...The Specialized Dolce might work for you...
The Dolce being the ladies version of the Allez/Secteur range and I agree with PpPete it may indeed work for you on a supported 9-10 day Lejog tour. At "about 5ft2/5ft1" then in a drop bar bike I would definitely recommend trying a women's specific design, on a flat bar bike a unisex model may come back into play as you are not pushing your 'long and low' cycling position quite as much as you are on a drop bar bike. On that note regarding cycling position I would definitely recommend you the 'bike fit' set up correctly. Many will quite rightly take great care to get the correct style of bike, in the correct size, with all the correct clothing, shoes and kit, yet with all these important factors in place I so often see riders with the incorrect set up on the bike, so they have to try harder than they need do and often get aches and pains they don’t need to have as a result.
Trek also have their ladies version that can also take guards, now called
Lexa , I bought an older version, their 1.2 wsd that as you can see below can take narrow guards; just! Potentially this is something well worth having for Lejog. Incidentally Louisa is 5ft 1 1/2" and that is a 47cm size frame and she has used it on a few
challenging tours, that picture below although not on Lejog, it was of a similar type, the
Coast to Coast, from Lowestoft’ in Suffolk, the most easterly part of Britain, to ‘St Davids Head’ in Wales; 441 miles.
Note the bike below did have numerous modifications and upgrades from the standard spec
*, new group, wheels and a lower gearing. That said although the Lexa I linked to above only has a compact double transmission it actually has slightly lower gearing than when I did
Lejog myself, so it should still be low enough on a unloaded bike for a fit small/light lady. Note Louisa has a small
Bar Bag,
Rack pack, and
seat post rack, it's no load carrying pack mule but will take that amount of luggage OK. Would suggest you ride as light as you can as Lejog in 9-10 days will be a challenge, an achievable challenge yes but you should try and stack the odds in your favour as much as you can.
In conclusion I would like to add that what a lovely thing for a 16 year old young lady to want to do; well done Rebecca
Paul Smith
* My intention was that if she like touring I would buy her a custom Titanium frame and if she didn't I would have all the Equipment, as it was all newer and better than mine. In reality what actually happened is she loved touring but as she had ridden a couple of tours on 'Trigger the Trek' she wouldn't part with the frame. I then naturally had equipment envy and upgraded my own. The tipping point for Trigger will be how well it copes with panniers should we do some unsupported tours, as it's really a Sportive bike that can take guards more than it is an Audax bike that can take light luggage.