I zip tied a strawberry basket to my son’s handlebars and he loved it. They all have bells.
I also cut up reflective tape and let him put it where he wants. Best, Aaron in El Paso On Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 4:13:25 PM UTC-6 Jim Whorton wrote: > Great topic. The approach at our house was, I took my 7-year-old daughter > to the art supply store and she picked out spray paint. Then we stripped > her bike (a very un-Riv hand-me-down with a suspension fork and grip > shifters) to the frame and hung it from a tree branch, and she painted it > (green and blue, it took her 5 minutes). Then we put it back together > (mostly I did, but she helped) and put a basket on it. > > So it's Riv'd out in the sense that she made choices about it, the whole > process was fun, and she loves it. She knows how the gears work. When > she's taller we'll find another cool frame and then we'll work on friction > shifting. > > We kept the components intact, including the handlebar--she doesn't care > about that. We added a bell and the gaudiest reflectors I could find. And > we didn't spend much money, so I don't freak out when I see it standing in > the driveway without a lock on it. > > Jim in Rochester > On Thursday, July 1, 2021 at 11:06:05 AM UTC-4 gabe.de...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I've been thinking about this a lot lately and wanted to know if anyone >> has done this to a kids bike. Did the children immediately roll their eyes? >> What kind of handlebars did you use? Most kids bikes come in either an >> extreme paint color or a highly feminine paint color, did you repaint it to >> something more pleasing for everyone? > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/04f8cdc8-7f0f-4392-98b2-b4e465730077n%40googlegroups.com.
