Help please - looking for trainer bike

[Pete8oes]

Hey all,

Im looking for a "trainer only" bike for my wife to use with my existing setup to avoid fiddling when switching bikes.

I have a 10sp cassette setup on a wahoo kickr core for my roadie

• My wife is 5ft tall
• Prefer flat bar though not essential
• Must be compatible with my 10sp cassette

Im assuming xs womens frame, 48-50cm? with 10sp groupset , though have seen that 9sp sora/tiagra fits 10sp

I'm thinking a flatbar cross city commuter bikes might be the go (giant CRX or similar)

Have a few hundred to spend, as not sure how much it will be used etc...

What would you look for? Recommendations? Advice?

Thanks

[MattyK]

A trainer bike for your wife eh? Sounds like a fair trade.

I’ll see myself out.

[Pete8oes]

Ha oh crap... edited now though well played sir

[Duck!]

To run on a 10-sp. cassette, the bike in question will need to have a 10-sp. shifter to get the cable pull right. 8, 9 and 10-sp. cassettes are all pretty much the same overall width; to fit the additional gears in they're spaced closer together. The matching shifters pull different amounts of cable between each index point to suit.

[Thoglette]

• My wife is 5ft tall
• Prefer flat bar though not essential
• Must be compatible with my 10sp cassette

Im assuming xs womens frame, 48-50cm? with 10sp groupset , though have seen that 9sp sora/tiagra fits 10sp

The question is not overall height but Pubic bone height

ie frame size is mostly driven by seat-to-pedal height

Given that you don’t need to actually ride this thing anywhere, a cheap step-through (eg Reid) in the smallest (700c* ) size you can find would do nicely.

If it runs 7sp road a little BF&I will get an 8/9/10 wheel in a steel frame. I can’t talk to aluminium (but I do own a set of metal files )

How much shifting functionality do you need? (My only experience with trainers has been the single-speed variety.
You will need a 10sp chain to fit the 10sp cassette

*strictly speaking the kickrcore will work with just about any wheel size but moving from 700c means you may have more “fun” matching the frame to the 130mm OLD hub.