New Bike

No, not mine! Z's "pawpaw" was in these last couple days, and in his generosity- he IS very generous to us all- he bought Z a new bike. He needed on, as he sized out of the old Trek handmedown he had gotten from the neighbor. At almost 5', he needed an "almost full-sized" bike, and ended up choosing a KHS Alite 300. I'm pretty please that on the KHS website, this series isn't even listed as "youth", but rather in the "Alite" series, which I think means normal-ole bikes and not superduper racy/downhill monster etc. etc. It's a 15" frame, which is the second smallest frame offered. I really wanted him to consider the 2007 flat black model, as the flat black looked pretty damn good. b/c Z needs everything to match (don't ask, just accept), he ended up choosing the 2006 gloss black w/ yellow accents, b/c apparently he likes the bumblebee combination. Its a standard 24-speed with a mix of Shimano and off-brand stuff and it includes a suspension fork. Hopefully he'll get another 3-4 year's use out of it before he gets too big. I'm going to ensure that he gets some good use of it. It's time for some longer father/son rides. I'm going to offer the use of the Kenda mixed-use slicks I have. They've slicks in the middle and knobbies on the side, and seemingly would be good for street use, which will be his primary. L transitioned to the next-larger bike as well. Time flies.