Concidering a middleweight bike as my first...

[Ninja Geoff]

The Blast would make for a good starter bike for shorter folks.

I got a look at the "short" blast and the seat barely came up to my knees, tried sitting on it and my knees were above my hands, and im 5'10" with a fairly average build. The "standard" blast was not bad though.

I just got to sit on a Blast for the first time today. It's... Tiny. I'm 6' 260 lbs and i felt really cramped. I'm sure if i weren't so big it'd be nice.