Though she would probably have more fun with a different bike, I hope she enjoys this one more than whatever she has been riding. Being only 5'2" she likely doesn't weigh very much so 25 or 28 tires should be more reasonable than they are for the average adult male. Particularly if she doesn't get carried away inflating them. Also I think that bike has a 34t small ring, rather than the 39t that is more typical for race bikes. If/when she finds the low gear too tall she can swap the rd and cassette to get a 34t big cog for a ~26" low gear, which is fairly low. Even just having a 27t cog would get her a 33" gear which really isn't too bad.
On Friday, January 31, 2014 10:16:23 PM UTC-8, Anne Paulson wrote: > > She bought a Domane 4: > > "Domane 4 Series flies past any other carbon endurance race bike in > its class, with IsoSpeed for race comfort, endurance geometry for > stability, and Power Transfer Construction for speed." > > I'm not exactly sure what a carbon endurance race bike is supposed to > be, but I guess I'll see tomorrow if she shows up at our big club > ride. After I suggested to her in email that a double chainring might > not be adequate for the roads around here, some of which are very > steep indeed (Redwood Gulch! Bohlmann!) she told me that the shop said > that triples have more repair problems than doubles. Maybe that's a > problem with brifters? I have never had trouble with the triples on my > bikes, but I also don't use brifters. > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 10:07 PM, cyclotourist > <cyclot...@gmail.com<javascript:>> > wrote: > > Well bless her heart. But really, who wouldn't want every advantage > elite > > athletes desire? > > > http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/collections/womens/road/endurance_race/domane_5_series/ > > > > > Cheers, > > David > > > > "it isn't a contest. Just enjoy the ride." - Seth Vidal > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 10:01 PM, Anne Paulson > > <anne.p...@gmail.com<javascript:>> > > > wrote: > >> > >> She bought a carbon Trek Domane, because of course she did. > >> > >> Interestingly, the Domane is billed as a bike for rough rides and > >> gravel. And it is spec'ed with, I am not making this up, 700 x 25 > >> tires. Because when you're riding off road, you absolutely want to be > >> riding 25mm tires. I believe the bike allows enormously huge 28mm > >> tires too. > >> > >> -- > >> -- Anne Paulson > >> > >> It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. > >> > >> -- > >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > >> To post to this group, send email to > >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > > 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to > > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. > -- 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/groups/opt_out.
