Re: [RBW] OT-Cool Lugged bike for 7 year old (has to be girly)
If she can fit a 24 bike, you have a lot more options over 20 bikes. They're quite heavy, but the older Trek 220 kid bikes are pretty cool. Steel frame, rigid fork, decent serviceable components. Typically very low use. Can find on CL pretty easily cheaply: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/4617382399/in/set-72157594443171032That's a girl' model as it's it slightly lowered TT and is painted dark purple. Cheers, David On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 9:26 PM, Jim Mather mather...@gmail.com 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 uscpeter11...@gmail.com 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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.
Re: [RBW] OT-Cool Lugged bike for 7 year old (has to be girly)
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 mather...@gmail.com 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 uscpeter11...@gmail.com 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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.
Re: [RBW] OT-Cool Lugged bike for 7 year old (has to be girly)
What about a folding bike with swept back bars? Could that grow with her? -J -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
[RBW] OT-Cool Lugged bike for 7 year old (has to be girly)
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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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.
Re: [RBW] OT-Cool Lugged bike for 7 year old (has to be girly)
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 uscpeter11...@gmail.com 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. 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.
