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What complete for an 8yr old ?

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Dark Diggler:
i just thought of a good question, whats the intended use cos ratty/nikki have sound advice for racing, my advice is for street bashin and general trickage, so best to decide cos an expert race bike wont be good for smashing up kerbs and skatepark abuse and likewise a steel steet bike is not so hot for race tracks. Just a thought  :daumenhoch:

lazychubs:
get the hoffman 18/20 as he grows stick 20's on it
as the frame is built for both wheelsets

Stace:
I'm guessing trix !?

thesku11s:
I remember being a little kid on a bike.

I had a night light nimble 16" bike so I fell in love with bikes.

Other kids had heavy bikes that were too big for them, they learned to hate bikes.


Ive had a feel of some new school 16" bikes made by the big bmx names : mongoose , haro etc

I must tell you they are killer overbuilt , made out of scaffold tubes.

I struggle as an adult on one and would feel sorry for any little kid stuck with a heavy clunker.

The kids more likely to be able to pull some tricks on a 16"

Whatever the case id make sure to get something well designed and light. Something all the race bikes seem to be.

All the little freestyle bikes are awful awful things.

Bob_Acid:
The problem with these little ramp bikes is they are so heavy. My son has a haro Mirra 16 and it weighs a ton. If you plan to let him loose on the ramps or parks you really have no other choice but if it's tracks or trails i'd follow Nikki's good advice and go for a mini as i wish i'd done cos my boy only does what his dad does and that's all on the dirt.

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