whats your wife riding?? 😋

zonular

Long story short, I commute on my fixed gear, and happy enough on it on decent ish spins. May look at a road bike in the future. And a ss 29er and a steel tourer....etc

If you have a couple of bikes in the shed, what bike does your better half use, have you ever gone touring together? Or is she a serious racer.

My good lady loves Dutch style bikes but may be thinking about a bike for longer journeys so this has started a conversation of what her n+1 is.

tonytiger81

My OH rides a felt cafe 24, not a bad bike at all but we're restoring an old tandem over the summer. Dawes seem to have a few on their website which don't seem too pricey

tonytiger81

My OH rides a felt cafe 24, not a bad bike at all but we're restoring an old tandem over the summer. Dawes seem to have a few on their website which don't seem too pricey

zonular

Oh we have talked about tandems but I feel that's a purchase after the kids have moved out

omri

Best ride there is -> me

RobFowl

Dirk or Koutobia ?

zonular

omri wrote: »

Best ride there is -> me

That took longer than I though lt

magicbastarder

omri wrote: »

Best ride there is -> me

he's telling the truth, trust me on that.

Alek

Giant Avail 3. Very light, available in XS, nimble and fast. Good looks.

Lusk_Doyle

Alek wrote: »

Giant Liv 3. Very light, available in XS, nimble and fast. Good looks.

Nimble and fast are sizes now?

sin_26

Spesh Allez 54cm as she is quite tall 5`8

magicbastarder

sin_26 wrote: »

Spesh Allez 54cm as she is quite tall 5`8

my wife had great fun while buying a bike, due to her being patronised about needing woman's geometry. she's a couple of inches taller than me - about 5'11".
in a bike shop in town (not saying where, but very near the camden de luxe) a shop assistant constantly addressed me, not her, about what size she needed, saying 'women have skinny little shoulders', while she was standing beside him and clearly overtopping him.

Alek

due to her being patronised about needing woman's geometry

On the other hand I had some hard time finding a road bike with the correct standover height for my OH... most manufacturer's smallest women-specific frames were still too large.

RobFowl

magicbastarder wrote: »

my wife had great fun while buying a bike, due to her being patronised about needing woman's geometry. she's a couple of inches taller than me - about 5'11".
in a bike shop in town (not saying where, but very near the camden de luxe) a shop assistant constantly addressed me, not her, about what size she needed, saying 'women have skinny little shoulders', while she was standing beside him and clearly overtopping him.

Women have relatively longer legs and shorter torsos. They have wider hips and narrower shoulders.
A 5ft 11 woman needs different geometry than a 5ft 11 man so the shop assistant was absolutely correct.

rollingscone

magicbastarder wrote: »

my wife had great fun while buying a bike, due to her being patronised about needing woman's geometry. she's a couple of inches taller than me - about 5'11".
in a bike shop in town (not saying where, but very near the camden de luxe) a shop assistant constantly addressed me, not her, about what size she needed, saying 'women have skinny little shoulders', while she was standing beside him and clearly overtopping him.

Every time I give that shop another go I regret it

OldBean

rollingscone wrote: »

Every time I give that shop another go I regret it

Ditto.

They weren't impressed when my OH referred to the heavy cruisers they were trying to sell her 'Bitch bikes'.

We currently 'share' a Genesis CDF. I've not ridden it in a while...

magicbastarder

RobFowl wrote: »

the shop assistant was absolutely correct.

the largest women's frame they stocked was clearly too small for her. he was far more interested in selling her a women's geometry frame which was tiny for her, than engaging in the notion that a man's frame in the correct size (which she pointed out she'd already ridden and found more comfortable) was more suitable.

to be fair though, it was his inability to talk to her which was more offputting.

breakingaway80

Every time I give that shop another go I regret it...:D

smacl

Wife's Giant Escape has been commandeered by eldest daughter, so once we clear out the older kids bikes there'll be room for a new bike for here. I suspect she'd like something like the Giant Flourish or similar, though I'd love her to get something more sporty and get into some leisure cycling. Time will tell.

Eponymous

Wifey has a Liv Alight with a baby seat on the back, Liv Enchant for our eldest daughter who has just started cycling. Aforementioned baby has a Little Big bike in storage (it's her Santa present... shhhhhh).

fat bloke

Garmin vectored Cervelo R5.

What's good for the goose is good for the gander!

cython

Not wife, but my OH has a Liv Envie (AKA Giant Propel WSD) as her good bike, and a Beone Storm for her winter bike.

Jawgap

My wife started with something firm and rigid between her legs (Jaysus, I hope she's never on boards!!!:D)......

.....she bought a Pashley which she bought more on looks than speed and it was great for around town.

Not great for longer spins, so she traded for a Giant FCR, which she uses along with my Boardman Team Carbon.

Story Bud?

I don't have a wife, but I could be your wife.

I have a Trek Allant, with compulsory wicker basket for goin down da shops to buy da baguettes. And a cube axial wls gtc pro for looking the part when I wear my sexy bibbed shorts.

Both lovely bikes for their respective purposes.

Chips Lovell

We go touring every year in France. We have steel touring bikes with racks on the front and back which allows us to carry four panniers on each bike and a tent.

It's a great holiday. Cycling until early afternoon, usually followed by a refreshing dip in the sea or a pool, then some chilling out in the shade before heading out for a well-earned dinner.

Wishbone Ash

My old Ridley Gladius with a mix of 105 and Ultegra. She's complaining that the ride is a bit harsh so I fitted GP 4 Seasons in 28mm but she's still not happy. Now it's the saddle so I may have to part with my Brook B17. I have to be very patient as I'm trying to get her more interested.

(She's now talking about one of those yokes with a wicker basket! A line will have to be drawn.)

wanderer 22

A nice 1980s peugeot - she wanted something that looked good, took panniers and mudguards but wasn't quite good looking enough to immediately stand out when locked up in the city centre...it's working out well so far

dragratchet

Commuting: Dawes Dutchess
Riding: Trek Lexa with Sora

RobFowl

A Carerra hybrid which is now 8 years old and going strong. Nice (non wicker) basket on it.

Lusk_Doyle

RobFowl wrote: »

A Carerra hybrid which is now 8 years old and going strong. Nice (non wicker) basket on it.

I am really looking forward to the day that she decides that she wants another bike. It's not quite ironic, but I'm going to go with that!

RobFowl

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

I am really looking forward to the day that she decides that she wants another bike. It's not quite ironic, but I'm going to go with that!

Seeing as how I used her BTW without telling her last year that might be a while away

saccades

As the missus is only 2" taller than a dwarf she's using a XS On-One inbred with 1.9 slicks for generally pottering with the family duties. Capable for much more but she's not that interested.

Has a touring handlebar bag as she wanted to be able to protect stuff from the rain.

Lusk_Doyle

RobFowl wrote: »

Seeing as how I used her BTW without telling her last year that might be a while away

Oh and there is a bit of admitted tax fraud that Beasty has been waiting for...

Borderfox

Got her a Giant Dash 3 in xs on my btw, she hardly uses it and I have threatened to trade it in but she never had a new bike in her life so hanging on the way it stays

Could have got myself a nice training bike :-(

Inquitus

Scott Contessa 15, she's getting in about 100km a week at the moment!

zonular

Jep Gambardella wrote: »

We go touring every year in France. We have steel touring bikes with racks on the front and back which allows us to carry four panniers on each bike and a tent.

It's a great holiday. Cycling until early afternoon, usually followed by a refreshing dip in the sea or a pool, then some chilling out in the shade before heading out for a well-earned dinner.

That sounds amazing, my missus is interested in touring, not so interested in speed, what bikes?

rollingscone

Mrs Rollingscone still lives in fear of traffic but hopefully the "new bike" will lead to a modest mileage increase and the confidence that goes with it.

Immediate feedback on the first flight of Wifenbike II was a request for a taller stem though :-/

zonular

Next question is how many of your OH commute and how far. My missus works shift so night cycles may be a thing but only a five miler (I'm still nervous of the idea)

I love fixed gears/ single speed but I think I might just get her good self a blurrggh a hybrid *shudder*

Hmmzis

Only commuting 11km each way on a Giant SCR for now but she's looking into getting a CX bike. I'm still having hope she gets the bug big time and not just the commuting bit :rolleyes:

fat bloke

zonular wrote: »

Next question is how many of your OH commute and how far.

As Trump might say, I definitely have the winningest wife in this thread . Commutes every day, 15k in & out of town, races every weekend. :cool:


(more than I do:o)

zonular

fat bloke wrote: »

As Trump might say, I definitely have the winningest wife in this thread . Commutes every day, 15k in & out of town, races every weekend. :cool:


(more than I do:o)

I don't think she is a racer (not yet) but a fan of clean lines and simplicity.

I was looking at the Halfords 13 lambda hybrid, decent spec for the money

derealbadger

My OH has 2 Cervelo R3's 54 for training and a 52 for racing neither getting much use this year like my 2