Well almost n+1.
Katie has grown out of the 18" Specialized Hard Rock that we got a few years ago from a boot sale for £10
. She has used it as her school bike (3 miles each way) and hack bike and we have been planning for Zoe (10) to have it as her hack bike as Lewis is now using Zoes old Marin as a mountain bike. I have been looking for a secondhand bike that Katie can have as her next school bike for a while and recently I saw an old 22" 1990s Raleigh mountain bike on ebay. the desciption was a bit vague and the only photo was not too clear, but it did say that it was made from 531 tubing. Initially I lost the auction, but the origial winner did not pay up so it was relisted and I got it for £16.99 - just over half of what I originally bid!
The bike arrived this morning and I have just got it out of the box and put it together. I'm quite jealous of yellow-ceitidh, and wish that the frame was a couple of inches bigger so it would fit me.
I'm not too keen on the colour scheme, but -
A nice 531 frame
I have some of these on one of my other bikes and they work really well.
About 18 years ago, I really wanted some of these.
Just need to change the tyres for some slicks and add a rack and mudguards and katie should have a really nice bike.