Jim Thill writes: "I admit to harboring a stereotype that this young woman just wants a comfortable, reliable bike to ride, and does not care to get into a project refurbing an obscure antique."
I don't even think that counts as a stereotype. Some of the people on this list love tinkering with their bikes. That's fine, but it's not even representative of people who already love and ride bikes, let alone a new rider who, probably, just wants to ride. Maybe Dustin loves tinkering and will help his little sis out, but otherwise, I too think she should go to a bike shop-- perhaps with her brother to help her in case she ends up at a shop that wants to push her toward whatever the racers are riding nowadays-- and test ride some bikes. On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 7:04 PM, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery < thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > I admit to harboring a stereotype that this young woman just wants a > comfortable, reliable bike to ride, and does not care to get into a project > refurbing an obscure antique. Perhaps I'm wrong. > > I realize that some used bikes are a good deal, and need little or no TLC > to be a good rider. But it takes some skill to identify these. And even if > you only find high quality used bikes on your local CL, it's easy to feel > pressured to buy one that isn't ideal. At a bigger shop, at least a > customer could try several bikes side by side. Plus, there's a warranty, > maybe a deal on accessories, etc. > > -- > 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 > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- Anne Paulson My hovercraft is full of eels -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
