What bike for a 13-year old?

Crayfish
Crayfish Posts: 225
edited February 2008 in MTB buying advice
I need some advice please on what bike to buy my 13-year old son. I would like to start taking him with me on fairly challenging cross country routes, so the bike can't be something that will fall apart.

But he's still growing - he's about 5'7" tall and say 60kgs - he will probably end up being at least 6' and 75-odd kgs, and I don't want to spend a fortune and he grows out of it really quickly. I suppose therefore it should have good resale value.

Any clever ideas?
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  • The Spiderman
    The Spiderman Posts: 5,625
    Whats the budget?

    Maybe look at the Carrera Vulcan or similar in Halfords,or see if you can pick up a good second hand bike.

    Or look at sale bikes at www,paulscyles.co.uk.More likely to get a good deal,on something in a smalller size too.

    Addiktion,in St Albans sometimes have some reasonable trade ins,though you have to be a bit lucky..
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    2010 Giant Defy Advanced
    2016 Boardman Pro 29er
    2016 Pinnacle Lithium 4
    2017 Canondale Supersix Evo
  • Crayfish
    Crayfish Posts: 225
    I suppose the budget will need to be in the region of 4 to 5 hundred to get something decent. Thanks for the link to Pauls - I haven't heard of them before.
    http://www.youtube.com/user/stumpy25lbs
    Choose a ****ing big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin can openers. Choose a bike. Choose some singletrack. Choose your future. Choose Life. (Irv Welsh)
  • The Spiderman
    The Spiderman Posts: 5,625
    Some stunning bargains on there..You could get him a nice hardtail for that budget.The Giant XTC 4.5 is a good spec for that money.
    2006 Giant XTC
    2010 Giant Defy Advanced
    2016 Boardman Pro 29er
    2016 Pinnacle Lithium 4
    2017 Canondale Supersix Evo
  • gotta_hurt
    gotta_hurt Posts: 239
    Marshalls in Stevenage had a hard rock going for £90! :shock:


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  • robbierobrob
    robbierobrob Posts: 223
    a specialized hardrock maybe?

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