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Title: Just won a bike for my lill one!
Post by: clipperjay on 21 April 2012, 10:07
My little daughter is 6 and we had a nighmare finding a small girls bike she had a 12" Rallye one lol and grown out of it I had to raise the seat and handle bars to their max and her little legs suffered from small crank shaft.
So wife asked me to find a secondhand one as she was only going to last for 18months.
We looked at loads of shops and all came to £150  :lipsrsealed:
In the end I ebay a few and one came up saracen poppy 16" 9" ALu frame.
Well anyways I said max bid for it £35.00 and women bidders :rolleyes: road me hard, I paid £31.50 @ 5 seconds to go 8 bidders in total, remind me never to go up against women bidders they are animals! :grin:
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzUwWDEwMDA=/$%28KGrHqZ,!lYE9I+l7v0SBPi9E77Ie!~~60_12.JPG)
Title: Re: Just won a bike for my lill one!
Post by: The Mighty Elvi on 21 April 2012, 10:12
Couldn't you just have hung around with Guy?

 :wink:

 :grin:

Title: Re: Just won a bike for my lill one!
Post by: clipperjay on 21 April 2012, 10:16
Couldn't you just have hung around with Guy?

 :wink:

 :grin:


I have no clue what you are refering to  :lipsrsealed:
Summer is around the corner, time to get the kids out and about! :cool:
I'm looking for a decent bike rack any suggestions takes at least three bikes?
In the past they fitted in the boot they grow up fast!!!
Title: Re: Just won a bike for my lill one!
Post by: The Mighty Elvi on 21 April 2012, 10:28
I'm looking for a decent bike rack any suggestions takes at least three bikes?
In the past they fitted in the boot they grow up fast!!!

Two up top one below?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiylTqSAiaM

Title: Re: Just won a bike for my lill one!
Post by: clipperjay on 21 April 2012, 10:30
I'm looking for a decent bike rack any suggestions takes at least three bikes?
In the past they fitted in the boot they grow up fast!!!

Two up top one below?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiylTqSAiaM



John you sir are wrong!  :laugh:
I was thinking the ball hitched ones god knows what you're hyperlinking to that one  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Just won a bike for my lill one!
Post by: Guy on 21 April 2012, 14:02
i witnessed and managed to get on video a thief stealing a bike at waterloo station

had a phonecall from the polis last night and they said it was sold on gumtree so they no have the scumbags details  :evil:
Title: Re: Just won a bike for my lill one!
Post by: clipperjay on 21 April 2012, 14:41
i witnessed and managed to get on video a thief stealing a bike at waterloo station

had a phonecall from the polis last night and they said it was sold on gumtree so they no have the scumbags details  :evil:
Good on you mate! I'm not sure how someone can take a kids bike!
Picked up her new bike its in good nick cleaned it up and she is happy! :smiley:
Title: Re: Just won a bike for my lill one!
Post by: Guy on 21 April 2012, 16:40
i witnessed and managed to get on video a thief stealing a bike at waterloo station

had a phonecall from the polis last night and they said it was sold on gumtree so they no have the scumbags details  :evil:
Good on you mate! I'm not sure how someone can take a kids bike!
Picked up her new bike its in good nick cleaned it up and she is happy! :smiley:

this was an adults bike... Giant or something...
Title: Re: Just won a bike for my lill one!
Post by: clipperjay on 21 April 2012, 17:56
i witnessed and managed to get on video a thief stealing a bike at waterloo station

had a phonecall from the polis last night and they said it was sold on gumtree so they no have the scumbags details  :evil:
Good on you mate! I'm not sure how someone can take a kids bike!
Picked up her new bike its in good nick cleaned it up and she is happy! :smiley:

this was an adults bike... Giant or something...

Any bikes for that matter Guy its just we hear loads of kids bikes go missing around Surrey its easy targets they ride dump their bikes without locks.

On another note My little one and I rode this afternoon and she rides like she stole it :grin: 
Title: Re: Just won a bike for my lill one!
Post by: Gavv8 on 21 April 2012, 19:56
My little daughter is 6 and we had a nighmare finding a small girls bike she had a 12" Rallye one lol and grown out of it I had to raise the seat and handle bars to their max and her little legs suffered from small crank shaft.
So wife asked me to find a secondhand one as she was only going to last for 18months.
We looked at loads of shops and all came to £150  :lipsrsealed:
In the end I ebay a few and one came up saracen poppy 16" 9" ALu frame.
Well anyways I said max bid for it £35.00 and women bidders :rolleyes: road me hard, I paid £31.50 @ 5 seconds to go 8 bidders in total, remind me never to go up against women bidders they are animals! :grin:
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzUwWDEwMDA=/$%28KGrHqZ,!lYE9I+l7v0SBPi9E77Ie!~~60_12.JPG)
You should have a look at all the Facebook selling pages, it gets properly fierce on them!!
Title: Re: Just won a bike for my lill one!
Post by: golf-sib on 22 April 2012, 14:48
My little daughter is 6 and we had a nighmare finding a small girls bike she had a 12" Rallye one lol and grown out of it I had to raise the seat and handle bars to their max and her little legs suffered from small crank shaft.
So wife asked me to find a secondhand one as she was only going to last for 18months.
We looked at loads of shops and all came to £150  :lipsrsealed:
In the end I ebay a few and one came up saracen poppy 16" 9" ALu frame.
Well anyways I said max bid for it £35.00 and women bidders :rolleyes: road me hard, I paid £31.50 @ 5 seconds to go 8 bidders in total, remind me never to go up against women bidders they are animals! :grin:
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzUwWDEwMDA=/$%28KGrHqZ,!lYE9I+l7v0SBPi9E77Ie!~~60_12.JPG)
You should have a look at all the Facebook selling pages, it gets properly fierce on them!!

Women will slit each others throats for a pair of slippers  :grin:
Title: Re: Just won a bike for my lill one!
Post by: Diamond Hell on 22 April 2012, 15:59
If you haven't tried a tag-a-long with your daughter give one a go.

I did a 10 mile ride from home to .:WR with our 5 year old a couple of weeks ago.  She loved it.
Title: Re: Just won a bike for my lill one!
Post by: clipperjay on 22 April 2012, 17:17
Tag along is that the hitch to your own bike and drag them along frames?
My 6 year old rides quick and faster than I sometimes  :rolleyes:
The whole famliy go riding on weekends DH and too independant to follow behind us always in front  :smiley:
Title: Re: Just won a bike for my lill one!
Post by: clipperjay on 22 April 2012, 17:19
My little daughter is 6 and we had a nighmare finding a small girls bike she had a 12" Rallye one lol and grown out of it I had to raise the seat and handle bars to their max and her little legs suffered from small crank shaft.
So wife asked me to find a secondhand one as she was only going to last for 18months.
We looked at loads of shops and all came to £150  :lipsrsealed:
In the end I ebay a few and one came up saracen poppy 16" 9" ALu frame.
Well anyways I said max bid for it £35.00 and women bidders :rolleyes: road me hard, I paid £31.50 @ 5 seconds to go 8 bidders in total, remind me never to go up against women bidders they are animals! :grin:
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzUwWDEwMDA=/$%28KGrHqZ,!lYE9I+l7v0SBPi9E77Ie!~~60_12.JPG)
You should have a look at all the Facebook selling pages, it gets properly fierce on them!!

Women will slit each others throats for a pair of slippers  :grin:
Haaa my other half lets me bid she doesn't trust herself  :lipsrsealed: :laugh:
Title: Re: Just won a bike for my lill one!
Post by: Diamond Hell on 22 April 2012, 21:11
Tag along is that the hitch to your own bike and drag them along frames?

No, single-wheeled job. 

The whole famliy go riding on weekends DH and too independant to follow behind us always in front

If you want to go for a longer ride, on hillier stuff it makes it possible - it's bloody hilly around here and she wouldn't have been able to do the trip on her single-geared bike.
Title: Re: Just won a bike for my lill one!
Post by: clipperjay on 22 April 2012, 22:15
Tag along is that the hitch to your own bike and drag them along frames?

No, single-wheeled job. 

The whole famliy go riding on weekends DH and too independant to follow behind us always in front

If you want to go for a longer ride, on hillier stuff it makes it possible - it's bloody hilly around here and she wouldn't have been able to do the trip on her single-geared bike.

True we do about 6 miles on flat I was looking to go further afield, but need a decent bike rack to take them all.
I'll look for one of those tag alongs DH it might be eaiser like you say if its hilly!