Which dirt jump bike?

samurai1999

Hi I'm looking for some advice on what dirt jump bike to buy for my 13 year old son.
He's about 5' 6'' and still growing.
He wants a single gear bike with suspension.
I believe they come in at about £500, but we would like to spend less if possible!
We live in the South East.
Thanks

The Rookie

You may want to be sure that that is really what he wants and not just what he think he wants (having had teenagers myself) as getting the wrong bike can prove very costly.

A real jump bike is pretty hopeless for anything else.
A Pseudo jump bike but still single speed bike is Ok for round town kind of stuff but not as good for that as a
A geared bike which can be fairly useful for a lot of things while still looking like a jump bike!

A local lad had a Gary Fisher Bitter, that was jump bike style, reasonable forks and brakes but geared, having done some work on it fior him I would say it was a good bike for the price.
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... tter-10801

Not sure what the latest equivalent is in the GF/Trek range

felix.london

You could have look through this lot...looks like some decent deals there;

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Offers.aspx?Offer=2&CategoryIDs=2145

pimpedupmonkey

if he wants a jump bike under £500 and doesn't want a "hardcore" jump bike and can put up with gears or doesn't mind converting to single speed have a look at the diamondback groove:
http://www.bikesdirect365.com/products/ ... Boys-(2012).html
if your in the UK i believe bikes direct give you 5% cash back if your a quidco member

or there is the diamondback beta:
http://www.thebikefactory.co.uk/product ... ctid=58425

both of these are bottom end bikes mind, just showing whats available for less.

also check out your local halfords mine has several single speed front suspension jump bikes in for under £500 and a few just over.

paul.skibum

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=68236 - This?

But http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=66758 this is a far more practical all round useful bike.

But he's a teenager so the first one will look better cluttering up the shed and getting nicked at school.