Choosing The Right Girls Bike
Purchasing a boys bike or girls bike for your son or child could be a especially rewarding, however difficult task during the holiday season. Not only do you have to get the color and type of bike right you will need to precisely judge the perfect size of bike without giving away the game that you went and picked the bike, not good old Father Christmas.
Bike Sizing
Kids’s bikes typically fall into one of a range of different size classes which are primarily based on their size and age. The age is only a coarse guide, as we all know ; there are always youngsters who are taller or shorter than the average.
the list below should give you a good guide on what size bike you should be purchasing for your child or girl this christmas ;
- 12″ Wheel Cycles – acceptable for ages two to four
- 14″ Wheel Cycles – acceptable for ages 3 to five
- 16″ Wheel Cycles – Suitable for ages five to seven
- 20″ Wheel Cycles – Suitable for ages seven to nine
- 24″ Wheel Cycles – OK for ages nine to 11
- 26″+ Wheel Cycles – acceptable for ages 11+
Bikes in the 12″ and 14″ wheels categories are typically fitted with stabilisers only if your child excels at riding their bike these can be removed.
From 16″ wheels and upwards youwill find that these will not come fitted as standard as your youngster will typically have learnt to ride without the assistance by this age.
If you are purchasing one of the 12″or 14″ wheeled bikes be exceedingly careful and choosey about your purchase. A number of these bikes are made of lesser quality plastic parts that may break easily and be tricky to replace. Always make a check with the store first and ask about these before rushing into a purchase.
Popular sorts of Bikes
BMX – A BMX ( named after bicycle Moto Cross ) is a single speed, typically 20″ wheeled bike. Highly regarded in their less expensive versions with young kids, these bikes have now grown into a cult scene with stars,eg Matt Hoffman, making BMXing ahugely popular sport. An inexpensive BMX is excellent for a younger child, but should your boy, or indeed girl, wish to start riding these bikes as intended ensure you invest in a top quality name that’s built to take some punishment. Some good names to keep an eye out for are WeThePeople and Mongoose who both make fantastic, but reasonable BMX’s.
Mountain Bike – off-road bikes, like BMX’s come in both cheap and quality versions. Ainexpensive mountain bicycle will be offering your youngster an introduction to gearing and make the bike more versatile however actually shouldn’t be used for any off road riding for safety reasons. After this trail bicycles can fall into one of a under of sub classes such as dust jumping, all mountain, hard tail, full suspension and generally the most costly of all; downhill.
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