Regarding index shifting for the Clem, Microshift makes thumb shifters, or he could use Shimano MTB trigger shifters.
On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 3:23 PM, Patrick Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > Decent children's bikes last forever. The problem is that the dimestore > bikes (my current contemptuous name for the big box store ersatz bicycle > things) have gotten cheaper and cheaper and are junk. > > My father bought me a JC Higgins with cantilever frame, coaster brake, > white rims, and 24" wheels for my 7th birthday. The bike was passed down, > but I was still thrashing it at age 15 or 16, doing impromptu cyclocross on > the muddy paths in our large front yard (made slippery-er by the layer of > rotting blossoms left on the ground by the row of jacaranda trees). No one > ever did any maintenance to it in the 8 or 10 years we owned the bike. (I > rattlecanned it with matt metallic gold spray paint meant for craft > projects -- the paint lasted.) > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 2:14 PM, LeahFoy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> [...] >> >> Ah, now the Hotrock. [...] That bike, can you believe this, has lasted >> from Easter of 1st grade to present day 5th grade. We bought it too big, >> but E grew into it and has put countless miles on it ever since. > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
