Another suggestion for shorter riders: check out the high-quality "children's" bike companies. Generally speaking, the geometry is designed for and parts picked for shorter riders rather than some bike companies which try to shrink existing bikes for shorter riders. (This is also what GP argues in his design for out of the "normal size" bikes including changing wheel sizes different reach, chain stay length, etc.)
IIRC, Islabikes no longer distributes in USA, but their Luath was highly regarded. Maybe there are used ones out there? Here's a small list from Rascal Rides: https://rascalrides.com/best-24-road-bikes-kids/ Good luck! shoji On Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 1:00:08 AM UTC-4, Rachel Fritz wrote: > > Hey GE! Thanks for the update. I will keep looking. > > And hi again to you, Liz! Well, they did make the Hilsen in a 46, but > stopped. Guess there aren’t enough of us shorties out there to keep them > going. I do have a Cheviot that I’m going to put some drop bars on even > though it’s made to be more upright. I may end up being to stretched out > but well see. And thanks for the recommendations. My other bike is a Surly > LHT, I think a 46 and it does fit well. I’ll check out the All City bikes > too. > > Laing, I got your PM and thanks for the details. Thats a cute bike! But I > do feel it will be a tad big and I’m really going for perfect fit if the > Cheviot doesn’t work out. > > > > On Jun 25, 2019, at 12:01 PM, G.E. <endless...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > G.E. here! :-) The Saluki sold really quickly, and I'm not sure if I > still have the contact info. His name was Eric, I remember that much, and > he seemed really happy with the bike (he did send a follow up note, as I > recall, just to let me know that he was enjoying it), so I'm not sure that > he would be willing to sell it.... but, I suppose one never knows. > > Good luck with your hunt. The smaller Riv's can be tough to find > secondhand, but they do pop up now and again if you keep your eyes open. > The Saluki was a lovely bike, but it was too much of a duplicate for my > bike fold, which is why I ended up selling it. > > On Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 11:57:29 AM UTC-6, Sean Steinle wrote: >> >> The blog EndlessVeloLove had a 47cm Saluki they sold like two years ago: >> http://endlessvelolove.blogspot.com/2017/07/blast-from-past-former-rivendell-returns.html >> >> >> They also post here sometimes as G.E. It might be worth shooting them a >> message, if they still have the buyer's info, maybe they could contact them >> to let them know if they're ever interesting in selling, that they know >> someone who's looking? Maybe that's too weird? I don't know, two years is a >> long time in the bike world, and I've found that wanting to sell something >> doesn't always translate into actually listing it. People let stuff linger >> in the garages/basemenst for months and years before finally selling it. >> >> On Monday, June 24, 2019 at 3:35:47 PM UTC-5, Rachel Fritz wrote: >>> >>> The Homer Hilsen looks like the perfect bike for me, but they no longer >>> make it small enough! Help! Anyone have a size 46 they’re looking To Sell? >>> I’m in the Seattle area. Let me know! >>> >>> Rachel >> >> > -- > 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 <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e31641b4-c748-4aed-8543-d9e61931de1c%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e31641b4-c748-4aed-8543-d9e61931de1c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ab7b3342-90dd-4a4f-a0de-ac2da4546db0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
