Black bike photographed in a kitchen with a black floor at twilight on a grey day does not make for the clearest / brightest of pictures. However, that's the best available, because I spent most of the daylight hours chasing a small cagoule-clad dot round the parks and down the paths of the town. In the pouring rain.
Compared to her previous bike, this is a joy, a wonder, a marvel. I will now officially join the ranks of those that sing Isla's praises. What's more, daughter (who has previously expressed the opinion that all bikes must be pink and be equipped with a dolly / teddy seat on the back) thinks this is much smarter and much better.
Black bike photographed in a kitchen with a black floor at twilight on a grey day does not make for the clearest / brightest of pictures. However, that's the best available, because I spent most of the daylight hours chasing a small cagoule-clad dot round the parks and down the paths of the town. In the pouring rain.
The big slab of white messed up the exposure, but crank up the gamma and the contrast and the pictures are fine.
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Compared to her previous bike, this is a joy, a wonder, a marvel. I will now officially join the ranks of those that sing Isla's praises. What's more, daughter (who has previously expressed the opinion that all bikes must be pink and be equipped with a dolly / teddy seat on the back) thinks this is much smarter and much better.
It's good to see a bike that's designed to fit kids and work properly, rather than just chucked together from whatever bits happen to be lying around the factory stores. Is there a coaster brake on tha back?
Black bike photographed in a kitchen with a black floor at twilight on a grey day does not make for the clearest / brightest of pictures. However, that's the best available, because I spent most of the daylight hours chasing a small cagoule-clad dot round the parks and down the paths of the town. In the pouring rain.
The big slab of white messed up the exposure, but crank up the gamma and the contrast and the pictures are fine.
Quoted message said:
Compared to her previous bike, this is a joy, a wonder, a marvel. I will now officially join the ranks of those that sing Isla's praises. What's more, daughter (who has previously expressed the opinion that all bikes must be pink and be equipped with a dolly / teddy seat on the back) thinks this is much smarter and much better.
It's good to see a bike that's designed to fit kids and work properly, rather than just chucked together from whatever bits happen to be lying around the factory stores. Is there a coaster brake on tha back?
Just you wait until you see her on the BMX track like my granddaughter before she discovered boys. She was the 4th generation to have a BCF or NCU racing license!!!!!!!
In article <[email hidden]>, Ian Smith [email hidden] says...
Quoted message said:
Compared to her previous bike, this is a joy, a wonder, a marvel. I will now officially join the ranks of those that sing Isla's praises.
It's good to see a bike that's designed to fit kids and work properly, rather than just chucked together from whatever bits happen to be lying around the factory stores. Is there a coaster brake on tha back?
Yes, there is. Daughter has got the hang of not being able to wind the pedals backwards when getting on, but is not using the brake much yet. However, her previous bike only had a single (front) brake, so it's not immediately apparent to her that she has need of more than one brake. (Also, the one v-brake with very short reach lever on this bike is more effective in the wet than the floppy cheese caliper she had before was in the dry).
Today she did a bit over six miles, and wants to go further tomorrow!
