Here is the one I built up for my son a few years ago. I found the frame on Ebay. Of course it is lugged. I put 20x1/1/8 wheels and tires on it. The rear wheel is built up with a Shimano Sante' 7 speed hub and there is a Shimano 600 rear derailler. It required standard reach brakes. I think the handlebars are 38cm wide. I had to put interrupter levers on it so he could reach. 7-speed bar end shifters. The bike was completely Rivendell inspired. At age 8 I paced him doing 18 mph. http://www.flickr.com/photos/22765148@N02/sets/72157627975934435/
On Nov 10, 1:31 pm, David Yu Greenblatt <david.yu.greenbl...@gmail.com> wrote: > I hope Riv moves this from the back burner to the middle burner if not the > front burner. I am ready to pre-pay for one now. > > David G > Madison WI > > > > On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:19 PM, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >http://rivbike.tumblr.com/post/12528275911/mini-bike-for-7-to-9-a-bac... > > > This is just soooo fantastic. I totally obsess on kid bikes and have > > sequential bikes from 12" to 24" for pretty much the whole neighborhood. > > Coming up on 26" (and looking hard for a 90's 13" Hoo Koo E Koo or Trek 950 > > if someone has one stashed somewhere...) now, then on to 650b and 700c/29er > > territory! > > > I looked long and hard to find a GREAT 20" KHS Montana. > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/4302651574/ I moved my kids on > > to hand brakes and gears as soon as I could (this bike is ridden by my 5 > > y.o.). But ohhhhh how I would have loved to have a semi-lugged Rivendell > > for them! > > > Hey Grant, consider a 24" version as well, that's the perfect kid size > > (here's my take on the best option out there: > >http://cyclotourist.blogspot.com/2010/05/found-perfect-kid-bike.html). > > You can get kids all different sizes on that, and the 24" tires roll sooooo > > much better than 20" tires do. > > > -- > > Cheers, > > David > > Redlands, CA > > > **- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
