Advice needed regarding kids road bike
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Have a look at Hoy and Frog bikes as well as the ubiquitous Islabikes. They are pretty much all you see at kids road races. Good kit, well spec'd and designed for kids from the ground up, not badly scaled down adult bikes. You could try a 650b wheeled bike, thats a good plan though the colours are always a little feminie...
Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 29th May 09:18
pablo said:
Have a look at Hoy and Frog bikes as well as the ubiquitous Islabikes. They are pretty much all you see at kids road races. Good kit, well spec'd and designed for kids from the ground up, not badly scaled down adult bikes. You could try a 650b wheeled bike, thats a good plan though the colours are always a little feminie...
Frog seem quite good. One of my LBS's stocks them and they do some sort of trade in thing. They know your kid is going to grow out of it, so they offer some sort of buy back in all the shops, and also generally have a good selection of second hand if thats the route you want to take. They seem to build them with the thought of the bike growing with your child (not growing in to it, but you pick the bike that is just the right size with one bit at its smallest, then keep adjusting until something is at it's largest).PorscheGT4 said:
buy 2nd hand heavy bike, he will out grow it in 6 months and also the weight will make him stronger ;-)
Whilst that's not terrible advice for an adult, I wouldn't recommend that approach for a developing child. Especially not at age 11. Junior racing events even restrict gear sizes to protect youngsters from overdoing it and getting injured, and for very good reason. As for the OP's question, I've got no experience of kids road bikes to offer any advice, as I never did manage to persuade either of my
...just don't do what parents in my day seemed keen on, and buy a heavy, second hand, and absolutely enormous sized bike, in the vain hope that said child would "grow into it". I never did. Even now that Carlton Continental would have me struggling to reach the ground
yellowjack said:
Whilst that's not terrible advice for an adult, I wouldn't recommend that approach for a developing child. Especially not at age 11. Junior racing events even restrict gear sizes to protect youngsters from overdoing it and getting injured, and for very good reason.
As for the OP's question, I've got no experience of kids road bikes to offer any advice, as I never did manage to persuade either of myapes sons to join me in my love of road cycling...
...just don't do what parents in my day seemed keen on, and buy a heavy, second hand, and absolutely enormous sized bike, in the vain hope that said child would "grow into it". I never did. Even now that Carlton Continental would have me struggling to reach the ground
Slightly offf topic but you should consider doing the BC coaching qualifications, then find a club and deliver their "go-ride" programmme. You have loads of enthusiasm and i'm sure you would enjoy. the qualifications are easy and the assessment days are designed to pass you, BC dont really want anyone to fail.As for the OP's question, I've got no experience of kids road bikes to offer any advice, as I never did manage to persuade either of my
...just don't do what parents in my day seemed keen on, and buy a heavy, second hand, and absolutely enormous sized bike, in the vain hope that said child would "grow into it". I never did. Even now that Carlton Continental would have me struggling to reach the ground
Islabikes...
I can speak from experience that Islabikes are very well made, work perfectly for children and are w-a-a-a-y lighter than most other 'kids' bikes.
http://www.islabikes.co.uk/products/bikes/item/lua...
I can speak from experience that Islabikes are very well made, work perfectly for children and are w-a-a-a-y lighter than most other 'kids' bikes.
http://www.islabikes.co.uk/products/bikes/item/lua...
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