Techno Destructo
Riding In Peace
Getting the daughter a new bike. She turns 4 in mid-January.
She went from a coast/run/balance bike to pedalling on a normal bike (no training wheels) at 3.5. I want to get her the best possible bike for her age.
Byk bikes definitely seem like the best since they advertise they pride themselves on making the best kids bikes... lighter, better parts, etc....
So I was sold on the E-350 (girls) bike but I just saw that they've brought out versions of their bikes, including the E-350, in a Team RaceR version.
It seems to have better cranks and apparently the frame is a lighter alloy, but it states the bike as the same weight as the normal E-350.
I care about my bikes. And I care about my kids bikes. And if it makes her a better rider faster, then I want it. And if it's better for maintaining (as in, less throw-away garbage parts on the bike), then I'm even more enthusiastic for it.
My question is... anybody had any exposure to the Team RaceR version of these bikes? What's the price difference (percentage-wise... 20% more expensive, for instance). Is the price difference worth it in your opinion?
I've included a couple of the photos from the website showing the two bikes. If you click on either of the images, you'll open up a pretty high resolution of the bike, if you felt like a close inspection of the parts.
The first one is the regular E-350 and the second is the Team RaceR version.
EDIT: Hmpf.... just did a very close inspection of the two images, and the RaceR one is just a Photoshopped version of the E-350, so most of it is exactly the same.
She went from a coast/run/balance bike to pedalling on a normal bike (no training wheels) at 3.5. I want to get her the best possible bike for her age.
Byk bikes definitely seem like the best since they advertise they pride themselves on making the best kids bikes... lighter, better parts, etc....
So I was sold on the E-350 (girls) bike but I just saw that they've brought out versions of their bikes, including the E-350, in a Team RaceR version.
It seems to have better cranks and apparently the frame is a lighter alloy, but it states the bike as the same weight as the normal E-350.
I care about my bikes. And I care about my kids bikes. And if it makes her a better rider faster, then I want it. And if it's better for maintaining (as in, less throw-away garbage parts on the bike), then I'm even more enthusiastic for it.
My question is... anybody had any exposure to the Team RaceR version of these bikes? What's the price difference (percentage-wise... 20% more expensive, for instance). Is the price difference worth it in your opinion?
I've included a couple of the photos from the website showing the two bikes. If you click on either of the images, you'll open up a pretty high resolution of the bike, if you felt like a close inspection of the parts.
The first one is the regular E-350 and the second is the Team RaceR version.
EDIT: Hmpf.... just did a very close inspection of the two images, and the RaceR one is just a Photoshopped version of the E-350, so most of it is exactly the same.
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