aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,502
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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I wouldn't say you shouldn't have bought from China on ebay. A larger fraction of those transactions prove to be bad, but you have to build that into your risk model. Most of these people are honest but problems happen. I think the important thing here is the time it takes to get your daughter rolling. Try to make it work. You can use the 10-speed chain. What chainrings and cog sizes do you have? Better to have gears that are too low than too high. And how long are the cranks? They might be short, and that's a good thing, too.