The kids are all right
06-10-08, 08:18 AM
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The kids are all right
This from my daughter just now - she's doing final high school exams in UK, going to Uni in September
so i was thinking about how i want to get around at uni, and what with the world burning up and all, i thought a bike would be a good idea, so i started looking for a cute one.
I think i found the prettiest one though, what's your opinion?
https://www.pashley.co.uk/products/pr...sovereign.html
An old block-chip, I think
so i was thinking about how i want to get around at uni, and what with the world burning up and all, i thought a bike would be a good idea, so i started looking for a cute one.
I think i found the prettiest one though, what's your opinion?
https://www.pashley.co.uk/products/pr...sovereign.html
An old block-chip, I think
06-10-08, 08:22 AM
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I love the bike
Is she going to get it?
Is she going to get it?
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06-10-08, 10:30 AM
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Those UK kids have such good sense, unlike Wild-In-the-Streets American youth.
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06-10-08, 11:34 AM
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I gave one a test ride at the Cycle Show last Sept. They had a short indoor urban circuit and about 30 of the latest and greatest urban bikes of all types. I rated the Princess at the best of them all, it has a really great ride and is superbly built.
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Very nice bike. I'd buy one for my daughters if they wanted it.
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Saw one in a shop in the UK and fell instantly in love. Great town bike.
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06-10-08, 12:17 PM
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Would you like to adopt a daughter
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06-10-08, 12:29 PM
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No thank you, I already have FIVE!
Which is about two more than I can handle.
Which is about two more than I can handle.
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Pashley makes good solid bikes- Try lifting one and you will find out.
Problem withg Uni's is that bikes will walk. Especially one with such character as this. Best Uni bike is a $30 garage sale one that fits and trash it. The worse it looks the less likely it will take a wander. And next best tip is to get a Kryptonite lock and Hawser.-Even if it is for a cr*ppy looking bike.
Problem withg Uni's is that bikes will walk. Especially one with such character as this. Best Uni bike is a $30 garage sale one that fits and trash it. The worse it looks the less likely it will take a wander. And next best tip is to get a Kryptonite lock and Hawser.-Even if it is for a cr*ppy looking bike.
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[QUOTE=stapfam;6855674
Problem withg Uni's is that bikes will walk. Especially one with such character as this. Best Uni bike is a $30 garage sale one that fits and trash it. The worse it looks the less likely it will take a wander. And next best tip is to get a Kryptonite lock and Hawser.-Even if it is for a cr*ppy looking bike.[/QUOTE]
Yep, I always stuck to low-end bikes for kids away at college. My daughter at UNC-Chapel Hill currently has our mid-90s Giant Option hybrid, which being a steel bike, has rust in several spots. But it rides very nice.
Problem withg Uni's is that bikes will walk. Especially one with such character as this. Best Uni bike is a $30 garage sale one that fits and trash it. The worse it looks the less likely it will take a wander. And next best tip is to get a Kryptonite lock and Hawser.-Even if it is for a cr*ppy looking bike.[/QUOTE]
Yep, I always stuck to low-end bikes for kids away at college. My daughter at UNC-Chapel Hill currently has our mid-90s Giant Option hybrid, which being a steel bike, has rust in several spots. But it rides very nice.
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Hmmm....John Lennon, Hard Day's Night, maybe?
I just scrolled down the Pashley site and looked at the Guvnor. Very cool.
I just scrolled down the Pashley site and looked at the Guvnor. Very cool.
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I was thinking along the lines of The Who's "Quadrophenia". Oh well.
That pic is old enough...one of those young guys could be our very own stapfam.
That pic is old enough...one of those young guys could be our very own stapfam.
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They would be Mods- except the bikes don't have enough mirrors and there are not is not enough Fur around the anoraks. Attachments are of my brother in Laws 1966 Lambretta----- Rich Brother in Law. The scooter cost somewhere in the region of $10.000 to renovate. He could have bought a modern one for $5,000
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06-11-08, 04:27 PM
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No parking problem. Just take it into class with you.
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