Re: Less-than-inspiring race re****ts

On Thu, 08 May 2008 19:49:35 GMT, Ryan Cousineau <rcousine@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:


>With the caution that you'd be better off with her riding a bad bike she 
>likes than a road bike she dislikes, you might consider a tiny CX bike, 
>if only for the top-mount brake levers.
>
>A hyper-enthusiastic 10-yo of my acquaintance desperately desired a road 
>bike, and her father and I built a bizarro CX bike out of a 20" MTB 
>frame, a rigid fork, and various other cast-off parts (one 
>irreproducible find: a teeny tiny women-specific handlebar for cheap at 
>a close-out sale). 
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>http://flickr.com/photos/ttcopley/sets/72157594551105230/
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>And notably:
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>http://flickr.com/photos/ttcopley/419361041/in/set-72157594551105230/

Drills it!  That bike rocks.  Cute photo and rider.