[Closed] Need to find decent "girly"looking bike for the Mrs. HELP

buy something suitable second hand and get it powdercoated in her choice of colour.

[rant] Why do some women insist on having everything pink? My SIL does this and cant for the life of me understand why?
I mean why would you want a pink scooter, a pink helmet, a pink iPhone cover etc?
You dont see blokes going around with everything they own plastered in royal blue do you? [/rant]

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[rant] Why do some women insist on having everything pink? My SIL does this and cant for the life of me understand why?
I mean why would you want a pink scooter, a pink helmet, a pink iPhone cover etc?
You dont see blokes going around with everything they own plastered in royal blue do you? [/rant]

Oh come on, look at the amount of rufty tufty blokes on here worried that their grips don't match their pedals. 🙂

OP, think Cove might do a pink Handjob, might be worth having a look.
Think On One used to do some pinkness too.

Lot's of pink bikes [url= http://www.pinkbikesite.com/ ]here - [/url]got to be something she fancies.

Specialized wsd is pretty good.

I once secretly built the wife a bike, had the frame sprayed Barbie pink, the night before she got it i floated the idea of a pink bike, she hated it. The next day was a bit deflating. Sold it in classiflids.

My wife's *girly* bike.

(old pic - now it's got white brake hoses)

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Good luck to the OP, been there try to do that, is still is a PITA.

My advice, have a look through online brand catalogues, then get the model that are in your price range, pick the 4 that seems to offer the best value to you, make her do the same, see if you can reach an agreement.

my wife [s]little [/s] medium black number

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Get something in a neutral colour, E.G. white and then buy a billion little pink anodised bits from Superstar to girlify it?

Stif have got some discounted SC juliana frames in white!?

how about any bike with [url= http://www.walmart.com/ip/Barbie-Bicycle-Basket-and-Handlebar-Streamers/17619598 ]these [/url]? 😉

Find a bike she likes, fits and rides well.

Then sort it out :-
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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/shandcycles/8201939063/ ]flower power[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/shandcycles/ ]shandcycles[/url], on Flickr

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/shandcycles/8211021415/ ]Stephen C[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/shandcycles/ ]shandcycles[/url], on Flickr

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/shandcycles/8075156190/ ]Claire's custom[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/shandcycles/ ]shandcycles[/url], on Flickr

Accessorize? This has pink hoses too, now:

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/ladyalexmtb/6671871465/ ]Charge with New Drivetrain[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/ladyalexmtb/ ]LadyAlex mtb[/url], on Flickr

But not all pink bikes are girly*:

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[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/simonjohntaylor/6128684315/ ]Monarch Crest Pinkbred[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/simonjohntaylor/ ]Simon J Taylor[/url], on Flickr

*IMHO

Powdercoating is the way to go

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Have a look at the boardman women's range. Very nice.

Very jealous that you've got your Mrs. interested. Tips gratefully received!

Built my GF a bike up using a Giant STP frame in mint green, white stem, bars cables, fork and grips. My old XTR gears and some pink rotorsand saddle, it looks cool. Only cost me £200 from my parts bin and buying second hand. Now she's more into MTB I'm thinking of buying her a 'proper' bike and making this one into a little jump bike for myself.

New rotors like these[img] http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/public/c7c52TTXpz46vhlV3F_rzNU29I4qW188vAsIDI6MAN1WyXAMVhGLzmlmzVLYHdG7p3cH1lhyOVrCSD2xEZ84jGnZd0CKCVcrD4mHwkHXR-_gn0SV1F5oHn350-Ox1cPhDZY_QUajXOANP2GMTK18qR6LnUOSeymxKOq9G_J9__k [/img]

Have a pink (with colour matching components) Giant Reign up for grabs:-
https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5ptu1buQTXEF0ZLnxg_H7D-YptRmsb10-Ytq91p7HKM?

http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/fs-giant-reign-custom-and-pashley-trials-bike-open-to-sensible-offers

It's a bike - you don't make a fashion statement with one!

This pearl of wisdom bought to you by c_g, owner of blokes bikes despite being all woman. 😉

Trek or Spesh do lots of lovely girly looking ones, at least lower down the range.

And Mrs Grips has the flower Hope brakes too, despite being not particularly girly 🙂

Yes to powder coat- easiest solution.

Although you are making a rod for your own back- now I have to try and find mtb kneepads in pink for christmas... 🙄

My Missus has a Specialised Myka like this one and loves it (it looks much more girly in the flesh), and I want to upgrade the forks for her (Coil Recons, would like to swap them out for Rebas) but she won't let me as they won't colour match anymore.

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Buy a white one and ebay for stickers / decals in pink/purple/baby blue or whatever else gives her bean a twinge

Mark although it is for the wrong reason your GF is right, if you change the fork of the mika it won't work well. The so had one, quite light very nice, but an absolute pant geometry. Now she rides a more "neutral" kona tanuki and she loves the ride (but still does my head in about the old one being all girly and so and so)...

+1 for accessories.

I am really not very girlie but looked admiringly at a white CX bike with pink anodized cantis and skewers yesterday.

Don't forget that if you get a very pink bike you have quite a challenge to work out the rest of your outfit to match (or at least not clash outrageously).

Dartmoor phantom - http://dartmoor-bikes.com/hardware/frames/phantom

Thanks for all the replies, it's definitely given me some ideas! She loves the flower rotors lol

Hi Juan,
What's the reason for the fork swap being an issue as the Recon currently fitted is the same crown to axle as a Reba just heavier with worse damping?

Hi mark we went for a maro MXE 130mm to make the bike more 06 freindly. If you don't change the A2C you should be fine. If you do though it is going to screw the rear sus big time.

It's a bike - you don't make a fashion statement with one!

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! Chinny chin chin!!!!

Says one of the most brand-influenced bike tarts on STW!!!!!

Shall we list a few if your bikes, CG, and see what everyone else thinks about your views then??
🙂

Just about every steel hard tail going, American ally, titanium and carbon exotica, road bikes etc.....

Lol at Pete and you're absolutely right! 😆

Just to reiterate that I put a wink at the end of my post in case others don't get it. 🙂

Bikes were my life until crap health came along and, blimey, it's been another life lesson learned. Unfortunately having gorgeous bikes means diddly squat when you struggle to ride them and, indeed, may have to reduce the fleet to pay for ongoing medical treatment.

Another c_g pearl of wisdom - enjoy what you have cos you never know what's around the corner.

As you were ...

Hi Juan,

OK that's fine then - no plans to change the A2C - yes, I can see that a 130mm fork would make the steering a tad vague !

It's not much the steering as it actually gave the bike an acceptable HA, it's the rear sus who got just screwed up. I had to run the bike with less than 15% sag...!!!

Powdercoating sounds like a chore. I'd suggest buying a blue bike, build a timemachine, go back to the early 1900's when blue was still considered "girlie" and pink "boyish" and give her the bike. Why complicate things?

I am with C-G on this one, I mean FFS some of the bikes posted here are absolutely gopping .. actually most of them are IMO. I suggest you need your Mrs to test ride some bikes to get the feel for them rather than pick a bike for the colour. she's better off getting a bike she likes then accessorizing with pink water bottle cage, flowery tassles and a Barbie bell.

I also think that more men like pink bikes than women!! And matching kit, I mean Lucy at Bike Verbier is always phenomenally well matched but I certainly don't bother with that shizzle I don't in my normal day let along on my bike i'm riding my bike!!! Wow really amazed at waht some people do but as I said each to their own.

Mark although it is for the wrong reason your GF is right, if you change the fork of the mika it won't work well. The so had one, quite light very nice, but an absolute pant geometry. Now she rides a more "neutral" kona tanuki and she loves the ride (but still does my head in about the old one being all girly and so and so)

Not true always. MsD has the brown version of that bike & it came with an absolutely horrible coil Tora 'La Femme'. Binned it and stuck a set of air Recon's on it and it's transformed the bike. She's much more confident on it now that she can actually get the fork to work.

Anyone mention the Orange Diva yet?

muddy dwarf did you change th travel of the fork? Or the A2C?

Didn't change the travel of the fork, although that may be an option in the future.
The A2C 'may' be different on the Recon to the Tora but for £80 i didn't bother checking to be honest as at that price it was worth the risk. I suspect it is slightly longer, but not to any great extent. Just a much more supple and useable fork, one that actually obtains full travel and doesn't feel like it's made of stone.
I couldn't get anymore than 40mm of travel out of the Tora and that was painful on rocky stuff, now it feels like a different bike.

Fair enough muddy, but careful if you increase the travel, the bike doesn't like it at all.

Well to be honest i did think it would be a problem if i stuck a 120mm fork on it which was why i kept browsing til a 100m air fork came up - you'd be surprised how rare they are getting 2nd hand!

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Ibis Mojo in Raw Carbon.

It might not be girly but it's F-in sexy, even the ladies approve of them.

😀

Eviljoe I forgot to tell you last night Rock Garden do ladies pink body armour!

Pink arm pads

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Tracey that there picture looks like it's taken after a crash!!!!!!!!!!!!

How about one of these?

http://www.orangebikes.co.uk/bikes/diva/

Got my GF a frame only and built it with the parts from my 2007 Clockwork and she loves it. They'll paint it neon pink if purple's not girly enough.

One of the numerous offs in the Alps this year

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Have you looked at Santa Cruz juliana's?

Cheers Tracey , cheers Munqe chick!

There's no excuse now, I'll have to investigate ...

I don't know what you mean about colour co-ordination Munqe chick!! However it is not planned by me so I have an excuse 🙂
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To the OP I would second (or third) getting her to try a Diva. Quite a few of our female guests ride them and love them. She can then choose her own colour to customise it.

well there is that and you know I just have girl envy 😉