Catie turned 8 on June 8th. I had promised her a new bike if she finally learned to ride her Electra Little Betty sans training wheels -- Catie is intellectually and artistically precocious but somewhat retrograde in her gross motor skills: tall and klutzy, as I was as a boy (but a lot prettier). She put her mind to it and did so, so I bought her this: http://www.rei.com/product/781229
Hers is the 24" wheel model: 3 speed coaster brake hub, aluminum frame and parts -- lighter by far than the Little Betty and even lighter compared to the Magna/Raleigh 16" wheel bike her mother bought her, which weighs close to what my Monocog 29er weighs. The townie is not a bad bike, though it comes only in pink, which is *so* six year old. Catie started out with a Radio Flyer trike with freewheel and optional remote parent steering, then I bought her a little 12" wheel bike, then a 16" wheel bike while her mother bought her the Raleigh-so-called. The the Little Betty at five, and now the Townie. Quite a collection for someone whe didn't leave the training wheels behind until a month ago. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
