http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/CBOOBBYFAT/on-one-fun-fatty-fat-bike

A couple of my kids have had Trek MT 220s. Good bikes and with adjustable stem and two pedal positions on the cranks they are assured a good fit.

A couple of my kids have had Trek MT 220s. Good bikes and with adjustable stem and two pedal positions on the cranks they are assured a good fit.

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My sons old one is 10 y/o and now on its 3rd owner/rider.

just got my boy a Carrera , i could only get the girls model , so far so good .

you can only tell it is for girl as it has some flowers painted to top tube which can be easily masked with a sticker .

i ll upgrade brakes next month . forks are ok ish .

Hoy Bonaly 24 is a cracking bike and almost as light as an Isla but £80 cheaper.

Guys, what wheels are you running on your kids blast/Luna I have bought my daughter a Luna and plan to upgrade it. I am awaiting some rocket rons which will lighten it up, I have a set of brakes to fit, ordered a set of proper 152 cranks, but the standard free hub is 7 speed so need to upgrade rear hub. I would rather buy an off the shelf lighter wheelset but could do with recommendations.

No wonder all the 24″ Lunas are going off eBay!

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Binnerette number ones Carrera Blast… upgraded with Avid BB5’s, shorter Spank stem, and wider Concept bars (kindly donated by Ton – thanks!), more appropriate semi-nobbly Intense Tyres. I got a nine speed Deore drivetrain to go on it, but she says she prefers the grip shift so they’ve stayed on. Total cost for the lot: about £130

She’s ready for moving up to 26″ soon, so theres a Pace RC325 frame with her name on it, waiting to be built up

Raleigh seem to do a decent kids bike range. There was a recent thread on it, here

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/kids-bike-review-raleigh-performance-20-is-it-better-than-an-isla-beinn-20

Raleigh Performance 20 – Kids Bike Review

That review is referring to the 20″, but they do a 24″ wheeled bike as well:
http://www.raleigh.co.uk/ProductType/ProductRange/Product/Default.aspx?pc=1&pt=9&pg=12915

The reason I got them from the States was that they were available unused for less than £40 which is less than I could buy a full size set from this country for.

He didn’t want his picture taken in the third image!!

So do the 24″ wheels take a 9/10 speed cassette? Ours are 7 at the mo, but the wider range of 9 would be a great upgrade…

Most of the kids bikes don’t come with a freewheel type hub, they use a freewheel that is built into the cassette so you will have to at least change the rear hub.

I bought the Novatech hubs from eBay Australia. Less than £50 pair delivered including skewers.

my eldest son , 12 years of age , has stolen my winter bike . Kinesis maxlight xc pro 2 , with Rev , xt brakes , and xo transmission .

he finds it so much better than his previous bike ,cheap bmx , i wonder why !!

russyh – that unfortunately is the only way to get light wheels for a child’s bike.

I had always fancied building a set so downloaded the wheel building guide from

http://www.wheelpro.co.uk/wheelbuilding/book.php

It still won’t be cheap though –

Hubs £50
Crest 24″ rims £130 (after a good discount)
Spokes £70
Valves and rim tape £20

Oh and then I bought a wheel truing stand but that will be used anyway. The main thing for me was the satisfaction of building the wheels from scratch. I’m just waiting for the funds now to build a set of carbon wheels for my bike now.

s’cool xx24 fat lite. Fab little fat bike bike, really decent aluminium frame, drilled 70mm rims,24 x4.00 rubber giving it a 26″ outside wheel diameter, disc brakes, decent gears and cheaper than an on one baby fat even with importing it.

more importantly a really good stand over so dismounting on soft stuff (sand and snow) wont cause boy bit top tube interface issues

So lots of kids with great bikes then…must being something to do with their Dads.

I like the Dawes Academy MTB 24, it’s just a bit pricey. But, it’s a nice skinny frame and fairly decent forks.

http://dawescycles.com/product/academy-24-mtb/

I started my two 14″ One On Inbreds as soon as they were off 20″ Isla’s

I bought used 100/120mm SIDs cos they are good and light and dual air allows you to drop the travel especially when the kids are light.
I bought some used 24″ wheels (now for sale) that were also decently light and made them tubeless
I fitted 1 x 10 Deore clutch mech/zee shifter, XT 11-36 cassette, deore brakes with a 30t front ring. (Later fitting a double for faster bridleway/road stuff)
I got 140mm Cranks from Bikesmith in America for £80 knowing they were good until the kids are at least 5’5 or 5’6 (square taper but the cranks are light and sware taper isn’t a bad thing)
SDG I beam because massive adjustment and light
35mm stem from Superstar and cut down One One flat bars to fit width.

The bikes came in as light as a 24″ Isla with all of this decent kit on and I had kids on good geometry bikes, with forks that worked and disc brakes that work with one finger in any conditions. All up cost me about £500. Even managed to colour coordinate it to make them feel good…

I did it in the knowledge that with the addition of 26″ wheels and a wider bar we would have years of use and a really good bike. quality 26″wheels are now as cheap as chips and I had some brilliant Hope Hoops on Stans Alpines, CX rays lying around as I couldn’t bare to part with them for what they were worth…

So as they grew, I added the 26″ wheels, then I increased the fork travel to suit…no more new bike all the time and decent running gear…

Then as they became more confident and 26″ quality frames etc became cheaper still…I transferred all that running gear to xtra small FS frames whcih is what they are on now and very happy.

I still don’t think anyone does a proper spec and geometry kids bike for me at the money you can do it for yourself if you select really really good, but not necessarily new, key parts like forks and wheels and even frame.