Called out by Jim M!?! Zing... ;-) It's funny b/c I saw your message earlier and was thinking about what to write. Before becoming a dad the "they outgrow just em too fast" factor always sounded cliche, but now I see there is a kind of bittersweet truth to that...
My 6.5yo princess rocks a Novara (bumble bee yellow) w pink Newbaums tape, and a rather horrible-wonderful pink "Schwinn" w full fenders etc, both 16", but she should probably move up to 20" or larger. That's where the tres ancien juvenile (450A/22.5" tire) racer frame which Mather mocks comes into play - 24"/520iso wheels should fit it... but even that is a boat anchor. Pretty sure there were some cool mini-UJB Fujis out there. Perhaps time for Riv to take the Rosco Bubbe project off the shelf... =- Joe Bunik gonna git at my projects, mark my words... Walnut Creek, CA On 4/15/13, Jim Mather <[email protected]> wrote: > How tall is she? I would think that would be the limiting factor. There are > road racing bikes with 24" wheels, both new (mostly aluminum but even some > cf) and vintage steel with lugs. I don't know how easy it would be to find > a vintage one, but if you queried the Classics Rendezvous list, you'd > probably turn up something. I think Joe Bunik on this list has one hanging > in his garage, along with a bunch of other project frames that will > probably never get built (just kidding Joe). > > My daughter studies French and wanted a French bike, so I found a lugged > steel Peugeot mixte in purple. Polished it up, replaced the heavy steel 27" > wheels with alloy 700's, replaced the junky Simplex with Shimano, added > Nitto Dove bars, and voila, a classy purple get-around town bike. That was > when she was about 11, and a bit under 5' tall. > > jim m > wc ca > > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 8:42 PM, Peter M <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My daughter has all of a sudden taken an interest in my bike collection >> and keeps hollering at me to "build her a cool bike." I have been >> looking >> around CL and ebay but all I see is either old stuff that was crap when >> new >> or new stuff that is just crap. Shame girls bikes get the short end of >> the >> stick. To add to the challenge my daughter is a princess and wont be seen >> on something not pink or purple and sparkly. So I could get something >> intended for a boy and get re-spray but I know there are a good bit of >> parents on here who might have a better idea. Cali said she wants a bike >> like daddys, not like the ones she sees in walmart, made me smile. >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
