Just a guess, but perhaps the principal problem is the tires? FWIW, the last BQ had a review of the Islabike, or one model thereof.
Having grown up myself with the old JC Higgins cruisers, I'm tempted to say, "Let the kids learn on heavy, slow (but not junk! Not Walmart!) bikes; any bike for a small child is great fun, and any upgrade is icing on the gravy (so to speak). But I didn't follow this rule for my daughter by any means! On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 1:19 PM, LeahFoy <jonasandle...@gmail.com> wrote: > I bought my 1st grader a new Giant XTC 20 inch bike this summer, so that > he could master the 2.5 mile-each-way-all-uphill-on-the-way-back school > commute. The bike shop people said Giant makes Trek and Specialized, as > well as offer its own line of bikes. At half the cost and the promise of > similar (maybe equal) quality, the XTC won out. > > My son doesn't complain, but I've really come to dislike that bike's > geometry. Every time I look at him, he's standing up and pedaling. Even on > flat areas. I rarely see him sit. I've asked him why and if the bike is > uncomfortable and he doesn't know how to tell me anything other than it's > more comfortable for him to stand. I don't remember him doing this on his > Specialized Hotrock in 16 inches. His knees look like they come up too high > as well. The tires are very wide, and I feel like his bike has drag on it > when I walk it out of the school bike rack to the school yard entrance. I > always have my other son's Specialized in the other hand, and it is > effortless. > > So, every day, my younger son struggles up the hill on that Giant bike. > Meanwhile, my older son glides on his Specialized Hotrock 24 inches, and > only stands on the steepest part of the climb, which makes me feel so > rotten. If I had thought the Giant would be wrong, I'd have gladly spent > the extra money on the Specialized. I hate to toss more money into kids' > bikes, but since we use ours 5 miles per day, 5 days per week, I have to > consider it. > > I've seen positive remarks from the Bunch about Islabikes, but they are > spendy and I can find almost no info about them online. Seems a bit risky, > and I'm rather risk-adverse after my Giant purchase. > > Riv content: Can the Clem and Clementine have a baby bike and we can call > it the Little Squirt? Please, Grant? > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
