I hope he likes it.

David Martin said:

http://www.giant-bicycles.com/uk/catalogue_popup.asp?sPageID=popup&popuptype=zoom&modelid=10302

A very smart bike. He'll love it.

David Martin said:

Well, #1 son (Rachel's younger brother) is 8 tomorrow. We went off to
H*****ds to look at bikes a few weeks ago, mostly to get an idea of
size, and then nothing more has been said.

So I have just got back from a trip to work where I retrieved a Giant
MTX250 [1] from the bike shed, having gone to the LBS yesterday and
parted with hard earned coppers[2].

No pictures of it or my kitchen as it is raining and I have just walked
(honest!) it back a couple of k so t'other Dr M put the mockers on
bringing it into the house for the AM. Instead he'll get a photo in an
envelope with the ever so cryptic message 'look in the garage'.

I hope it isn't raining tomorrow.

..d

[1]
http://www.giant-bicycles.com/uk/catalogue_popup.asp?sPageID=popup&popuptype=zoom&modelid=10302
[2] bent the flexible friend..

I got one of those for my eight year old last year. It's been very
reliable and he loves it.

Julesh

David Martin wrote:
<snip>

Quoted message said:

So I have just got back from a trip to work where I retrieved a Giant
MTX250 [1] from the bike shed, having gone to the LBS yesterday and
parted with hard earned coppers[2].

No pictures of it or my kitchen as it is raining and I have just walked
(honest!) it back a couple of k so t'other Dr M put the mockers on
bringing it into the house for the AM. Instead he'll get a photo in an
envelope with the ever so cryptic message 'look in the garage'.

I hope it isn't raining tomorrow.

..d

<snip>

V. nice. Sure to provoke severe over-excitement in young child.
Does it have grip-shift style shifters?
They're only described as "Microshift 18 speed" on the Giant website.

bookieb.

bookieb said:

V. nice. Sure to provoke severe over-excitement in young child.
Does it have grip-shift style shifters?
They're only described as "Microshift 18 speed" on the Giant website.

They are gripshift. He likes it though he is still nervous on a bike
and not really very confident so is a bit slow in getting going. Severe
shades of green on Rachel though who was mingeing[1] somewhat about not
having such a good bike..

A few more sessions in the park and he'll get the hang of it.

...d

[1] not minging - cross between moan and whinge

Response to David Martin:

Quoted message said:

Severe
shades of green on Rachel though who was mingeing[1] somewhat about not
having such a good bike..

[1] not minging - cross between moan and whinge

:-O

I'd have gone for "whoaning", myself.

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