RE: [littlepeople_community] Re: atherton custom bikes - AWESOME!!!

[Guest guest]

Boyd Atherton is now a full-time school teacher in Fort Worth, however, I

spoke to a friend of his in the bicycle industry just last week and he told

me Boyd still has the same address and does custom bikes on the side and he

is still strongly committed to building bikes for Little People. His web

site is operational at www.athertonbikes.com

His information is as follows:

<http://www.athertonbikes.com/maps.htm> Atherton Bicycles

112 Industrial Drive

Kennedale, TX 76060

Phone: 817-478-5509

Fax: 817-478-5509 send during greeting

<mailto:boyd@...> boyd@...

He works at it only part time, and it does take a while for him to get back

to you, but call and leave him a message or e-mail and remind him again if

you don't hear back

Olson

Dallas, Texas

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From: Dan Kennedy [mailto:dkennedy@...]

Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 6:10 PM

The Blackburn's; littlepeople_community; Dwarfism List;

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Subject: Re: [littlepeople_community] Re: atherton custom bikes - AWESOME!!!

We like our Atherton bike, too ... but didn't someone say a while ago that

Boyd has stopped doing this? Can someone clarify?

Dan

On 2/27/05 3:06 PM, " The Blackburn's " <britendale@...> wrote:

> hi heidi -

>

> yes, as everyone says - boyd is extremely difficult to get to... the

cards

> he passed out at national had an old email address on them; and since

> national he lost some of his helpers which slowed him down quite a bit.

>

> persistance is the key, and it is DEFINITELY worth it !!! my 7 year old

> achon daughter, britney, fell in love with them at the national in

> california... she had no problem at all riding the smaller version, but

> they are pretty expensive so we told her that she would have to wait until

> she could ride the 20 " adult version because it was much more cost

effective

> for us - as that would be the bike to last her into adulthood needing only

> minor adjustments to the seat height, etc... well, determination is

> everything... she figured out how to ride that 20 " and was buzzing all

> around the conference on it - we were all standing there with our mouths

> wide open - boyd included!!! needless to say, we left the conference with

> an order for one awesome 20 " (purple) bike... AND... we did get it

within

> the time frame that boyd promised...

>

> boyd's website -

> http://www.athertonbikes.com

>

> picture of a custom bike for short stature -

> http://www.athertonbikes.com/stature.htm

>

> boyd's address -

> Atherton Bicycles

> 112 Industrial Drive, Kennedale, TX 76060

> Phone: 817-478-5509

> Fax: 817-478-5509 (send during greeting)

>

> the 2 email addresses i have for boyd are -

> boyd@...

> athertonbikes@...

>

> i will email you under separate heading with pictures of our extremely

proud

> daughter and her bike - she loves it because she hated " looking like a

baby "

> on the store-bought bikes that she actually fit on... actually, i will

> email you before and after shots - the difference in perception of age is

> incredible... britney, and her bike, are also featured on pages 20 and 21

> of " Little Difference " !!!

>

> hope this helps - gail

>

> Gail B. Blackburn...

> Mom to 7 yr old Britney (LPA Lifetime Mbr)

> Secretary / Database Coordinator / Webmaster

> AZ LPA - Valley of the Sun Chapter - Serving the State of AZ

> Email: webmaster@... / Website : http://www.azlpa.org

>

>

> ________________________________________________________________________

>

> Message: 2

> Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 00:33:15 -0000

> From: " h b " <kites1999@...>

> Subject: atherton custom bikes

>

> hello, i was wondering if anyone here has ordered a bike from athertons or

> knows of anyone that has ordered a bike since the conference? i am wanting

> to look into getting one made for our daughter as we have been looking at

> modifying a regular bike off of the shelf and it is quite envolved, i did

> look at the pictures and they look great you may privately email me if you

> wish also thank you heidi and brittany(8 yrs old achon.) canada

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