ViS
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My daughter is currently riding a Giant Areva 20" bike.
She looks too big for it and is hunched over the bars, however I don't particularly want to go to a 24" wheel option if I don't have to.
I'd prefer to build her up a bike with my spare parts I've collected as I've upgraded over the past few years (mostly a mix of XT / X9 stuff and roval 26" wheels).
I put her on my wife's 26" MTB yesterday (15" frame) and she's not too far off being able to touch the ground comfortably over the top tube. She rode it around ok, but it's still a touch big, and probably would still be too big for the next couple of years.
Does anyone know of a good online source of 13 - 14" MTB frames? Happy to look at cheap chinese frames as she's not going to be hucking it off 6ft drops.
Is such a small frame going to cause toe overlap issues with the 26" wheels?
Failing that, would a dirt jumper frame do the job for the next 3 - 4 years? What should I be looking at in regards to a DJ frame if I go that way?
Cheers for any advice.
She looks too big for it and is hunched over the bars, however I don't particularly want to go to a 24" wheel option if I don't have to.
I'd prefer to build her up a bike with my spare parts I've collected as I've upgraded over the past few years (mostly a mix of XT / X9 stuff and roval 26" wheels).
I put her on my wife's 26" MTB yesterday (15" frame) and she's not too far off being able to touch the ground comfortably over the top tube. She rode it around ok, but it's still a touch big, and probably would still be too big for the next couple of years.
Does anyone know of a good online source of 13 - 14" MTB frames? Happy to look at cheap chinese frames as she's not going to be hucking it off 6ft drops.
Is such a small frame going to cause toe overlap issues with the 26" wheels?
Failing that, would a dirt jumper frame do the job for the next 3 - 4 years? What should I be looking at in regards to a DJ frame if I go that way?
Cheers for any advice.