A friend is asking for advice regarding bikes for his two girls, he's been looking at this
[url= http://www.cycleking.co.uk/COYOTE-CRYSTAL-18-SPEED-19-40-product-659.html ]Coyote Crystal[/url]
his COYOTE CRYSTAL 18 SPEED contains the following features as listed below :LIGHTWEIGHT ALLOY FRAME
HI-TENSILE STEEL FORKS
18 SPEED FULL SHIMANO GEAR SET
SHIMANO REVOSHIFT GEAR LEVERSIn Addition to that , the COYOTE CRYSTAL 18 SPEED has,
V TYPE BRAKES FRONT AND REAR
LIGHTWEIGHT ALLOY WHEELS
TOUGH DOUBLE WALL ALLOY RIMS
ADJUSTABLE REACH HANDLEBARSFurther details
COLOUR : SILVER / PURPLE
SIZE: 24" WHEEL WITH 12" FRAME
One of this daughters rides the 20" wheel equivalent of this one and it's actually ok, by which I mean not too heavy. Other than the hi-ten forks can't really think of anything too bad about it.
Since he needs two, it looks a good purchase. 24 speed means a freewheel not a freehub. I'm not a big fan of revoshift, but for normal duties I suspect it will be fine. Check it has alloy brake levers. For serious off road, it may want better tyres.
24" bikes with front suspension also have heavy forks, so on balance, those forks could be lighter! Rigid will go off road.
Thanks, it's very easy to get carried away and over-spec stuff when friends ask you for advice.
When they do I immediately tell them to get an Islabike, but even for relatively well off people £350 on a kids push bike (and they need 2) seems a stretch for bimbling along prepared paths and riding up and down the street.
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