My eldest is getting big. Too big for his 24" carrera bike. I was thinking of building him up a big boys bike using whatever i can borrow off the carerra and from bits lying about in the shed. I do have a DMR Drone that I could build up smallish and stick a few gears on, but it might be a bit heavy. I'm thinking a lightish xc style hardtail of some description would be better. Any recommendations or anyone selling something suitable?
He's about 5'3" at the minute. Maybe 5'4" by morning.
Cheers
I built up a 13 inch brand x trail frame (aka ragley shitehawk) last Xmas for my daughter who is older and shorter than your son. £80 off crc not sure if still available.
Spesh do a 12" Hotrock with 26" wheels.
Pretty rare though. I picked one up for my lad S/H, but its likely to be a long time till it fits him. 🙂
My wife is shorter than that and has ridden a 14" Inbred.
I checked out a few sites, but didn't see anything suitable within budget so i had a rummage in the shed and stole his mums seat and seatpost and stuck a set of BIG 50mm rise dmr wingbars on it. It looks class 😀 . I've a set of old uturn revs out on on loan that i'll stick on. It might do the trick for now.
Measured his frame and it's 12" so a 14" Inbred would be spot on. I'll be watching for one of them.
Much obliged sirs.
Son2 is riding a 14" Kona Blast Deluxe. See what you can find. Mine was previous year, and being a small, was half price at Rutland Cycles.
[quote=Euro ]I checked out a few sites, but didn't see anything suitable within budget so i had a rummage in the shed and stole his mums seat and seatpost and stuck a set of BIG 50mm rise dmr wingbars on it. It looks class . I've a set of old uturn revs out on on loan that i'll stick on. It might do the trick for now.
Measured his frame and it's 12" so a 14" Inbred would be spot on. I'll be watching for one of them.
Much obliged sirs.
I may well have one for sale.....
Identities Dr Jekyll, standard is 13" xl is 16"
+1 Dr Jekyll
I built my son one up, first with 24"'s and then later with 26"'s.
Orange one, and here been ridden by my eldest, who's about 5'10" as you can see be the post...
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My son is the same age and around the same height and rides a 15" rockhopper with no problems.
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Looking like this as of last night. Nearly stuck a set of Marz DJ3 forks on it this morning, but they're really only good for one hit and weigh a ton.
He'll get a run out after school to see if it's any better.
How about a specific Kona Kids frame in the CRC sale at the moment. [url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=74498 ]Bargain![/url]
My daughters on a Carrera Blast 24" at the moment too. Upgraded with Spank stem and bars, deore shifters, Avid BB5 brakes and Intense semi-slicks 😀
My old very-low-standover 16" Pace RC305 is waiting in the shed for her move up to 26"
EDIT: Arse! Thats for 20" wheels 🙁 They had the 26" kids frames in the sale but they've all gone it appears
yes that is what my son rides and he is the smallest in his class at 7
nice bike though
We have a Islabikes Beinn 26 and it is superb. We also bought some cheap old Manitou Mars forks and it is light, great 'shape' to the geometry and fast.
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We also have a Trek 13" frame - not as good a 'shape' - longer and higher - but lighter than the Islabike. Fitted with retrotastic Marzocchi X-Fly's 8) Fast, but hardly used as he prefer's his 24" for nippyness at the moment.
Finally mrs_oab's XS Cannondale 9000SL - halfway between Trek and Islabikes in terms of shape and size - and blows both away for weight (but not as robust...), plus is disc'd up...
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All bought off here, Trek and Islabikes both sub £200 build, Cannondale was £250 IIRC.
Saw those Konas on CRC and got excited last night.
His bike is actually a girls Carrera Luna, bought as it has a decent reach but low standover (and it was blue for boys). I covered the flowery graphics with Da Bomb stickers one christmas eve to [i]butch [/i]it up a bit. I don't think he'd ride it if he knew 😀
Small Meta 5. Fits a friend who's 5'4"
Euro - we could have swapped. I was after a girlies Luna but ended up with the boys lime green blast. I'll pop a picture up later
Pity those Konas had gone. I think the 26" frames were down to £70!