I'm with the majority here: don't do it. What's the upside? You didn't say what his major is, but if it's anything that requires his full attention, the bike is for getting around, not primarily enjoyment. If it won't require that, why go at all?
This suggestion is valid: >> I've had to use all sorts of creativity for keeping them inside but that's like having another job, especially if it isn't a dry climate. Wet bike indoors = no fun. Ask me how I know. When our daughter went to college, way back in 2017, I got her a Trek 830 in the usual condition and hung fenders on it and oiled the chain. Problem solved. Add a U-lock, and miracle of miracles, she still has it and it stayed with us when she moved out. For her birthday this year, I spruced it up, got Schwalbe Marathons and built a dyno front wheel for it, and now she locks it up in her apartment carport. Four weeks later, some yatz stole the saddle and post. Not thinking, I had left the quick release on, b/c who would want a cheap take-off saddle?e. That's when I remembered we live in a college town, too ;) With the COVID bike boom over and cheap mountain bikes everywhere, I don't see the upside of taking a $2k+ bike to college. Let him do the minimal wrenching required to get the bike in fighting shape. Taking his late Grandpa's bike doesn't make sense to me -- he'll want to hold on to that for life, no? cheers -mathias On Sunday, August 6, 2023 at 9:50:40 AM UTC-4 Mike Davis wrote: > I've spent over 30 years on college campuses and 20 of those with an > Atlantis. If I ride to work, it stays in my office until I leave. I have > seen literally hundreds of bikes stripped and stolen. If you can't keep it > indoors,my advice is a 80-90s steel MTB frame that fits. > > On Sun, Aug 6, 2023, 9:35 AM Johnny Alien <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I know nothing about college theft BUT if he is relying on bus >> transportation as well I am 99.9% positive that a Clem that size won't work >> with their racks. If thats the case then more often than not the bike won't >> get used. Side note...judging by photos the 59 Clem looks like a really >> good fit. Side, side note...congrats to both you and your kid!! >> >> On Sunday, August 6, 2023 at 8:08:30 AM UTC-4 Bill Schairer wrote: >> >>> I'll take the middle ground. Let him get the lay of the land before >>> making a decision. >>> >>> On Sunday, August 6, 2023 at 12:53:46 AM UTC-7 Luke Hendrickson wrote: >>> >>>> Do it!!! What a way for him to think of your father and remember him. >>>> >>>> On Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 10:56:15 PM UTC-7 [email protected] >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> DON'T DO IT ! >>>>> >>>>> I am collectively in the same thought as the others before my post. >>>>> Save the Clem Smith Jr. "L" for after his college years for him to >>>>> thoroughly appreciate it, as a graduation present. >>>>> >>>>> Yes, the likelihood of it getting stolen is very high in a college >>>>> setting. Buy him a second hand bicycle to ride to college. If it does get >>>>> stolen, you will be heart-broken and have a very difficult time forgiving >>>>> yourself for allowing him to ride the Clem to college. >>>>> >>>>> Rivendell bicycles are very special and their owners treat them well >>>>> with the utmost care. >>>>> >>>>> *The Clem will not fit on the bicycle rack of a transit bus. It is >>>>> nearly 80" long.* >>>>> >>>>> Kim Hetzel >>>>> Yelm, WA. >>>>> >>>>> On Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 9:23:44 PM UTC-7 Josiah Anderson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I'm going to go against others' strong opinions here. It probably >>>>>> depends on where exactly he's going, but a Riv can be fine on a college >>>>>> campus if he's careful. My Crust and Rivendell have both survived >>>>>> college >>>>>> campus life at the University of Montana with me. I've had to use all >>>>>> sorts >>>>>> of creativity for keeping them inside in Montana winters; they've ended >>>>>> up >>>>>> under my bed, hanging in a closet, in the garage at work, in my living >>>>>> room >>>>>> in the house I live in now, and the list goes on and on. When leaving >>>>>> them >>>>>> locked up, my thinking is that they don't look like fancy modern bikes >>>>>> that >>>>>> would be attractive to theives, and if they are locked well (I usually >>>>>> use >>>>>> two u-locks if leaving for more than a couple hours) then the theives >>>>>> will >>>>>> go for the abundance of basic modern mountain bikes locked with cables >>>>>> instead. It's worked well for me for the past three years, and I know >>>>>> several others who have ridden nice bikes on college campuses for many >>>>>> years. Lock it up well, don't completely ignore it and it'll be fine. >>>>>> And >>>>>> if it's not, then at least it was being loved and not just sitting >>>>>> around. >>>>>> >>>>>> Josiah Anderson >>>>>> Missoula, MT >>>>>> >>>>>> Le sam. 5 août 2023 à 19:56, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! < >>>>>> [email protected]> a écrit : >>>>>> >>>>>>> It nearly kills me to say it, but my older son will be heading to >>>>>>> college in a year. Freshman aren’t to bring cars to campus, so that >>>>>>> leaves >>>>>>> buses, bikes, and your own two feet for transportation. My boys have >>>>>>> grown >>>>>>> up riding Clem Hs; this son rides a 52 cm cast-off from my husband (who >>>>>>> doesn’t ride, sigh). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My 6’3” Dad had a blue 59 cm Clem on order when he died suddenly in >>>>>>> 2020, and his blue Clem has sat, boxed, waiting for my boy to grow into >>>>>>> it. >>>>>>> I lugged the gargantuan box up from the basement last week to see how >>>>>>> if >>>>>>> the bike would fit. “Now that I’ve obtained optimal height,” my son is >>>>>>> fond >>>>>>> of saying… >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Anyway, he’s 6’1” now (likely still growing) and I need him to >>>>>>> decide if he wants to stick with his old Clem H (that he was fond of) >>>>>>> or >>>>>>> settle into this Clem L. Because whichever bike he chooses is getting >>>>>>> new >>>>>>> wheels, dyno and fenders and going to college with him. At first he was >>>>>>> opposed to the idea of a new Clem; he liked his old Clem, thought it >>>>>>> looked >>>>>>> cool. But after the - as he calls it - Big Bike was assembled, he >>>>>>> really >>>>>>> began to like it. “It looks elegant,” he said. It really does, all long >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> lithe, in blue and silver. He put his saddle and bags on the bike and >>>>>>> we >>>>>>> test rode it tonight. He said, “I am really liking the Big Bike. I like >>>>>>> that my knees don’t have anything to hit (geez, were his knees hitting >>>>>>> his >>>>>>> bars?!) and it looks elegant. It feels more at home now that I have my >>>>>>> old >>>>>>> saddle on it.” >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have mixed feelings about sending him to college with this bike, >>>>>>> because it’s so nice. I also doubt he’ll be able to get it on a bus >>>>>>> bike >>>>>>> rack - and I have no idea how often he will want to do that. His bike >>>>>>> life >>>>>>> is totally unknown at this point. All I know is that I’m getting him >>>>>>> dyno >>>>>>> because the kid has never remembered to charge a light in his LIFE and >>>>>>> I >>>>>>> will not sleep at night without it.The 52 takes 650b wheels and the 59 >>>>>>> takes 700c, so I don’t want to buy the wheels until I know which bike >>>>>>> he >>>>>>> really wants. But as of now, he wants his new bike. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I know people will say we should just get a beater. I know why that >>>>>>> would be advisable, but I also hate to think of a Clem languishing when >>>>>>> it >>>>>>> could be serving a noble purpose. I’d love for him and his Clem to >>>>>>> journey >>>>>>> through undergrad together. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I am wondering…has anyone gone to college or sent their kid to >>>>>>> college with a Clem? What do you have to say about it? 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