So it was a beautiful day today, and I have begun riding to church again. I'm an office volunteer at the Spanish- language Sunday school, so I rolled up in my bicycle and locked it on a railing where I could keep an eye on it while I was working. I oversee a couple of high-school kids who volunteer their time with us; they do all the dogsbody work: making copies, taking the attendance lists, handing out announcements, fetching files, etc. They're about fourteen years old--and we always give one of them a hard time for being late. He hitches to Sunday school with his mother and his cousins, and they're not ready in enough time, so we always miss him when we're setting-up. I tell him I rode in on the bike. He looks at me, looks out the window at my bike and thinks about it. "maybe I should get myself a bike, so I don't have to be late." -Luigi
Luigi de Guzman wrote: > ... > > I tell him I rode in on the bike. He looks at me, looks > out the window at my bike and thinks about it. > > "maybe I should get myself a bike, so I don't have to > be late." Great opportunity! Can you "just happen" to stumble on a good used one you can tell him about? -- Frank Krygowski [To reply, omit what's between "at" and "cc"]
On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 10:34:23 -0500, "frkrygow" <"frkrygow"@omitcc.ysu.edu> wrote: >Luigi de Guzman wrote: >> ... >> >> I tell him I rode in on the bike. He looks at me, looks >> out the window at my bike and thinks about it. >> >> "maybe I should get myself a bike, so I don't have to >> be late." > >Great opportunity! > >Can you "just happen" to stumble on a good used one you can >tell him about? Maybe. He's a kid, & kinda short; the good used ones come at least a size too big for him. That, and I'm already looking for a good used one for my brother (14). I've promised to take him on a few rides in the country this summertime, and I figure at 14 he's owed at least some time in a bike that fits right and rolls nicely. He's making noises about getting an old roadie. But by eye I figure he'd need something like a 50 or 52 cm frame, & 700C wheels may still be a bit big for him. -Luigi
