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Hi there,
My 10 year old daughter has just outgrown my wife. She's 5 foot 6 or so! It's time to move her up to a bigger bike. She's been on islabikes up until now and I had a look at the adult islabike (beinn 29) but it looks pretty expensive for what it is at £550. I do value the lightness of the islabikes. Anyone got suggestions for a good lightweight 26 inch bike as a first 'proper adult bike' please? We mainly cycle on towpaths and trails...
Thanks
My 2 are both on standard 26" bikes - and XS(13") Hardrock Disc and a 12" Kona
RS air forks, female saddles and thats it.
Whyte T403.
the whyte is £650. Islabike would be cheaper...
Why limit yourself to 26? An appropriately sized 27.5 will be fine and many more options.
It's not like she's too short to cope I wouldn't have thought. Especially if it's just tow path duties and the like.
The Beinn 29 is very poorly specced for the price, so unless the frame is truly exceptional I wouldn't even consider it. And at 12kg for a small, not exactly groundbreakinglly light for a rigid /hybrid bike either.
I'd get the Whyte too.
Eldest on a 16" Inbred, with all my old bling 3x9 and XT wheels
Youngest (aged 10 and 5 feet tall) is on this:
[url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/the-bike-singletrack-built ]Any excuse to show it again[/url]
@MoreCashThanDash that's an absolute beaut.
@MattyFez good point. Will check out 650b
been thinking... really inspired by @morecashthandash... now trying to choose the right lightweight frame to bring back to life.
[url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/another-kids-bike-build ]I built this[/url]
for my 9 year old, but he is nowhere near 5"6 so you would probably want a 16" frame and 650b. Not crazy money and much nicer than some of the heavy stuff his mates ride.