u/PaleontologistSafe17

I am not able to find a road bike off the rack that fits my body. I am 5' 2 1/2" or 5'3, 125# but VERY short torso and average leg length. I wear a petite in tops but a normal length pants. I have severe degenerative disc disease and stenosis and blew out my l4 disc on a bike that didn't fit years ago.

Does anyone own a road bike such as a Liv Bike with my type of proportions and feel good on it? If you do, could you name the makers and how you got it to fit?

Unfortunately, fit gets more and more important for me as I age. My first road bike after I was 40 was actually, I found out, the same geometry as the men's they sold, it was too long and dropped and they called it "womens" road bike (Turned out to be a mens Fuji that Fuji painted a cute purple, added a women's saddle and called it women's), and blew out a lumbar disc and was in agony for a year. The Shortest stem wouldn't even come close to making it fit better.

I have given up long rides until i can find a properly fitting bike. I am extremely short through the waist, narrow shoulders, and average/long legs for my height. I started this way in life and it gets worse each year due to disc compression as my spine gets shorter.

Because Liv is the only company still making road bikes designed for women, I looked at them but they still are not great for my body size. I don't know why. I would like a top tube length of about 505 mm. In 2011 Specialized built a Ruby that fit me and I waited a couple years to afford it but between 2012 and 2013 they changed the geometry then discontinued women's frames. i ordered it in between the size change and the catalog didn't reflect the new sizing so my bike is still too long through the reach.

Thanks in advance!

I know I have complained enough here already but I think I am _almost_ spiraling more about my post op size than preop. Before my reduction I was excited but peopple kept telling me not to do it for one reason or another. I let that get to me and almost cancelled my surgery the day before, then showed up to my surgery appt and backed out of saying Yes, still want to be small" the day of markup/surgery, because of what everyone said and being freaking awake ALL NIGHT sweating and anxious, the night before surgery.

I am disappointed with myself and yet the process for size decisions is not helpful for someone with the kind of trouble I have visualizing and also allowing people to jerk me around. This has really taught me a lesson but hope I can follow through.

I am 4 mpo and yesterday, finally allowed myself to bra shop and then look at preop and post op pics. I am likely 2 cup sizes bigger than I wanted but moreso, I noticed I just look so flabby now that my boobs don't cover my stomach as much.

I am much older (70y) and have a lot of saggy skin from 3 pregnancies which included twins. I take antidepressants and they seem to keep fat on my belly also though I am not overweight. 5'3" and 126 #. I measure about a 30 F or 32 DD-DDD ish depending on bra brand. I bought a stretchy one yesterday to get out of my hooked compression bras but couldn't bring myself to try on cup sized bras. I didn't want to go bra shopping for fear of the spiral I am now in!

I am considering a revision but also a tummy tuck and bra line lift. Anyone relate to my experience? I am just looking for experience and hope, and maybe some empathy to possibly let go of this body dysmorphia I am experiencing.

Before

3 mpo

I am looking for a place to live so I can be car free but closer to what i love to do which is in the mountains, skiing, hiking etc. I’m exploring the Northwest rn and it’s a nightmare here for non drivers. I can’t figure out how to get to the Seattle airport on a train but it has to exist! There is zero mountain access for skiing without a car.

If i could live in Switzerland (I can’t) i could take public transit from big cities. 5 minute walk to the skiing. Wtf is wrong with people in the usa? I am tired.