On the one hand, we're a cycling family so The Clairebarian will always have a bike that fits her properly. If she decides that she likes mountain biking then at some point it'll be two bikes as everyone who wants to cycle places in North Vancouver needs a bike they don't mind locking up.
On the other hand, there aren't many scenarios I can envision where her first FS bike isn't one she buys/builds with her own funds (maybe from her first job unboxing bike builds, taking out the recycling, and stocking the tube shelf at an LBS). Both my wife and I spend most our trail time on hardtails and we have my wife's old XS Chromag Sakura frame hanging from a peg that's screaming to have a 44mm headtube welded on to it. Only a couple more bike sizes to get through before we're slapping spare parts on it.
May 23, 2019, 6:20 p.m. - Andrew Major
On the one hand, we're a cycling family so The Clairebarian will always have a bike that fits her properly. If she decides that she likes mountain biking then at some point it'll be two bikes as everyone who wants to cycle places in North Vancouver needs a bike they don't mind locking up. On the other hand, there aren't many scenarios I can envision where her first FS bike isn't one she buys/builds with her own funds (maybe from her first job unboxing bike builds, taking out the recycling, and stocking the tube shelf at an LBS). Both my wife and I spend most our trail time on hardtails and we have my wife's old XS Chromag Sakura frame hanging from a peg that's screaming to have a 44mm headtube welded on to it. Only a couple more bike sizes to get through before we're slapping spare parts on it.