lightweight bicycles for a very small 6year old girl

Posted on Wed 5th, October 2016

• #1

moorhen

My granddaughter is very slight and fearful of learning to ride, i believe primarily because her bicycle is so heavy. Any advice? I live in London
• #2

Silver-fox in reply to @moorhen

We used an Isla bike, good set up, right size for a 6 year old. components scaled down, and not too heavy.
• #3

ffm

Frog and the Raleigh Performance range are other lightweight options. Both well thought out too. Hoy also do some good bikes, but a little chunkier.
• #4

moorhen

Thank you so much for the advice .... I was hoping that someone might have something to pass on secondhand. We have an Islabike which her brother has outgrown but it is too big for her still. Frog bikes are £250 new but I shall check out the Raleigh performance and keep looking for secondhand options. Many thanks!
• #5

Rod_Munch in reply to @moorhen

You might want to enquire about second hand kids bikes/advice in here too...

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/157546/

...there's a fair amount of stuff getting passed around as far as I can tell (in fact the answer might already be in there!)..

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