Beginner bike ideas for a tall girl? 5'10"

Beginner bike ideas for a tall girl? 5'10"

by Didge
(IL)

Hi all!

Love this site! Seeing lots of posts about new bikes and wanted to add my query. I'm about 5'10" (mostly leg!), fairly thin, and am looking to purchase my Very First Bike. I love the sporty bikes, but don't want my knees up in my chin. I also don't want anything *too* crazy powerful as I want to really learn to ride before going crazy-fast-stupid. :)

I'll be riding around town and eventually taking 2-4 hour day trips to visit friends with bikes. I hope. ;)

Any thoughts/opinions/ideas on beginner bikes are greatly appreciated!

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Beginner bike ideas for a tall girl? 5'10"

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Apr 30, 2010

Keep the Ideas Coming...!
by: Anonymous

Thanks for the input ladies! I have only been a passenger, never ridden. So "safety first" is my motto. I really want to learn how to ride and ride WELL before getting a "dream bike" (who knows, maybe I'll hate it... LOL! yeah right).

I will be taking some classroom/riding lessons, I think they teach on 250s.

My thought is to find a good used bike, 250-500 for this first riding season and practice, practice, practice... then have more knowledge in my noggin to use when I go to buy THE Bike.

Have a few friends who have/had BMWs and loved them. Will check them out!

Didge

Apr 30, 2010

Maybe a Good Choice
by: Anonymous

Liking sport bikes AND being fairly tall is a good thing, since most of these type bikes are more for the long legged. Look at the "sport touring" models. You might try the BMW 800 sport touring bike, very comfortable on long trip and you can get bags for it, or, I have a friend that rides a Honda ST, also good for 3-4 day trips or more. The "sport touring" type bike are a little more stretched out and have more of an up-right seating position. Yamaha has two, the FJR which is a really nice bike and the FZ1.

If you ware wanting to do 3-4 day trips stay away from the true sport bike...very uncomfortable for distances.

I ride a 08 Yamaha FZ1 which I have set up with soft bags for weekend trips, very nice bike but not quite as heavy as the others.

Hope this helps!

Apr 30, 2010

Beginner Bikes for Tall Girl
by: Michelle

Are you going to take the MSF course Didge? I, too am 5'10" and after feeling relatively comfortable in the MSF course I bought a Shadow 750. It is a great size for me and as I am muscular, the weight isn't an issue. This was last year in the fall and I had very few days to ride before winter set in. But after a few short rides this year (in major cross winds) I am already contemplating a bike upgrade. But that is me. I am looking at longer trips with it so I feel like I need to give the one I have a good try on a long weekend trip to see how it goes before I upgrade.

Anyway, just my 2 cents. Best of luck with your search. Oh and I had several people suggest the Sportster to me; so I tried it and felt like I was one of those clowns that comes out on a tricycle (knees past my ears). Great bike but just too short for me.

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