HamboCairns
Thanks for all the bananas
I'm not saying it should be more for $399, I just don't want v-brakes. I'm looking at around the $600 mark.Fuck man - it's a $399 bike!
I'm not saying it should be more for $399, I just don't want v-brakes. I'm looking at around the $600 mark.Fuck man - it's a $399 bike!
Totally agree with thisThe forks don't work well, at best they are a 40mm pogo stick. After a bit of use, they bind up and end up dead weight.
My daughter said she likes this one. I think some pink DMR pedals and grips would looks great on that!Totally agree with this
What’s the cost of not going tubeless @HamboCairns that’s what you have to ask yourself.Now I'm looking at the cost of tubeless 24" tyres...
V brakes are easy as pie. Not sure where you get that from. Like the useless heavy suspension forks if they aren’t a super shredder they really don’t need cable disc brakes either. Just my opinion anyway.Not disc braked. V-brakes are a fucking pain in the arse to maintain and take the wheel on and off.
How so? I used to commute daily on shitty v-brake bikes I'd grab from hard rubbish and fix up. V-brakes worked just fine in all weather (back when I rode regardless of the weather) and didn't need replacing or adjusting too often.Not disc braked. V-brakes are a fucking pain in the arse to maintain and take the wheel on and off.
That could get expensive, @HamboCairns might need to go second hand.New wife time.
COVID has messed up the second hand wife market too man.That could get expensive, @HamboCairns might need to go second hand.
I'll drive 1800 km and have them sit on a few bikesHead to 99Bikes and try your kids on a few different smalls or X-smalls, you be surprised they tyre sized bike they may fit on.
Being bicycle minded, it may only be a stem swap to fit them on a bigger bike... but don't put them on a bike that is too big and will suppress their skills.
The guys at 99Bikes are very knowledgeable and a lot of them were employees of the shops that were going under because of 99Bikes in the first place.
Its an unwritten rule that you never do it to a LBS but 99Bikes have closed down so many family owned shops, its like trying on shit at Anaconda... zero fks given.
Yeah they still employ local people but they have a bigger backing than a family trying to keep their house.
Not my fault you live woop woopI'll drive 1800 km and have them sit on a few bikes
On a side note, I wonder why an IGA model of bike cooperative hasn't popped up yet.Head to 99Bikes and try your kids on a few different smalls or X-smalls, you be surprised they tyre sized bike they may fit on.
Being bicycle minded, it may only be a stem swap to fit them on a bigger bike... but don't put them on a bike that is too big and will suppress their skills.
The guys at 99Bikes are very knowledgeable and a lot of them were employees of the shops that were going under because of 99Bikes in the first place.
Its an unwritten rule that you never do it to a LBS but 99Bikes have closed down so many family owned shops, its like trying on shit at Anaconda... zero fks given.
Yeah they still employ local people but they have a bigger backing than a family trying to keep their house.
100% this^^^^Skip to end: @HamboCairns You're overthinking it. Get your kids something they can ride on now that is vaguely decent. Don't fret on suspension spec or brake power, its inconsequential. As long as the bike runs, a kid stoked on MTB will skid the tires off a K-Mart shitter.