Right now I'm thinking of converting the "jump bmx<http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/2335469362/>" to a geared bike, then I have a old 600A frame<http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/509802333/>that barely fits a 650c Nexus <http://www.flickr.com/photos/cyclotourist/1863687736/in/set-72157601949115550/>wheel.
I'm on the lookout for old 24" and 650c "traditional" road bikes all the time. The vast majority of 650c bikes are tri-bikes, but older steel road bikes pop up on ebay now and then. Kona's 24" Jake <http://www.cyclerscafe.com/KidsBikes/Kona/Jake24.aspx>cross bike is pretty cool, too. I wouldn't mind finding a 24" mtn. bike tbut they're all so heavy and with suspension. Would like to find a lighter/rigid 24" one some day, but don't know if they exist. DE On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 8:18 AM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Catie turned 8 on June 8th. I had promised her a new bike if she finally > learned to ride her Electra Little Betty sans training wheels -- Catie is > intellectually and artistically precocious but somewhat retrograde in her > gross motor skills: tall and klutzy, as I was as a boy (but a lot prettier). > She put her mind to it and did so, so I bought her this: > http://www.rei.com/product/781229 > > Hers is the 24" wheel model: 3 speed coaster brake hub, aluminum frame and > parts -- lighter by far than the Little Betty and even lighter compared to > the Magna/Raleigh 16" wheel bike her mother bought her, which weighs close > to what my Monocog 29er weighs. The townie is not a bad bike, though it > comes only in pink, which is *so* six year old. > > Catie started out with a Radio Flyer trike with freewheel and optional > remote parent steering, then I bought her a little 12" wheel bike, then a > 16" wheel bike while her mother bought her the Raleigh-so-called. The the > Little Betty at five, and now the Townie. Quite a collection for someone whe > didn't leave the training wheels behind until a month ago. > > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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-bunch@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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---