She's basically the poster-girl for Specialized Hotrock and Hotwalk bikes. Chiefly because her daddy sometimes works at a bike shop that sells them, but also because they're really great little bikes. Below, I've thrown together a quick chronology of her bikes, from today all the way back to the beginning...
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Never had training wheels. Makes me proud...
UPDATE: 27 October 2016
For her birthday in April 2014, we bought her another Specialized, another Hotrock in fact, this time one with 24" wheels and a triple chainring, 21 gears in all. Bigger wheels and the wider range of gears made a huge difference. She rode this bike with increasing proficiency for about two and a half years, until the seat post was at its max.
This bike made her a mountain biker. A full on, legit, shredder of singletrack.
Then, 'round about the end of the summer of 2016, it became quite obvious that she was going to need yet another upgrade, to a much larger bike with even bigger wheels.
Fortunately, we were given the opportunity to buy her a like-new but slightly-used Surly Pugsley from a fleet of winter rentals that were being off loaded by a local outfitter and friend. He gave us a great deal and she's been killin' it on her new super-big wheels ever since. I'm hoping she hangs on to this rig for a long time, perhaps even forever if she doesn't end up too tall.
I love my Surlys. I'm pretty sure she does, too.
UPDATE: 01 May 2017
So fun to watch her shred on a seriously-classy vintage bike that was built (to shred) some 10 years before she was born.
2 comments :
I notice that you fitted the hotwalk with a brake. Is that difficult to do? (no bike repair experience) What brand/model of brake should one get?
Not a difficult mod at all. Bolt on, run cable, adjust. Pretty simple.
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