Recommendations for my little ripper!

[white wings]

My daughter has been getting WAY faster and it's time to give her some hand controls, extra gears and a taller wheel.

She's 48" tall, 22" inseam and 6.5 years old. I'm thinking an aluminum framed 20" wheel and possibly front suspension. She took a a chin digger yesterday and said, "Dad, If I had a bigger front wheel this would not have happened!"

She listens when I talk to her about wheels sizes and rocks...love this kid!

 

[DaveInDenver]

That's very cool!

@Corbet's gonna be the best to answer.

 

[scheefdog]

https://us.woombikes.com/

We have multiple friends with these bikes and they are awesome because they are actually designed for kids. They are light weight with components for small hands, feet, etc. Sometimes they list the "showroom" bikes up on ebay for discount.

 

[Corbet]

What's your budget? 20" seems small at 4'?

I still have Bridger's 24" for sale it's a pretty sweet ride. https://risingsun4x4club.org/xf/threads/kids-24-mtb.24442/

Suspension is not as important as light weight. a fat front tire is generally all a little rider really needs until they start really pounding the trail. And even then light weight is more important. The other problem with kids bikes with suspension is that the suspension is generally so low end it does not even work. Or does at first then sucks soon after.

Trailcraft is a top end kids bike. And Bridger is currently on the Timber 26" It's nicer than what I raced on in my 20's

 

[white wings]

What's your budget? 20" seems small at 4'?

I still have Bridger's 24" for sale it's a pretty sweet ride. https://risingsun4x4club.org/xf/threads/kids-24-mtb.24442/

Suspension is not as important as light weight. a fat front tire is generally all a little rider really needs until they start really pounding the trail. And even then light weight is more important. The other problem with kids bikes with suspension is that the suspension is generally so low end it does not even work. Or does at first then sucks soon after.

Trailcraft is a top end kids bike. And Bridger is currently on the Timber 26" It's nicer than what I raced on in my 20's

She's actually 6.5 years old, 22" inseam and 48" tall.

 

[Corbet]

4'=48" no?

But what is the budget? That kind of dictates options. I can only continue to emphasize light weight over anything for small riders.

Bridger was 4’3” when he started riding the 24” Norco.