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I just bought Beinn 20 small for my 5yr old daughter direct from their showroom last saturday, big step up from a 12" wheel, but when i sat her on the 16" CNOC (which i had thought i would end up buying) she only had a couple cm growth left in seatpost so would need replacing in a year. Beinn 20 is a stretch for her but she is safe on it, and has been happily going to school and back on it this week.
tried my son on the luath 24 (roadie) and Reis 24 (track) but he wasn't tall enough to be safe on them, although he was plenty tall enough for the 24" beinn. So he got nothing and will continue to ride around on his home built single speed dumpster dipped beater...
anyway not sure where you are but if you don't want to go all the way to ludlow (3 hours in car! but i was going past there anyway) and wanted to sit your kid on a 20" beinn and see how it fits, try before you buy etc, then your welcome to come round (am in ealing area) just send me a PM and we can sort something out
incidentally, also just got hold of a beater for my daughter so she does not have to take the expensive new bike somewhere it might get nicked or trashed, so she will also have a 1968 16" wheel rod brake 'Mayflower' british built bike, which will now be my next restoration project to keep me from getting bored.
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