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So ended up buying the Pinnacle, figured it was a good enough price even as a donor bike. Road it home with the seatpost fully up and its a blast, really fast! In fact is was so comfy it's convinced me to switch to upright bars on my ss road bike! I was also really impressed with the acera groupset, I'm generally a bit snobby about low end groups but it shifts really smoothly.
Ended up telling my other half, so its no longer a surprise but wanted to check i had the sizing right (and had nowhere to hide it). She road the Pinnacle round the block and liked it , especially how light it is (9.5kg) but said she'd like the bars in a higher, less aggressive position. I think it's pretty much a flat bar road bike.
So I'm choosing now between painting the Pinnacle and swapping out the bars to north road style and maybe an adjustable ahead stem to get it higher, though I think these stems are pretty ugly. I'm not sure if this'll make the bike too cramped though? Also the forks are not exactly feminine or classic looking. I guess it look something like this, kind of neo-retro:
but in the RAL 6027 (excuse the photoshopping!) :
Or I swap the components to the Ridgeback frame and get a 1 1/8" quill and North road bars. Although it'll be heavier (steel fork) I think it may be more of what she want in aesthetics and handling. Also hopefully will be lower in weight than standard stock model. The frame is 1759g and the fork is 1119g. Reckon Ill be able to keep it near 10kg with the Pinnacle components?