Not to put a damper on things...but those in academia employed as professors can probably wheel their bikes into their offices(if they;ve got room or make room), a privilege students don't enjoy unless they're grad students who may be lucky enough to share office space.
And one other thing to note is that your son might add an inch or so to that 6'1'' frame. It's so weird...I've been reading and enjoying your posts since those boys were in elementary school...wow! On Sunday, August 13, 2023 at 12:46:28 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > These posts are so engaging. I have enjoyed reading all of them, and I see > your points and they are good ones. > > I may send my son off with the 52 Clem as a test bike, but it really is > too small. My WORD, the big Clem L fits him so nicely. Still, I hate to > risk it right away before he really gets a lay of the land and sees where > the safe bike parking is located. Further complicating matters is that I > plan to get him a dyno wheelset and the 52 takes 650b and the big Clem > 700c. Not interchangeable, sigh. > > I am most encouraged by those in academia who have reported they still > have their bikes after years of commuting with them. Bike thieves; there’s > gotta be a special place in hell for those… > L > > On Saturday, August 12, 2023 at 3:15:03 PM UTC-4 Jason Fuller wrote: > >> My take, in point form: >> >> - Any bike is at risk of theft or vandalism in this situation, no matter >> how 'perfectly suited' to the job it is. >> - That said, the Clem L is definitely less attractive to thieves than a >> Surly, despite being better in our eyes. Surlys are much better known. >> - If you are comfortable with a real risk of losing it to theft, and want >> to see it live its life, I'd go for it >> - If it's painful to think of it being stolen, I'd hold it back and buy a >> $300 single speed for its disposable nature >> >> On Saturday, 12 August 2023 at 10:00:07 UTC-7 dajo...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Let's make it 3 for 3. Keep the new Clem at home. There will be plenty >>> of time for him to enjoy it during college breaks, and post-college. In >>> 20+ years as a campus pastor at a Big 12 university, I don't ever recall >>> seeing that nice of a bike on campus. >>> >>> David Jones >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 5, 2023, 9:56 PM Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! < >>> jonasa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> It nearly kills me to say it, but my older son will be heading to >>>> college in a year. Freshman aren’t to bring cars to campus, so that leaves >>>> buses, bikes, and your own two feet for transportation. My boys have grown >>>> up riding Clem Hs; this son rides a 52 cm cast-off from my husband (who >>>> doesn’t ride, sigh). >>>> >>>> My 6’3” Dad had a blue 59 cm Clem on order when he died suddenly in >>>> 2020, and his blue Clem has sat, boxed, waiting for my boy to grow into >>>> it. >>>> I lugged the gargantuan box up from the basement last week to see how if >>>> the bike would fit. “Now that I’ve obtained optimal height,” my son is >>>> fond >>>> of saying… >>>> >>>> Anyway, he’s 6’1” now (likely still growing) and I need him to decide >>>> if he wants to stick with his old Clem H (that he was fond of) or settle >>>> into this Clem L. Because whichever bike he chooses is getting new wheels, >>>> dyno and fenders and going to college with him. At first he was opposed to >>>> the idea of a new Clem; he liked his old Clem, thought it looked cool. But >>>> after the - as he calls it - Big Bike was assembled, he really began to >>>> like it. “It looks elegant,” he said. It really does, all long and lithe, >>>> in blue and silver. He put his saddle and bags on the bike and we test >>>> rode >>>> it tonight. He said, “I am really liking the Big Bike. I like that my >>>> knees >>>> don’t have anything to hit (geez, were his knees hitting his bars?!) and >>>> it >>>> looks elegant. It feels more at home now that I have my old saddle on it.” >>>> >>>> I have mixed feelings about sending him to college with this bike, >>>> because it’s so nice. I also doubt he’ll be able to get it on a bus bike >>>> rack - and I have no idea how often he will want to do that. His bike life >>>> is totally unknown at this point. All I know is that I’m getting him dyno >>>> because the kid has never remembered to charge a light in his LIFE and I >>>> will not sleep at night without it.The 52 takes 650b wheels and the 59 >>>> takes 700c, so I don’t want to buy the wheels until I know which bike he >>>> really wants. But as of now, he wants his new bike. >>>> >>>> I know people will say we should just get a beater. I know why that >>>> would be advisable, but I also hate to think of a Clem languishing when it >>>> could be serving a noble purpose. I’d love for him and his Clem to journey >>>> through undergrad together. >>>> >>>> I am wondering…has anyone gone to college or sent their kid to college >>>> with a Clem? What do you have to say about it? 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