wesfoster
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Yeah 5"2 - 5"3 I think she said that she needed a 46cm frame for the boardman, I'm sure 48cm wouldn't be too much of a stretch though.
My wife is just over five foot and we found it difficult to find a bike, in stock, that was small enough. In hindsight we should have looked at islabikes.How tall is the girlfriend ?
Might be worth considering an large teenage bike , swmbo is 4 foot 7 " and rides a 24 " wheel hybrid comfortably so a good isla bike might be the ticket ?
http://www.islabikes.co.uk/bike_pages/luath700lrg.html
or
http://www.islabikes.co.uk/bike_pages/beinn29.html
Hahah that would be so much simplerGet a taller girlfriend and widen the choice?
Short-ish (5ft 4") Yorkshire lady here. I started out with a Trek wsd 7.2 hybrid and loved it. Upgraded to a Specialized Dolce Sport 48cm and love it too. This time of year you might get lucky with a bargain as the 2015 stock is coming in and the current models are discounted. I think I'm just ok on a 48 and I can see that if I was a little more petite it would be a struggle. I think that, as others have said, the Pendleton will not be a good match with our hilly terrain and there nothing more off-putting than struggling up a hill on a heavy bike.