[RBW] Re: OT-Cool Lugged bike for 7 year old (has to be girly)
We bought the smallest Trek Skye for my daughter a couple of years ago (she was 9 at the time). She was wanting a purple or pink bike too. We headed into the LBS to see what they had, and there in stock was the right size bike in a metallic gray, with the decal for it in pink... although she was picturing a pink bike, she really liked this one (possibly because it was 'right there', versus 'still looking'. But she still likes it. And, the price wasn't bad; even though it was an inexpensive bike, it isn't bad at all, it actually quite good. I would like to see her on a little Betty Foy, but, I can't quite justify that for a kids' bike. Elephant made a bike for a gal, that I thought was outright awesome. It would be one that I'd be happy to see her on. Again, tho' I'm sure it wouldn't have been anywhere near as cost-effective as the Trek was... On Monday, April 15, 2013 11:42:01 PM UTC-4, Peter M 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.
[RBW] Re: OT-Cool Lugged bike for 7 year old (has to be girly)
PS: the nice thing about the Trek, when we first got it, we slammed the seat down, then raised it a little, to get the right saddle height. But w/ the post all the way up to the extension line, even I could ride it (and I'm six-foot-tall). So, it's a bike that she can use through college most likely. Is your daughter a 'tall' seven-year-old? On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 8:20:57 AM UTC-4, Leslie wrote: We bought the smallest Trek Skye for my daughter a couple of years ago (she was 9 at the time). She was wanting a purple or pink bike too. We headed into the LBS to see what they had, and there in stock was the right size bike in a metallic gray, with the decal for it in pink... although she was picturing a pink bike, she really liked this one (possibly because it was 'right there', versus 'still looking'. But she still likes it. And, the price wasn't bad; even though it was an inexpensive bike, it isn't bad at all, it actually quite good. I would like to see her on a little Betty Foy, but, I can't quite justify that for a kids' bike. Elephant made a bike for a gal, that I thought was outright awesome. It would be one that I'd be happy to see her on. Again, tho' I'm sure it wouldn't have been anywhere near as cost-effective as the Trek was... On Monday, April 15, 2013 11:42:01 PM UTC-4, Peter M 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.
Re: [RBW] Re: OT-Cool Lugged bike for 7 year old (has to be girly)
She is not particularly tall for her age but is moving past themed stuff like Disney princesses and whatnot and could probably be talked into a somewhat normal looking bike. I was also thinking of a folding bike since then tend to have low profiles, anyone's kid ever grow with a decent folding bike? On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Leslie leslie.bri...@gmail.com wrote: PS: the nice thing about the Trek, when we first got it, we slammed the seat down, then raised it a little, to get the right saddle height. But w/ the post all the way up to the extension line, even I could ride it (and I'm six-foot-tall). So, it's a bike that she can use through college most likely. Is your daughter a 'tall' seven-year-old? On Tuesday, April 16, 2013 8:20:57 AM UTC-4, Leslie wrote: We bought the smallest Trek Skye for my daughter a couple of years ago (she was 9 at the time). She was wanting a purple or pink bike too. We headed into the LBS to see what they had, and there in stock was the right size bike in a metallic gray, with the decal for it in pink... although she was picturing a pink bike, she really liked this one (possibly because it was 'right there', versus 'still looking'. But she still likes it. And, the price wasn't bad; even though it was an inexpensive bike, it isn't bad at all, it actually quite good. I would like to see her on a little Betty Foy, but, I can't quite justify that for a kids' bike. Elephant made a bike for a gal, that I thought was outright awesome. It would be one that I'd be happy to see her on. Again, tho' I'm sure it wouldn't have been anywhere near as cost-effective as the Trek was... On Monday, April 15, 2013 11:42:01 PM UTC-4, Peter M 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.
