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Newbie Frame Question

  • 05-03-2011 2:04pm
    #1
    discosue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54 ✭✭


    Hi there,

    I'm sure someone here can help, I haven't had a new bike since the days my parents bought them for me, looking to get a bike for getting to work, have seen a cheap 18" mens mtb, would it fit a 5' 6" female, inside leg approx 29-30 inches?

    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    papac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 739 ✭✭✭papac


    Beware bso. (Bicycle shaped object).
    http://www.thecyclingexperts.co.uk/get-cycling/buying-a-bike/the-bicycle-shaped-object/

    Unless your journey to work is off-road a mountain bike is probably not the best choice.

    An 18" mens mtb is probably too big but no-one can say for certain without full geometry figures.If you post a link to the bike maybe someone could help more.


  • #3
    discosue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54 ✭✭discosue


    Hmmmn second thoughts maybe.... no 2 suburbs roads then I'm at a cycle track on the seafront, take that all the way, tis only 20-30mins each way so wasn't after anything expensive as I'm broke after out of work a while...might look for something else thanks, yeah it was a online bike I seen


  • #4
    gman2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,076 ✭✭✭gman2k


    discosue wrote: »
    Hmmmn second thoughts maybe.... no 2 suburbs roads then I'm at a cycle track on the seafront, take that all the way, tis only 20-30mins each way so wasn't after anything expensive as I'm broke after out of work a while...might look for something else thanks, yeah it was a online bike I seen


    Ok, so far you've done a lot of things wrong - not knowing much about bikes, then spotting cheap mtbs online!!!
    But ok, you've asked for advice here, so you are getting better.
    Now, get yourself off to a local bike shop that has actual bikes you can sit on, and have a chat with them re your wants and needs and budget. Plenty of SH bikes available to get you started.


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