New bike in the house...

Oxo

Well, good old Father Christmas bought me a stack of bits for Christmas, and it looks like the lad did OK!



His hero Cav took the time to do a signed photo to go with it too - this is probably the happiest 8 year old in the world at this present time!



Cheers

Ox

tim_wand

Stripes on that Vest could be rainbow one day, rather than Hi Viz. Great to see a Lad who wants a bike and not an X box or Ps 3 .

Lovely Orbea looks the dogs. Hope you enjoy your racelight too.

andy46

Good on him, he looks well chuffed.

I haven't seen any kids out on bikes where I live, as said above I think they're all on games consoles. How things have changed.

Pseudonym

nice bikes - but someone has switched the bar tape round without you noticing..

gbr236

lovely
what size is the orbea and where from?
cheers

Pseudonym

the Orbea would probably have been second hand - it's not made any more...

Oxo

gbr236 wrote:

lovely
what size is the orbea and where from?
cheers

It's a tiny 24" Wheel version which I bought second-hand from a Bristol bike shop when I was looking for a Dawes Espoir. I don't think Orbea made these for very long, and they only come up second hand very rarely so not much help, sorry. There seems to be a gap in the market for this sized bike at a reasonable price. When I was kid it was a choice between a Chopper or a "racer" , they were everywhere. Funny how fashions change. Mind you, as mentioned above, very few kids out and about on bikes nowadays - more's the pity.

PostieJohn

Good stuff Oxo, Jnr looks pleased.

PJ Jnr's loving his, Colnago birthday present.
I'm keeping him on a fairly tight rein at the moment, 4-5 flat miles at any one go.
God help me (us) when he really unleashes his way through the gears.