Re: [RBW] ISO examples and photos of nice city bikes on a budget

2012-08-24 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Marc: thanks; how much and what does it look like? I expect it will be too small; she is 5'6 to 5'7, but she has very long legs -- can ride a 58 c-c. On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Marc Schwartz mschw...@nmsu.edu wrote: Patrick, If she's 5'2-5'6, I know a dude down in Cruces with a Kogswell

Re: [RBW] ISO examples and photos of nice city bikes on a budget

2012-08-23 Thread islaysteve
Patrick, as you've probably discovered by now, that budget will not support a current VO Polyvalent. $550 for f/f and over 1200 for their build kit, which includes f/f but is still not quite a complete bike. You are also probably familiar with the Lovely Bicycle! blog; but I thought I'd

Re: [RBW] ISO examples and photos of nice city bikes on a budget

2012-08-21 Thread Peter Morgano
Referring to my earlier thread hows about the selections from velo orange? On Aug 21, 2012 7:12 PM, PATRICK MOORE bertin...@gmail.com wrote: A friend wants to take up commuting to her job at Intel, some 4 miles from her house in Rio Rancho: rolling terrain with 200-300 feet of climbing (I

Re: [RBW] ISO examples and photos of nice city bikes on a budget

2012-08-21 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Peter: My memory is full of holes (probably due to so much Jameson's). Can you refresh? Meanwhile, will pass Go and proceed to VO site. Thanks. On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Peter Morgano uscpeter11...@gmail.com wrote: Referring to my earlier thread hows about the selections from velo orange?

Re: [RBW] ISO examples and photos of nice city bikes on a budget

2012-08-21 Thread Jim Mather
Off the top of my head, I'd say check out Breezer ( http://www.breezerbikes.com/bikes/transportation), Public ( http://publicbikes.com/sale-bikes), REI, Raleigh, Kona, Jamis. There's plenty out there that fit in the category you're looking for; some are steel, many are aluminum. jim m wc ca

RE: [RBW] ISO examples and photos of nice city bikes on a budget

2012-08-21 Thread Marc Schwartz
Patrick, If she's 5'2-5'6, I know a dude down in Cruces with a Kogswell P/R fs. Marc From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com] on behalf of PATRICK MOORE [bertin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 5:12 PM To: