Re: [RBW] Re: [BOB] Bike for Catie

2016-04-28 Thread masmojo
I agree, I try to avoid heavy when possible, but 80% of additional weight is in components. I swapped the heavy post that came on my Clementine for a much lighter one and even then chopped about 5" of excess post off! Lightness is far more important in my mind then BB or even seat height, but

Re: [RBW] Re: [BOB] Bike for Catie

2016-04-28 Thread Brian Campbell
Can & Should are different paths.I had commented "heavy" earlier regarding the weight. As a father of a 10yr old girl and a 14yr old son, I have seen, first hand, the difference bike weight makes in my kids desire to cycle.I am not weight obsessed but I don't want to pay a penalty either. M

Re: [RBW] Re: [BOB] Bike for Catie

2016-04-28 Thread masmojo
Thanx, I'll figure out how to get pictures in here eventually! LOL Those Rat Trap Pass tire are pretty nice, but I think maybe a bit precious for a cruiser!? The tires that are on there a Continentals and even those weren't cheap when I bought them! That bike is setup for bombing around worry fr

Re: [RBW] Re: [BOB] Bike for Catie

2016-04-28 Thread Patrick Moore
Thanks; I cut and pasted and got this: http://smg.photobucket.com/user/masmojo/media/FB_IMG_1443382032937_zpsbbe9zfop.jpg.html Replace those tires with Rat Trap Passes and ... On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 9:06 AM, masmojo wrote: > I can try Patrick, but this Goggle group thing is pretty primitive.

Re: [RBW] Re: [BOB] Bike for Catie

2016-04-28 Thread Joe Bernard
The photo doesn't work for me, but I love those Breezet -- 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 pos

Re: [RBW] Re: [BOB] Bike for Catie

2016-04-28 Thread masmojo
I can try Patrick, but this Goggle group thing is pretty primitive. I tried posting a link earlier, but it got messed up & since I can't go back and edit it it's a bit frustrating. My Breezer Ignaz-X [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/masmojo/media/FB_IMG_1443382032937_zpsbbe9zfop.jpg.htm

Re: [RBW] Re: [BOB] Bike for Catie

2016-04-28 Thread Patrick Moore
Joe: I've thought of a Townie. In fact, Catie did have a Townie, bought for her 10th birthday, but her 12 year old self despised the pink paint and white saddle that her 10 year old self loved, so we sold it and I got her the DB. But perhaps she'll be interested in it again. "Masmojo": would you s

Re: [RBW] Re: [BOB] Bike for Catie

2016-04-27 Thread Joe Bernard
Patrick is trying to get the saddle down low enough that the kid can put one foot down at stops while seated (I didn't realize this was the goal earlier). An Electra Townie "flatfoot technology" might be the ticket here. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gro

Re: [RBW] Re: [BOB] Bike for Catie

2016-04-27 Thread masmojo
There's no real challenge to building that Trek cruiser frame, I've built a dozen similar bikes and worked on many more. About as simple as it gets really. Don't know what your parts stash looks like, but if it's anywhere close to mine you probably have half of what you would need already and th

Re: [RBW] Re: [BOB] Bike for Catie

2016-04-27 Thread Patrick Moore
Actually, I see that the Surly LHT comes in 26" wheel models too, with 47 mm bb drop -- so all is well if I go that route. I just weighed her cheap Diamond Back (aluminum frame) and it weighs 34 1/2 lb, so we have a pretty low bar here. On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 9:04 PM, Patrick Moore wrote: > Ye

Re: [RBW] Re: [BOB] Bike for Catie

2016-04-27 Thread Patrick Moore
Yes, I see that the smaller Atlantises have 48 mm bb drops, compared to, what, 40 mm for your old steel hardtails? OTOH, the Long Haul Trucker has a 78 mm drop compared to the 80 of the 700C Atlantises; I've toyed with the idea of getting a disk frameset and installing wheels for 2"+ 559 tires: the

Re: [RBW] Re: [BOB] Bike for Catie

2016-04-27 Thread Patrick Moore
Thanks. We'll see; there are many, many possibilities, and one of them is that Catie tell me, "Dad, don't bother, I'm really not all that interested." On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 8:31 PM, Bill Lindsay wrote: > Well it's clear to me that you are up for it. That being the case I will > repeat verbatim

Re: [RBW] Re: [BOB] Bike for Catie

2016-04-27 Thread Patrick Moore
This won't cost nearly as much as a Clementine, even if I have to get wheels custom built for it, and buy Rat Trap Pass tires! I haven't even looked at it in person yet, and I may not buy it, but if (1) it does have more bb drop than a typical mtb, and (2) it isn't as huge a tank as I fear it migh