Leah, Your Mom's new handle is outstanding. You've got a creative kid! Best wishes to your Mom and her new bike. Love that color!
On Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 3:51:36 PM UTC-7, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > > Wise words from Kiley! You are spot on about step-through issue - I really > wish it was a lower bar on my Betty Foy. > > Mom is getting a little light sage Cheviot in 2 weeks, maybe she will > weigh in, too. Over dinner on our vacation, we were trying to come up with > a name for her on this forum. We turned it over to my devastatingly clever > 10 year old boy, and he offered Grammy the most perfect handle EVER..... > > The Granny Gear. > > Coming to a forum near you! 😂 > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 1, 2019, at 10:37 AM, Kiley Demond <khde...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Oh, oh! I rode both at Riv HQ and picked the Cheviot because I loved the > lugs and the shade of orange (which is my favorite color) a pinch more. > That choice cost me thousands of dollars over the next few years as I took > to swapping out this and that. The Clem standard components would have fit > me better initially and I ended up making my Chev more like Clem. The > Cheviot's step-thru clearance isn't as significant as I would have liked. > And I spent forever trying to get a front fender to work with 55 tires, > it's a snap with a Clem. Ultimately, my answer would be that for all day > riding and touring, the Cheviot is a better option. For most everything > else, Clem is a better option, and you can buy your wife lots of other > nifty things with the extra $$;-). (And years before this, I almost bought > a Betty Foy. If I had bought that instead of a Dutch bike, I probably > wouldn't be writing this at all.) > > On Monday, April 29, 2019 at 10:10:07 AM UTC-7, Justin Schoop wrote: >> >> My wife has finally shown interest in a nice frame that's more >> comfortable than her road bike and surly LHT. I recommended the Clem and >> Chevoit and she really likes the idea of the step-thru frames. >> >> Hoping to get more insight into the two and what the major difference >> would be. Thanks! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/3_FSC9tfkYM/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
