Agreed on the priorities of the Boy Child. My original idea for my son's Redline was to pimp it out with recumbent fenders and moustache bars, but that was rejected out of hand. He didn't want a miniaturized version of Dad's bike, for some reason.
Philip Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Nov 8, 8:29 pm, Allan in Portland <allan_f...@aracnet.com> wrote: > Yeah, dibs on one of the samples. :-) > > Though, from my experience, what boys really want are knobbies, gears, and > handbrakes in that order. > > When he started 1st grade our neighbor gave my son a hand-me down Trek 20" > coaster brake bike. I replaced the imitation moto-cross tires and fenders > with Schwalbe Marathons and full-coverage Wald chrome and gave it a nice > brass bell. (The cheap jingle-bell didn't last as my wife got sick of > listening to it everyday, twice a day, for ~2 miles each way.) I was going > to put some mustache bars on it to complete the look, but never got around > to it. I really should. > > Of course, he has no appreciation for it and vastly prefers riding the 30+ > lb full-suspension Walmart special yet another neighbor gave him. Of course > I let him choose which he rides. That is, until the rain comes then it's > "sorry, gotta ride the 'fender' bike." -- 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.
