Eldest daughter is about 35kg of pure lankiness. A decent breeze will blow her away, today in windy ayrshire there is a good chance of that happening.
Having done a bit of CX racing, and a fair bit of CX training with the local cycle club, next season we’re pointing her at some MTB events, notably Scottish XC (SXC) events and West of Scotland races. We’ve bought the bike (Trek Superfly) – but now need to kit the kiddie out with a few things, so looking for the hive mind to assist.
So far – changes needed/kit needed would be
1. a set of tyres to cope with Scottish trails in winter. What fast rolling winter tyres (29er) would folk recommend, for use on a variety of surfaces, some of her sessions should be on trail centres, others on natural trails. The bike has tubeless rims, so we’re going to try to set it up tubeless. The XR1 on the bike are nice, but it’s not dry or dusty here, currently, or in the near future.
2. Kneepads – what kneepads for XC racing and training – particularly challenging where the daughter’s legs are like pipe cleaners….
3 – what else does she need ?
Parents and Guardians of STWs mini racers – what do you do…