Since I sold Emily's old bike at our garage sale a couple of weeks ago, I promised her we'd buy her a new one. Today we finally had a chance to go out and take a look at our options. Since she's growing SO fast, we hated to spend a lot of money on a bike that she probably will only ride this summer. The bike shop had one used 16 in. girls bike...but it looked just awful! Yellow, dirty tires, chipped paint on the handlebars and the seat was ripped in several places. They guy said we could have it for $10. Well, Adam and I thought it was the ugliest bike we'd ever seen, but Rob thought he could paint the handlebars, bleach the tires, get a new seat and it would look good as new. It didn't come with training wheels, so we did have to buy those, plus the new white seat, but I have to say that I was totally wrong...and Rob was right (which doesn't happen very often!) The bike looks BRAND NEW! Emily was so excited when it was finally ready to ride. The bike guy even threw in a couple of streamers for the handlebars! We had a hard time convincing her it was time for bath and bed tonight, but promised she could ride first thing in the morning. Let's just hope she doesn't wake us up at the crack of dawn!
Since I sold Emily's old bike at our garage sale a couple of weeks ago, I promised her we'd buy her a new one. Today we finally had a chance to go out and take a look at our options. Since she's growing SO fast, we hated to spend a lot of money on a bike that she probably will only ride this summer. The bike shop had one used 16 in. girls bike...but it looked just awful! Yellow, dirty tires, chipped paint on the handlebars and the seat was ripped in several places. They guy said we could have it for $10. Well, Adam and I thought it was the ugliest bike we'd ever seen, but Rob thought he could paint the handlebars, bleach the tires, get a new seat and it would look good as new. It didn't come with training wheels, so we did have to buy those, plus the new white seat, but I have to say that I was totally wrong...and Rob was right (which doesn't happen very often!) The bike looks BRAND NEW! Emily was so excited when it was finally ready to ride. The bike guy even threw in a couple of streamers for the handlebars! We had a hard time convincing her it was time for bath and bed tonight, but promised she could ride first thing in the morning. Let's just hope she doesn't wake us up at the crack of dawn!
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