THAT is a cool bike! I'm always on the lookout to see what's out there for kid bikes. Everything is pretty much overbuilt aluminum bikes with cheap suspension fork.
Hey, 450 miles/month deserves a nice bike! On Sat, Apr 24, 2010 at 10:28 PM, Me <clotht...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not entirely Rivendell-related but it involves steel tubes, practical > things [and] will have cloth tape w/hemp twine on the handlebars by > tomorrow! > > For an early b-day/spring/summer gift, I bought my 10yr old daughter a > brand-spankin'-new Surly Long Haul Trucker... and surprised her with > it last night and then, early today got to our local bike ship for the > headset install + new KoolStop 'Salmon' brake pads. > > She is averaging about 450 miles per month of riding on her 24" > wheeled Trek bike, so it was time for something a little more > befitting her mileage, enter the new bike: > > > http://istanbultea.smugmug.com/photos/swfpopup.mg?AlbumID=11953881&AlbumKey=iC4RX > > We will be embarking on christening her bike in properly by having a > Daddy & Daughter bike tour from Portland, OR to the Pacific Ocean [to > Cannon Beach] in 2 weeks time [about 90 miles each way]. > > Couldn't be more proud of this lil' girl!! > > She's already named it, "Noir" too. > > -Scott > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA "Bicycling is a big part of the future. It has to be. There is something wrong with a society that drives a car to workout in a gym." ~Bill Nye, scientist guy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
