I gotta share this here. My buddy is a framebuilder and hooked me up with a sweet kid bike for my 8 yo daughter last Chrismass.
The connection which really makes this Riv-related, is that the donor frame for the tube set came from a 89 RB-1. http://cyclingspokane.blogspot.com/search/label/maddie%20xmass%20bike On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Leslie <leslie.bri...@gmail.com> wrote: > How funny that the conversation turned this way... > > Just a couple of months ago, I was shopping for a new bike for my > daughter, and I'd sent a similar note to Grant, saying it'd be > interesting to see his 'expanded sizing' ideas used for a kids bike. > > Then recently, Yehuda's had his 'grow bike' idea in the strip. > > I'd have loved to have gotten a Riv for my daughter, but alas, went > more conventional... > > http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/mountain/sport/skye/skye/# > > Got her the smallest size. It's a nice bike, since it's a women's > bike instead of a kids' bike, it has 26" wheels instead of kids > wheels. She'd turned 9 just before, and has been loving it > http://www.flickr.com/photos/leslie_bright/5840945443/in/photostream/ > . > > But if I could have gotten a Riv 'kids' frame for her instead, that > would have been really lovely. A small Betty Foy might have worked, > but, I didn't want to spend *that* much on a bike that could possibly > get outgrown; this bike, it'll last her until she is grown (even I > can ride it), and then she can get a 'grown-up bike' at that point. > > -- > 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. > > -- John Speare Spokane, WA USA http://cyclingspokane.blogspot.com/ -- 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.
