Less than £1 per gram. That’s pretty good value as weight weenie goes!

Too right – you’d need to protect those Islabike resale values! 😀

I remember my last kids bike before getting a grown up one (infact I grew so quickly I think I went from 24″ wheels to a 21″ frame!).

Diamond Back, 4130 frame and forks, shimano group-set of some description, relatively light. But even with inflation it wasn’t £1500!

I can see why it’s £1500, but it seems a lot of ££££ for a bike that at 12-13 they’ll outgrow in a matter of months.

Sailing has the right idea, most ‘youth’ classes are either older and un-cool (Mirror), or roto-moulded plastic (RS Tera/Feva) with cheap sails and hulls. I guess Isla bikes are for mountainbikers who if they sailed would buy their kids a 29er (the boat, not the bikes).

IMO, islabikes are ok, but as above, nothing special. I think people only really buy them because they are light and resale value.

Surely the resale value will start to drop as more come on the market and more decent competitors come to the market.

We had a Cnoc 16 but my kids are now on a 20″ orbea and a 24″ self build and I honestly can’t see me ever buying another Islabike. I can build as good if not better for less, and can always get a frame powder coated the kids favorite colour for £50.

I can see why it’s £1500, but it seems a lot of ££££ for a bike that at 12-13 they’ll outgrow in a matter of months.

IME my 3 kids didn’t grow considerably until they hit 16, so the same bike was ridden a long time. Also consider buying a 26″ one and putting 24″ wheels in.

In my onion Islabikes area more aimed at cycling parents rather than kids. All power to them.

The new ones though eyewateringly expensive do look great and have great attention to detail.

there is another brand selling kids bikes with carbon loveliness, I can’t remember the brand – they sell them at One Planet adventure in Llandegla.

Don’t get me wrong I’m not knocking Islabikes, or people who want to buy them. Who am I to tell people how to spend their money. I just don’t really see the point of the 16″ & 20″ bikes at those prices. Just buy a normal one and stick a 20″ carbon fork from Exotic and some disc brake on it and save your self £500!!

Where as my eldest got just over a year out of her’s but luckily we bought it secondhand. The youngest isn’t growing so fast she has a Frog as she didn’t want her sister’s old bike. I must move on the Isla which I’d get more than I paid for it but wouldn’t do that as it was mate’s rates.

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Take Harry Main for example. Shredding Rampworx before he could walk. He’s turned out alright 😉

My son says they’ve got a stupid name – “Why do they have “Bikes” as part of the name? That means you say ‘have you got an Islabikes bike?'” He’s got a point. 🙂

My 4yo had similar coverage the other day having been let loose with a pack of Avengers tattoos.

I reckon that Islabikes bikes parents were a bit upset that Islabikes bikes were so common, so Islabikes responded with the Islabikes Pro (for Professional Use Only) bikes.

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Yep. Dropping 30ish% of £300 isn’t a problem. 30ish% of £1500 however…

Could you do this on it?