hora, stop whinging.
What sort of bike for an adult do you get for £200? If it was the same spec as an Islabike, you’d be laughing.
Factor in that the market for “good quality” kids bike is pretty small so you’re losing out on quantity of scale to reduce prices, and that pretty much sums it up.
Bandito junior #1 is on his second Islabike. I did consider the Frogs, but he has between sizes, so the Beinn20 suited him better, it should last a couple of years. Then it goes in the loft for a year, then its passed onto his brother for the next 2 years. £200 over 5 years, not bad I reckon, given what I’ll spend on the adult bikes in the family.
And back to the OP’s mithering: postage off the mainland for a small company is always going to be pricey. Suck it up, or buy elsewhere.
It comes down to the fact that there’s a choice. You don’t HAVE to buy an Islabike (but if you can afford it, you’d be a fool not to)