nathanm
Eats Squid
so the (most wonderful beautiful amazing) girlfriends young fella has experienced his first tasty, tasty dirt. Well more to the point clipped a tree and has given himself a scare which has impacted his riding and he now has "the fear".
Even at 9, he's too big for a 24" frame and is riding my STP which has good standover, but is too long even with a short stem. Will be sticking a straight seat post on shortly and maybe shorter cranks, which will improve things, but getting him a best fit I can on the bike, considering what it is, is going to make a huge difference.
The bars are some 700+mm wide which look just way too wide even with his hands inboard. I'm guessing young Jack is probably around 4 foot 10 or so but will probably crack the 5 foot very soon.
So long story short what set up do you run for your kids.
Even at 9, he's too big for a 24" frame and is riding my STP which has good standover, but is too long even with a short stem. Will be sticking a straight seat post on shortly and maybe shorter cranks, which will improve things, but getting him a best fit I can on the bike, considering what it is, is going to make a huge difference.
The bars are some 700+mm wide which look just way too wide even with his hands inboard. I'm guessing young Jack is probably around 4 foot 10 or so but will probably crack the 5 foot very soon.
So long story short what set up do you run for your kids.