![]() ![]() First, a major brand will offer peace of mind in that they have an established record of customer service and satisfaction. ![]() There’s also this bike frame which is pretty convertible and light by a company that’s up and coming: Slater Bikes I feel like kids mountain bikes are on the uptrend right now so hoping more and more options pop up!Ĭoming from a bike shop family, and having worked in the industry for my entire life, I recommend sticking to one of the major brands for a number of reasons. ![]() The Cannondale bikes, especially the rigid ones are pretty light for their sizes and if we didn’t get deals we couldn’t pass up with the GT and Mongoose we would’ve bought and kept buying those. Both of those are pretty inexpensive so we use them as bike path/neighborhood bikes too. My daughter who is 7 is on a 20″ wheeled GT Stomper with gears but rigid which is a good mountain bike for her. My son who’s 5 started on a 16″ with a coaster brake that was superlight but singlespeed and rigid (Cannondale Trail) and now we just got him a Mongoose Rockadile but the brake reach is a little tough and the fork is oversprung. Spawn Cycles seems to be the brand with some traction right now ( ) but we’ve just bought big-brand kids bikes. Lots of boutique brands right now and many just getting started. ![]()
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