Kids bikes

So, having got the tape measure out again, it seems Tynan is still only just big enough for a Rothan, so I ordered one today. It'll have to be his second-and-a-half birthday present - want to get the maximum lifespan out of it, and plus it's in time for the warmer months.

He'll be learning to pedal on his trike for now. He hasn't grasped how to put any force through the pedals, but as I push him along, he's getting a decent amount of neuromuscular conditioning. Next week I may try strapping his feet to the pedals, and pushing him down Primrose Hill or something. Really burn some cadence into his synaptic receptor cells. He'll thank me for it one day...

i use to hold cisco's feet with my hands to the pedals and make him pedal too. it didn't take long till he got it.
i bought the bike even though he wasn't tall enough and it was fine

So, having got the tape measure out again, it seems Tynan is still only just big enough for a Rothan.

You have very cold hands. Not dissimilar to Uncle Bernie.

Let me help with the convincing.

Those glasses are brilliant!

Do they come in 700C?

http://www.thinkgeek.com/geek-kids/3-7-years/d783/?cpg=129T&link

I have an appointment to try out a couple of different isla bikes at their site in ludlow in a weeks time for my 5yr old and also to try out my 10 year old on a drop bar.

Having looked at what else is available, they are looking like an attractive option, especially given the high resale values on ebay.

hey. i have a 3 year old sister who has been riding a peddle bike for about 6 months, she has never needed to use stabilizers. we put her on it prety much as soon as she started to walk well, probably 20-24 months. the way she got the grasp of it was to use this push bike with no pedals. within a few months she was pushing and balencing and wold roll down small slopes. my dad rides with a woman called Isla Roundtree, World Masters Cyclo Cross Champion 1999. she has a childrens bike company and her range is really good...well built bikes. should take a look if your interested in getting your kid riding

Electra Townie, this is how my kids roll, single speed, coaster brake
special geometry, win win win.

Time for an upgrade.
Cnoc 14 up for grabs at the end of may. SOLD.
Not sure what to go for next, either the Beinn 20 http://www.islabikes.co.uk/bike_pages/beinn20.html or maybe the fixie skidder option http://www.islabikes.co.uk/bike_pages/reis.html

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Have you though about, maybe, asking your kid instead of the forum?

;)

Have you though about, maybe, asking your kid instead of the forum?

;)

Yeah, because that's how parenting works.

Do you want to go to bed? No
Do you want to brush your teeth? No
Do you want to play with that knife? Yes

Have you though about, maybe, asking your kid instead of the forum?

;)

I wasn't asking. I was just airing my options.

No kids no talk!

Loving the fixie kiddie skidder. All sorts of win.

At 400 gn it really is out of the question.
20" spok?

Yeah, because that's how parenting works.

Do you want to go to bed? No
Do you want to brush your teeth? No
Do you want to play with that knife? Yes

ha! you knows it.

Time for an upgrade.
Cnoc 14 up for grabs at the end of may. On Hold.

Not sure what to go for next, either the Beinn 20 http://www.islabikes.co.uk/bike_pages/beinn20.html or maybe the fixie skidder option http://www.islabikes.co.uk/bike_pages/reis.html

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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Cheers Simonw7, not in london but thanks for the offer.

Santa brought my 6 yr old a Beinn 20 large for Xmas.
Islabikes great to deal with-so Santa tells me anyway.
Crackin little machine-hes lovin it bigtime...lightness counts for a lot I think.

Yeah, because that's how parenting works.

Do you want to go to bed? No
Do you want to brush your teeth? No
Do you want to play with that knife? Yes

a winky smiley indicate that my comment was a joke you pillock.

No kids no talk!

...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.

I learned to ride on this bicycle. I loved it.

****To all who have bought an Islabike for their nippers ...***

On no account let your kid's friends ride your kid's Isla without some gentle rolling and stopping to get used to the very good brakes..., if they normally a BSO with shite brakes, they are very likely to throw themselves off the Isla cos the mini-Vs are so good... this has happened twice in the last two weeks, to kids who wanted a go on my boy's CNOC ... they tore off on it all confident and fast like, then grabbed a handful and went flying. Not funny!

Dear parents / doting aunties & uncles etc

I have an Isla Cnoc16 to sell. Here's the spec:
http://www.islabikes.co.uk/bike_pages/cnoc16.html

It's the older paint style than on the site currently: shiny gunmetal grey with lime greeny-yellow decals, black parts. It's the second smallest bike they do with a drivetrain, has been a beautiful learner for my lad who has had it from 4 - 6 1/2. Well proportioned and fairly lightweight, with child specific components such as ultra short reach brakes, limited headset (no barspinz kidz, soz). No mudguards on ours (shocking) but comes with a set of winter knobblies as well as the standard hybrid tyres. Tyre wear is pretty low, the knobblies almost none since they've been used just for the last two months on the trails at Herne Hill.

Apart from a tiny pair of scrapes of the anodise on the shoulders of the brake levers from the above incident (not where the hands grip), and missing cable-ends that have made the cables frayed after the brake grip nut, it's in amazingly good condition. The brake blocks have loads of life left. Somehow my lad has managed not to damage it significantly, unlike all our best furniture.

£110 delivered within reason around greater london, also happy to bring to locations around M4 corridor, A12 > Suffolk, north Bucks area, on upcoming visits to family.

£100 collected from Brockley SE4 or delivered in SE / EC London.

Please PM if you want pics.

Dibs will be honoured to anyone I know, otherwise probably the easiest to arrange delivery would get it.

Oh yeah ... What was I thinking!? I forgot to ask:

Also on the lookout for the next one: I think a Beinn20 Large. Wouldn't mind finding a second hand to save a coupla bob.

what about the Dawes kids road bikes?....

http://www.dawescycles.com/p-231-espoir-3000-24.aspx

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