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Nice leaflet David, most of your tips will be as useful for beginner adults too.
I most definitely was not measured for my first bike - I think the main requirement when choosing it was that it would allow at least 4 years of growth. ;) Amazingly it survived 10.
My bike being massively too big to start with, then eventually too small, didn't put me off, or cause injury, but today when I see kids riding ill-fitting bikes (usually with parents who look equally uncomfortable on theirs) I wonder why bike fit advice isn't made a lot more available at point of sale.
tl;dr: Perhaps include something about reach/saddle height?
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Thanks Alex. good point about poor bikefit advice, and poor bike choice advice at some outlets.
I will add some of the points to the list later as people feedback on these tips. Though too late to amend our flyer (or as Bike BIz calls it Wrapping paper graphic)
skydancer
The instructors of the worker's cooperative, Cycle Training UK have put together these top tips for buying a bike for a young person