Do they Make Kids Road Bikes

[Privatelife]

What is the smallest real road bike available for young riders? My 9 year
old son is about 54 inches tall. Would like to introduce him into road
cycling. He wants to go with us on longer rides. His "huffy" dirt bike
with knobby tires just doesn't cut it on the road.

[wafflyDIRTYcatLITTERhcsBOX]

> He wants to go with us on longer rides. His "huffy" dirt bike
>with knobby tires just doesn't cut it on the road.

You can get kids' road bikes over here in the UK - proper ones, not MTBs ;-)
BUT they are expensive and as rare as hen's teeth to find when you need one :-(


Cheers, helen s


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[Alexander Gilchrist]

Fuji makes one, as does Trek. Cannondale and others make versions of
their road bikes that would certainly fit. Go to a reputable bike shop
and tell them what you feel you want and get their advice.

Alexander Gilchrist

[Just zis Guy, you know?]

On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 02:44:36 GMT, "Privatelife"
> wrote:

>His "huffy" dirt bike
>with knobby tires just doesn't cut it on the road.

Start by fitting slick tyres - makes an amazing difference! My
9-year-old has a Dawes Kokomo steel MTB (no suspension) and has done a
47 mile ride on that no problem. It's still considered adequately
cool in the playground :-)

Guy
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[Gazoo]

Devinci in Canada used to make them. They were pretty cool.

http://www.devinci.com

Not sure if they still do? e-mail em?



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"Privatelife" > wrote in message
...
> What is the smallest real road bike available for young riders? My 9 year
> old son is about 54 inches tall. Would like to introduce him into road
> cycling. He wants to go with us on longer rides. His "huffy" dirt bike
> with knobby tires just doesn't cut it on the road.
>
>

[Lindsay Rowlands]

Privatelife > wrote:
: What is the smallest real road bike available for young riders? My 9 year
: old son is about 54 inches tall. Would like to introduce him into road
: cycling. He wants to go with us on longer rides. His "huffy" dirt bike
: with knobby tires just doesn't cut it on the road.

Check out:

http://www.chucksbikes.com/cbpihta.htm

Cheerz,
Lynzz

[Steven M. Scharf]

"Privatelife" > wrote in message
...
>What is the smallest real road bike available for young riders? My 9 year
>old son is about 54 inches tall. Would like to introduce him into road
>cycling. He wants to go with us on longer rides. His "huffy" dirt bike
>with knobby tires just doesn't cut it on the road.

You might try him on a 46cm frame bike, i.e.:

http://www.brittonbikes.com/bikes-2002/bianchi-rd-02/veloce.html

or something like the Susan B.

http://www.terrybicycles.com/Bikes/susanb.lasso

though it's a little big for him since its recommended for
58"

You might want to head off to Europe and look around
for something suitable.

I gave up on finding something for my 9 year old, if you
find something let me know. It has to have a triple.

I'm going to fit some Vee Rubber K-52's onto the wheels
of a 24" mountain bike.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/tires/index.html#507

I guess there is no market for a kid's road bike.

Steve

[Eurastus]

After much research, I purchased a 44cm Fuji Roubaix Womens
(http://www.fujibikes.com/) for my 8-year-old daughter earlier this year. The
650c wheels make quite a difference.

She's rather short (don't remember exact measurement, but is the shortest of
all her 3rd grade friends) and it fits her great. I did have to trade in the
90mm stem for a 60 I found at the LBS, though.

We ride about 60 minutes every day before school/work.

I also put home-made rubber spacers in the brifters to bring the levers closer
in to the handlebars.

She has a real problem shifting the front deraileur to larger chain-rings, but
I attribute that to weak hands; anytime we crest a hill, we stop and I shift
back up to the middle chainring for her.

This bike cost me just under $1000 at a quasi-LBS, but the Finest Womens and
Newest Womens use the same geometery and are much less expensive.

I highly recommend any of these small Fuji's.

Let me know if I can help you any more...


"Steven M. Scharf" > wrote:
>"Privatelife" > wrote in message
...
>>What is the smallest real road bike available for young riders? My 9 year
>>old son is about 54 inches tall. Would like to introduce him into road
>>cycling. He wants to go with us on longer rides. His "huffy" dirt bike
>>with knobby tires just doesn't cut it on the road.
>
>You might try him on a 46cm frame bike, i.e.:
>
>http://www.brittonbikes.com/bikes-2002/bianchi-rd-02/veloce.html
>
>or something like the Susan B.
>
>http://www.terrybicycles.com/Bikes/susanb.lasso
>
>though it's a little big for him since its recommended for
>58"
>
>You might want to head off to Europe and look around
>for something suitable.
>
>I gave up on finding something for my 9 year old, if you
>find something let me know. It has to have a triple.
>
>I'm going to fit some Vee Rubber K-52's onto the wheels
>of a 24" mountain bike.
>
>http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/tires/index.html#507
>
>I guess there is no market for a kid's road bike.
>
>Steve
>
>

[Eurastus]

After much research, I purchased a 44cm Fuji Roubaix Womens
(http://www.fujibikes.com/) for my 8-year-old daughter earlier this year. The
650c wheels make quite a difference.

She's rather short (don't remember exact measurement, but is the shortest of
all her 3rd grade friends--I suspect she's areound 50" tall) and it fits her
great. I did have to trade in the
90mm stem for a 60 I found at the LBS, though.

We ride about 60 minutes every day before school/work.

I also put home-made rubber spacers in the brifters to bring the levers closer
in to the handlebars.

She has a real problem shifting the front deraileur to larger chain-rings, but
I attribute that to weak hands; anytime we crest a hill, we stop and I shift
back up to the middle chainring for her.

This bike cost me just under $1000 at a quasi-LBS, but the Finest Womens and
Newest Womens use the same geometery and are much less expensive.

I highly recommend any of these small Fuji's.

Let me know if I can help you any more...


"Privatelife" > wrote:
>What is the smallest real road bike available for young riders? My 9 year
>old son is about 54 inches tall. Would like to introduce him into road
>cycling. He wants to go with us on longer rides. His "huffy" dirt bike
>with knobby tires just doesn't cut it on the road.
>
>

[Steven M. Scharf]

"Eurastus" > wrote in message
...
>After much research, I purchased a 44cm Fuji Roubaix Womens
>(http://www.fujibikes.com/) for my 8-year-old daughter earlier this year.
>The 650c wheels make quite a difference.

<snip>

>This bike cost me just under $1000 at a quasi-LBS, but the Finest Womens
>and Newest Womens use the same geometery and are much less expensive.

Yes, I think I know the quasi-LBS you're referring to because that same
shop near me carries a lot of the Fuji bicycles. I really hate to buy bikes
there, but my extended family has bought several there since they seem to
carry models and brands that are shunned by the "real" LBSes. Fuji seems
to have made a real comeback and they offer products you just can't get
from Trek or Specialized, which are the only mass market brands that the
LBSes seem to carry.

Steve

[archer]

In article k.net>,
says...
> "Eurastus" > wrote in message
> ...
> >After much research, I purchased a 44cm Fuji Roubaix Womens
> >(http://www.fujibikes.com/) for my 8-year-old daughter earlier this year.
> >The 650c wheels make quite a difference.
>
> <snip>
>
> >This bike cost me just under $1000 at a quasi-LBS, but the Finest Womens
> >and Newest Womens use the same geometery and are much less expensive.
>
> Yes, I think I know the quasi-LBS you're referring to because that same
> shop near me carries a lot of the Fuji bicycles. I really hate to buy bikes
> there, but my extended family has bought several there since they seem to
> carry models and brands that are shunned by the "real" LBSes. Fuji seems
> to have made a real comeback and they offer products you just can't get
> from Trek or Specialized, which are the only mass market brands that the
> LBSes seem to carry.

In my area, one dealer carries Specialized, Bianchi and Schwinn, another
dealer carries Bianchi and Fuji, and a 3rd is Trek and Merlin.


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