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You'll only find 18" wheeled bikes in a very few stores catering to kids like Toys R Us. These bikes are considered "transition" bikes where the child is too big for a sidewalk bike and too small for a 20" wheeled model. They don't make multispeed versions because the derailleur would hit the ground.
You do have some options however depending on the amount of pain you want to endure:
1) Buy a junior framd 20" wheeled bike with gears. They are available from a several of companies in the US like Raleigh and Diamondback (about $200) and in the Pinnacle line from Evans Cycles in London http://evanscycles.com . Fair warning, the Pinnacle costs close to $400 but is a great bike;
2) Go to your local bike shop and inquire about a multispeed hub- 3 or 7 speed from Strumey Archer would be a good choice. Find out if they are able to build you a rear wheel with that hub. It is a pretty simple matter to then swap the rear wheel and add the cabling necessary. You can get internally geared hubs with coaster brakes so there is no need for calipers. This will likely cost you something over $200- just for the wheel;
3) Determine the number of spokes there are in an existing 18" wheel (there are probably 24) then wander around yard sales until you find a bike that has internal gears and a 24 hole hub, then have the wheel relaced. New spokes and doing the dirty work will probably run about $80-100.
YIPPEE! I found an 18" wheeled multispeed bike- but it is in England- at Evans Cycles. The Raleigh Hot Rod. It costs £104 (about $208) plus the considerable freight to get it here.
You'll only find 18" wheeled bikes in a very few stores catering to kids like Toys R Us. These bikes are considered "transition" bikes where the child is too big for a sidewalk bike and too small for a 20" wheeled model. They don't make multispeed versions because the derailleur would hit the ground.
You do have some options however depending on the amount of pain you want to endure:
1) Buy a junior framd 20" wheeled bike with gears. They are available from a several of companies in the US like Raleigh and Diamondback (about $200) and in the Pinnacle line from Evans Cycles in London http://evanscycles.com . Fair warning, the Pinnacle costs close to $400 but is a great bike;
2) Go to your local bike shop and inquire about a multispeed hub- 3 or 7 speed from Strumey Archer would be a good choice. Find out if they are able to build you a rear wheel with that hub. It is a pretty simple matter to then swap the rear wheel and add the cabling necessary. You can get internally geared hubs with coaster brakes so there is no need for calipers. This will likely cost you something over $200- just for the wheel;
3) Determine the number of spokes there are in an existing 18" wheel (there are probably 24) then wander around yard sales until you find a bike that has internal gears and a 24 hole hub, then have the wheel relaced. New spokes and doing the dirty work will probably run about $80-100.
YIPPEE! I found an 18" wheeled multispeed bike- but it is in England- at Evans Cycles. The Raleigh Hot Rod. It costs £104 (about $208) plus the considerable freight to get it here.
Planning a free day around London?
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I want to take my boyfriend around London, he hasn't really been before. All i have planned is to walk down southbank, walk until we get to trafalgar square and then i don't know what to do after that would interest him. he's not really a cultural person more of a uninterested in anything person.
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If he's not really interested in much, maybe it's time to try to find something that excites him...?
Have you thought about:
- being a kid again and rolling down the hills in Richmond or Greenwich Park? Flying a kite?
- walking around the markets? (Camden; Greenwich; Borough; Pentoville Road; Roman Road; Covent Garden)
- journeying over to a number of the museums and galleries? (Natural History; Science; National Portrait Gallery)
- getting a read in the British Library
- hiring a bike (reasonable cheap) and cycling around the side streets to see the independent shops and stuff that don't normally get seen by tourists?
- looking at the grafitti tunnel by Waterloo station?
- taking part in a Japanese karaoke bar?
If he's not really interested in much, maybe it's time to try to find something that excites him...?
Have you thought about:
- being a kid again and rolling down the hills in Richmond or Greenwich Park? Flying a kite?
- walking around the markets? (Camden; Greenwich; Borough; Pentoville Road; Roman Road; Covent Garden)
- journeying over to a number of the museums and galleries? (Natural History; Science; National Portrait Gallery)
- getting a read in the British Library
- hiring a bike (reasonable cheap) and cycling around the side streets to see the independent shops and stuff that don't normally get seen by tourists?
- looking at the grafitti tunnel by Waterloo station?
- taking part in a Japanese karaoke bar?
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