My son decided that he wanted a new bike. So badly did he want this new bike he was willing to raid his savings account to purchase it. His old bike is [we still have it] a mountain bike. Nothing special. It cost about $125.00 at Meijer about three years ago.
He got the itch for a new bike while riding with some buddies. Of course they had pretty nice road bikes that flew down the street. So off to shop for a road bike we went. We were thinking of spending between $300 and $400 but none of the bike shops had a road bike in that range. After some conversation we were shown a Jamis "street" bike. The handle bars are similar to a mountain bike but the wheels are pretty skinny like a road bike.
We took it for a test ride. First him then me. It rode very nice and the components worked well. But the cost was about $200 more than he had hoped to pay. I agreed to float him a loan for the $200 extra that was needed to make the purchase. The benefit to me is now he will ride the bike to his high school soccer practice with his friends and I won't need to fire up the car's engine and create more CO2.
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Here here for bike independance for kids!!!!!! My teenage daughter refused to ride her bike to high school saying when she got there she was all sweaty. But strangely enough this summer when she took classes at the city college near our house she road her bike!!!! It is so rediculous to have to drive kids when they can ride bikes. Her high school and the college are about equal distance from home about a 15 minute ride! Sheeze! She will be a senior this year and when she gets her license to drive I'm going to suggest she continues to ride her bike maybe when SHE has to pay for the gas...she will see the benefit in biking....not to mention the health benefits.
BIKE ON MY FRIEND!
So far the results on his usage has been mixed. Yesterday he rode to practice but that was the first time in about a week. I'm hoping the results will improve.
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