Brand new second hand?

Reeksy2 is ready for his first FS bike I reckon, but if his older brother is anything to go by he’ll  grow out of it fast.

He’ll need a size small.

Second hand prices here are weird. Somehow people are trying to sell 10 year old good spec bikes for as much as a budget new bike.

I was looking at this Rocky Mountain Element for half price 

It’s a crap fork and heavy I don’t want to spend much more…but new could be good for selling on when he grows out of it.

But I’m also scouring marketplace. Tricky to find small frames.

Thoughts?

It’s a crap fork and heavy I don’t want to spend much more…but new could be good for selling on when he grows out of it.

It won’t  be new when you sell it though?

Mosdef a good album

Oh edit we’re talking buying bikes again

Huge value second hand atm if you can find a sensible seller.

Would it be cheaper building one up out of bits if you can’t find a decent 2nd hand at a good (to you) price?

Perhaps you could get Reeksy2 to help out with the build up; it’ll also pass on useful skills for later life?

Just go the next up in travel:

https://www.paulscycles.co.uk/bikes/mountain-bikes/rocky-mountain-instinct-a50-trail-mountain-bike-orangeblue__13154

Decision made and we’re buying the Rocky Mountain. And it turns out the fork isn’t coil as I thought it was.

One of our LBS is a RM dealer too, so we’re getting it through them.

He’ll probably grow out of it in 6 months knowing our luck.

Definitely not cheaper to build up from secondhand parts… although I’m doing a frame swap project with Reeksy1 moving the parts from my Ti frame across to the old SolarisMax so he has a hardtail.

Will it help him manuva over the roots better?

Recently picked up a good condition used Santa Cruz 5010 c for my 14 yr old nephews 1st proper mountain bike, Hope hubs, headset, bb, stem, Fox factory suspension and seatpost for under a grand, its far better than the bike he almost bought from go outdoors for £1300

Will it help him manuva over the roots better?

Was a Peter Tosh reference but yeah. He’ll skip over sinking sands too.