask her to measure her PBH for fear that she'll figure out why. >> She's 5'6" and slightly long in the torso; is there a woman in the group >> with a similar build who whose PBH I can borrow? >> Many thanks, >> Kevin >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
