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  1. I was wondering if any one 5' 2" or under has a 36 and what they did to
    make it fit

    please tell me brand of 36 too

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  2. Plenty of less tall people ride Cokers, even in standard trim. I'm 5'7"
    and rode mine comfortably on 150mm cranks with a standard frame and
    seat/seat post. (Longer cranks mean you need the seat lower, and
    longer legs.)

    Cathwood who posts in this forum describes herself in such a way that
    she seems unlikely to bang her head on a chandelier, and she has a 36".
    A search may produce pictures of it. If I recall correctly, it has
    telescopic fork legs. (Or she has telescopic legs. I can never
    remember these details.😉 )

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  3. hmmm... well thanks

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  4. here is a frame designed with short people in mind, only in udc uk
    though.
    http://tinyurl.com/ruzd

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  5. Mikefule said:

    Plenty of less tall people ride Cokers, even in standard trim. I'm 5'7"
    and rode mine comfortably on 150mm cranks with a standard frame and
    seat/seat post. (Longer cranks mean you need the seat lower, and
    longer legs.)

    Cathwood who posts in this forum describes herself in such a way that
    she seems unlikely to bang her head on a chandelier, and she has a 36".
    A search may produce pictures of it. If I recall correctly, it has
    telescopic fork legs. (Or she has telescopic legs. I can never
    remember these details.😉 )

    Her original telescopic coker frame is now residing with annats, she
    has a chopped down nimbus 36 frame currently.

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  6. just cut the seatpost and get shorter cranks........DUH..

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  7. not really that simple for shorter folks hobo chuck. You also have to
    cut the frame neck to make it really short.

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  8. kington99 said:

    Her original telescopic coker frame is now residing with annats, she has
    a chopped down nimbus 36 frame currently.

    Wow. All these rumours about me 😄 Actually, you're right.

    Had to sell the telescopic coker as I was too tall to ride it with
    125mm cranks 😄

    I have a Nimbus 36. Yes, Roger had to do some fiddling about with it so
    that it would fit me *but only* because I have a T7 handle. Without the
    T7 handle (at 5'2) I would have been tall enough to ride the Nimbus
    with 125mm cranks without any reajusting. Probably would have been too
    short with 150mm cranks.

    So I would say that at 5 foot 2 you could ride any 36er with 125mm
    cranks. You might have to have it slightly cut down if you want to ride
    on 150mm cranks. But you might not, because it all depends on how long
    your legs are in respect to the rest of your body. I have very short
    legs. So, for you, any 36er may be fine.

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