Help Picking the Right Bike for my 11 year old

ldjh1985

Hi All,

I've been looking at bikes for the last few weeks and having trouble deciding what to get my 10 (11 in may) year old daughter as a Triathlon bike. Mainly competing on grass rather than road.

Originally I was looking at Scatto bikes but worried the bike will only last a single season, therefore i've been looking at the XXS womens bikes. My daughter is 4ft 10".

Any advice welcomed.

Thanks in advance

Lee

bartimaeus

Have a look at http://www.cyclesprog.co.uk/ - it's a family and kids cycling site, and they have lots of reviews and buyers guides. They also have a Facebook page so you can ask questions there.

Moonbiker

https://www.merlincycles.com/bianchi-al ... 26370.html

Maybe if only grass this?

Or:

https://www.sigmasports.com/item/Specia ... -2019/JH0D


Whats the budget as to get a nice cx/gravel bike with hydrualic or even mechanical dics is expensive but would be best suited. Maybe look for a second hand kids cx bike with canti?



Iv'e seen kids do tri on grass on everything from bmx to aero road bikes with 23mm tyres,,, (usually tri is in summer so normal road bike can do grass but 23mm not ideal tyres etc....)


EDIT

Have a look at worx

https://worxbikes.com/junior-bikes/

Adam Rider

The bike workshop close to me has a Dawes Espoir 3000 in stock. I trust these guys all day long with my bike repairs. If they have one in then I would guess it must be good. They don't sell bikes normally but when they do it's usually because they've found a tasty hidden gem... >>> http://www.perlierides.co.uk/dawes-espo ... ial-offer/ <<<

slowbike

Adam Rider wrote:

The bike workshop close to me has a Dawes Espoir 3000 in stock. I trust these guys all day long with my bike repairs. If they have one in then I would guess it must be good. They don't sell bikes normally but when they do it's usually because they've found a tasty hidden gem... >>> http://www.perlierides.co.uk/dawes-espo ... ial-offer/ <<<

Welcome to the forum - it could be coincidence that the owner of Perlie Rides is also called Adam - but assuming that's you please be open about it.

Moonbiker

That dawes is ok but pretty low spec and limited tyre choice in 26" & probably weighs alot.

But in reality its 95% about the rider not the bike unless its a total boat anchor BSO.

natrix

Double post

natrix

That Dawes also has canti brakes, which are not the best as far as brakes go..................
As Barti said, have a look at the cycle sprog website