[RBW] Re: I finished an Yves Gomez for my wife

2010-08-22 Thread Angus
William, We put a child stoker kit on the back of our tandem...and found that little kids can virtually fall asleep and yet not fall off the bike. Angus On Aug 21, 11:29 am, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the kind words.  My two kids (9 and 7 years old) have gotten really

[RBW] Re: I finished an Yves Gomez for my wife

2010-08-22 Thread scott
I'm a male and would prefer the Betty over the Yves in the looks department, decals and all! I love the hearts. Scott On Aug 22, 5:42 am, Angus angusle...@sbcglobal.net wrote: William, We put a child stoker kit on the back of our tandem...and found that little kids can virtually fall

[RBW] Re: I finished an Yves Gomez for my wife

2010-08-21 Thread William
Thanks for the kind words. My two kids (9 and 7 years old) have gotten really enthusiastic about cycling, which has motivated my wife to be into it as well. Humorous aside about my daughter. She learned to ride without training wheels just this summer. We did an intensive session on our

[RBW] Re: I finished an Yves Gomez for my wife

2010-08-21 Thread Calm54
Wow, the Yves is a beautiful bike. I hope Riv is still making mixtes when I am ready for one. Your stories about teaching your children how to ride a bike brings back memories for me. You are obviously are enjoying the experience, the memories will bring smiles to your eyes forever. Thank you

[RBW] Re: I finished an Yves Gomez for my wife

2010-08-20 Thread JoelMatthews
Good looking bike. Hope your wife is very happy with it. On Aug 20, 2:31 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: I've finished setting up my wife's mixte.  It's turned out quite nicely.  52cm Yves Gomez.  She's adjusting to the Albatross bars, but so far so good.  She wanted a black and tan

[RBW] Re: I finished an Yves Gomez for my wife

2010-08-20 Thread Rick
Very nice. I've always liked the Yves. And I have no qualms about the mixte. On Aug 20, 4:08 pm, JoelMatthews joelmatth...@mac.com wrote: Good looking bike.  Hope your wife is very happy with it. On Aug 20, 2:31 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: I've finished setting up my wife's

[RBW] Re: I finished an Yves Gomez for my wife

2010-08-20 Thread Crazy4Suki
Nice setup! I think you can put Betty or Yves decals on either color... so id you go with the blue, you can ask for Yves decals instead of Bettys. On Aug 20, 12:31 pm, William tapebu...@gmail.com wrote: I've finished setting up my wife's mixte.  It's turned out quite nicely.  52cm Yves Gomez.