Isla Bikes are great and not really that much more than the comparable bikes of the big brands. My 8 year old dauighter has now grown out of her Beinn large and I got a bit carried away with a 26″ wheeled frame on the classifieds last year so back in February she had this
The original plan was to keep the Beinn for most of her riding for this Summer but she loves the big bike and won’t ride the Beinn (which does now look far too small for her). If she was chomping at the bit to ride as much as I’d like her to then I’d think twice about her riding the big bike but she’s quite happy with our local canal towpaths and forest fire roads.
In any event her younger brother has now adopted the Beinn and doesn’t want to ride his little 16″ wheeled bike (although he still does on the school run with Mum).
For reference my duaghter is a somewhere over 135cm tall and can reach the floor fine (seat was only that high to clamp the seatpost in the work stand)