good places to look for youth sized bike

[sawman]

my 12 year old had grown out of his old bike, but as I suspect he is heading for a growth spurt sometime soon I am not sure that I want to invest in a massively expensive new one that will need replacing in a year.

I have been scouring ebay & gumtree for a small adult bike, without a lot of success ( am am in the North east, which doesn't seem to help). So, are there any other places I could look at??

[sawman]

he is 5ft 1 so I an guessing 14- 15inch frame on 26's - or would I be better looking at 24 inch wheels?

chatting to him today, he likes the look of some of cyclocross type bikes with drop bars and hard tail MTB's we mainly ride fairly smooth trails, so would probably avoid road bikes,

I'll have a look at FB, hadn't thought of that....

[sawman]

cheers, Guys, search now focussed, looks like its just a waiting game. Timing isnt critical, but it would be nice to have something sorted for the summer hols

[sawman]

PH5121 said:

I can echo the above comments. My 9 year old son has an extra small 27.5 inch Specialized Hardrock mountain bike having outgrown his 24 inch wheeled Specialized Hotrock, and he isn't a tall kid.

I don't know how far you would travel but last week I was in the Lake District and noticed that the bike shop at the forestry commission site at Grizedale Forest (located between Hawkshead and Coniston) were selling off their 2016 hire fleet and had the same xs Hardrock disc bike that my lad has, the cost was about £250 from memory.

Edited by PH5121 on Friday 21st April 08:06

Edited by PH5121 on Friday 21st April 08:06

bike rental old stock is a good shout - we are in northumberland so theres a few places to look at, I'll drop some emails. Currently scouring ebay gumtree etc, including retrobike, got my eye on a fairly tidy kona at present

[sawman]

bagged this retro ride for the lad, should keep him going for a bit