Islabikes - any experience?

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Morning, has anyone had one of these for their kids? I am looking at a Creig for my son, although not sure if he is quite ready for a 26" as he is quite a small 10 yr old.

Weight is a consideration and these get a good write up, but are at the expensive end of the options I imagine. He has saved his money and wants a better bike than the Trek MT200 he has at the moment and whilst I have told him that he can only spend it once, I don't want there to be another life lesson in the form of a duff bike to compound the pain he will feel when his bank account is empty!

Thanks!

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Thanks for the advice; they certainly seem to be the best option for a small person who wants to ride proper off road stuff and although the Frog bikes are nice, none of them would suit that purpose. I do look after things and having heard the accounts above, I think that dependent on what is on gumtree etc, I may top up his savings to get a new one... He is having a look at one tonight and we shall see where we get to on that, but my man maths is warming up nicely for a three hour drive to the factory...

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Bought one! It was pretty cut and dried once I read the replies from you lot, so thank you.

I suspect my son will grow out of it in about six months, so will be able to test the residual values then.

Thanks for the replies.: