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My mate wants a bike for his kid. She's tiny, even for her age. But he being a cyclist is pushing her to ride asap. She has a balance bike but apparently she's ready to pedal.
He's trying to find a 'lightweight' kids bike. He's done some research and found an Isla bike thats 5.8kg and a Frog thats 6.7kg. Apparently thats too much (in fairness its quite a lot for such a tiny simple bike). I guess out of light, cheap and strong the manufacturers have gone for light and cheap (the market presumably won't support superlight but expensive and strong kids bikes).
I don't have kids so I've never given it much thought but he's asking me for advice.
Is he being unrealistic?
Should his kid HTFU?
Any suggestions of bikes?
He asked me if I could build a frame (I don't think he realises how bad my welding skills are) so he must be desperate.