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Bikes for shorter women?

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Euan
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Hey, I've got a friend who looking to buy her first mountain bike, and since I know it can be difficult for a shorter woman to find a bike that fits I was wondering if I could please get some help putting together a list of ideas for her.

She's 5'2, and I was hoping to find some examples of an inexpensive XC hardtail, an XC-ish all-mountain bike, and a more aggressive all-mountain bike.

So, for example, a Santa Cruz Juliana might fit into the middle category. That's the only really small bike that I know of :)

Does anyone else have any ideas?
keiko
Keiko
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Your friend may have more choices because she's taller than I am, but these are the bikes that fit me.

Santa Cruz Juliana / Heckler (S)
Giant Trance (XS) / Reign / Reign X (XS)
Norco Sight (S)
Rocky Mountain Altitude (15")
Specialized Safire (S)

Any 15" or under hardtail bike should be okay.

Euan
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Awesome, thanks Keiko! That's a great list, and it's good to hear that there's more options than I thought there were!
SianS
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I have a norco sight (26", 2014) in an XS.

I'm 5ft and it's awesome!

SianS
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I also used to have an XS Giant Trance and have rented a Safire in Whistler which was also great. (guess it was a small)

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