Don't think I'll ever get another bike as a present after my wife bought me a beautiful matt black Trek Fuel 90 as a combined Christmas / impending 40th pressie - I took it out round our local trails on Boxing Day and came back with an impressive ding in the top tube!
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Are bikes given as much as presents nowadays?
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Posted 5 months ago #
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I got my lad a Mongoose BMX for his birthday and a Ridgeback MX24 for his Christmas . He also got a helmet , camelbak and Gloves and is nipping my head about going to Glentress on Tuesday. Its all good though.
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No new bikes here, but they were out on their old ones. Next door's 7yo girl had a new bike though. Was planning on building a mini jump ramp for Xmas, but decided he had plenty of stuff (and general Xmas prep chaos got in the way), so have another 3 weeks to work on it until his birthday.
I think my oldest will be ready for a new bike before next Xmas/birthday though, so will probably just upgrade in the summer (his cousin is also conveniently just about to outgrow the next size Islabike).
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This year has been a particularly hard time for LBS selling bikes for Christmas. Sure there were a few being sold but not the quantity's of last year which in its self was a tough one. You only need to look at the amount BMX's still in the shops. Like people have said, £200 on a bike or a Wii or PS2. Most parents would buy the latter as it keeps the kids quite. This isn't a criticism its just changing times. I find most people who buy their kids bikes are cyclists in some for or another.
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Two new bikes here! One for the 6yr old, balance bike for the 2yr old and a telescope wrapped up for the 5 yr old. Down at the BMX track this am, no other bikes (new or old) in sight.
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I bought my 8 year old a BMX for Xmas. He loves it and we've been on 2 bike rides so far.
9AM on Christmas morning, his friend turns up, 'can Taylor come out, I've got a new bike'!!!
Seems to me like half my street got bikes. I got cycling gear off the missus too!
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I bought me a new frame and fork... Oh, wait, not got the idea of this have I? Ho hum!
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2nd hand but very good nick Ridgeback MX16 for my daughter. Plus a new pisspot bmx/skaters helmet (she detests the pink one that she's had up to now). My daughter is not like other girls....
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/8935656/Girls-will-be-tomboys.html
We went out for an hour this afternoon. new learning is that the brakes are more powerful and she can do 'awesome' skids with the back wheel. I was going to tell her skids are for kids, but as she's only 5 she probably qualifies.Posted 5 months ago # -
I was at Sherwood Pines on Christmas Eve and a Father & daughter were about to set out as we came back. She was was her new Scott Voltage SS and raring to go. Dad was on a pink BSO that I suspect was her old bike. She looked about 12! I hope the wall to wall mudfest didn't put her off.
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