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Josh Owen Morris @joshowenmorris.co.uk

Starting to look at a new bike for my wife. She doesn't have great strength in her hands/wrists due to an injury in her early 20s. Looking at relaxed gravel-y bikes with flared bars and ideally electric gears? Any recs for models or maybe fitters? North Wales/NW England/Yorkshire?

sep 3, 2025, 9:25 am • 2 1

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Katy @theblueulysses.bsky.social

Keep Pedalling in Manchester are great for custom builds (not cheap), and they know their stuff about the broad range of handlebars etc. Not sure how much they'd have to test though but worth asking.

sep 3, 2025, 9:35 am • 1 0 • view
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Simon @broomwagon.bsky.social

I've bought a Specialized Roubaix, I love it. It doesn't have flared bars but it is quite gravely-y & it has electric gears & disc brakes. The thing that I think will help your wife is that there is a shock absorber system in the stem (under the handlebars) and that might help reduce any wrist pain

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