I think I found the perfect bike for my daughter!

[azfiddle]

To recap- my previously non-cycling daughter has planned to do a month long tour through England and Scotland. I have been researching bikes for her from "across the pond", as she is living in Cambridge, England and I'm in Arizona.

The Dawes Vantage was the possibly the best choice- it's entry level, but comes in a 43 cm frame (she's short like me), equipped with touring gears, fenders and a rack. It costs 500 pounds brand new, which is a little more than I can help her with, even after selling my Fuji.

I happened to search the UK ebay listings- and found a 2010 demo model of that exact bike at a shop right in Cambridge- and it is still available, at about half of the list price. If it's fits, by this time tomorrow she will be the proud owner, just in time for Chanukah!


Here's what it looks like:
http://www.dawescycles.com/p-222-vantage.aspx

[Crankin]

That's great!
What a find.

[jyyanks]

Congratulations! I'm so glad things are looking good. Here's hoping that it fits and she will have a brand new bike for her tour soon!

[Tri Girl]

Yay!! What luck! Crossing fingers it all works out!

[azfiddle]

They had to cut the seat post down to fit her, but she loves the bike!! She's bringing it home in an hour. Hurray.

[limewave]

Yay! How exciting!!!!

[Biciclista]

fanatastic news! craigslist shopping from afar. I LOVE it.