Photos, please, of bike and rider, when it arrives, and a rider's report after it has been ridden.
Shoji: cute photo. I wish I'd kept those I took of Catie when she was 4-5-6 and on her bike/s. (Or 2-3 on the Radio Flyer trike with pneumatic wheels, freewheel (no brake! stupid!) and remote parent steering/pushing -- we used to cruise the aisles of the nearby Albertson's together.) On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 1:22 PM, LeahFoy <jonasandle...@gmail.com> wrote: > The afternoon dragged on, until it was finally that magic time when my > kids are mine again. I could not get them home fast enough. I immediately > began futzing, poking, and measuring Lincoln to determine his frame size. > He found the whole thing somewhat interesting and somewhat humiliating. > "Mom, why are you giving me a wedgie?" > > I called my husband at work to lament my situation. He was busy, he was > between meetings, answering emails, and checking the stock market. I was > emotional, he was distracted. And that is where he made his mistake. While > not a fan of spending even more money on yet another bike, he said, "Do > what you have to do." > > Which I took as PERMISSION. > > So, quicker than a jackrabbit on a date, I raced to the computer and > called Islabike. I blurted out my credit card number and received in > exchange, a red-orange Beinn 20 (large) bicycle for my Lincoln. I haven't > exactly told, well, anyone yet. To assuage my guilt, I immediately made up > a Craigslist ad to sell the Giant. Only one nibble so far. > > I pushed the sizing a bit on the Islabike. I read - and they admit - to > conservative sizing. Linc is at the minimum in size for the large frame, > giving him some room to grow. I also wanted a weight on him since I was > measuring everything else, and turns out, he's actually only 44 pounds, not > even 50. My poor kid. Next week a box will arrive, and it will be from > Portland and it will be a glorious, glorious day! > > Now, say a collective prayer that my husband is as pleased over this as I > am. *Smirk.* > > -- > 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.
