Kids Bikes? Advice please

The_Governor

Christmas brings a new bike for our eldest (she's 8).

I'm planning to get her a 20" one, and would like to spend no more than £125 (they grow out of them so quick!).

I don't want to buy junk though, so am considering a decent make. There's quite a few different manufacturers these days, so was hoping anyone could give me advice on which is a good one to go for?

Any thoughts on Dawes, Raleigh, Barracuda, Saracen?

Also, any good places to buy from online?

Cheers for any help :beer:

smallpackages

hi, i have three kids from 8 to 17, so have been buying kids bikes for at least 14 years now. i have tried a lot of different makes and am always told they are good quality and will last , however the only ones which do imo are raliegh , other makes i have bought (some of them more expensive than raliegh ) have rusted or needed replacement parts or repares. i wouldn't consider buying anything else now especially for the kids who we all know can be hard on bikes. you should be able to find a great bike in their range for your money. my own eight year old got a top of the range raliegh with free bag, y frame, suspension, sparkle brake cables and silver sadle for £110 last christmas and it still as good as new.

smallpackages

if theres anyone from glasgow i recomend philip lang cycles in salt market, glasgow. their prices and service are v good .

manda1205

Amazon have got up to 50% off kids bikes, I've just got DD a raleigh bounce which is £45 in Argos for £30 from Amazon.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/feature.html/ref=pe_8681_7893501_pe_103/?docId=1000112383

lynneand1

Hi i would say exactly the same as "small packages" i too have a son of 8 and he has had 3 bikes all of which have been Raleigh,only reason for buying new ones has been as he has outgrown them!!As you will know kids always end up dropping the bikes on the ground etc and my son is the worst for it:( But his Raleigh bikes have always coped with it/and all the rest of the abuse kids subject them to!:) The last on i got him was £100 and that had front and back suspension,Y frame etc and though it is 11 months old now it is like the day i got it!
My parents always bought me Raleigh bikes as well and sometimes for not that much more cash they are really worth it!!!So in all i would say they are a same,sturdy bike and more than worth there money!!
Hope that helps!!:D

Aspal

Have just bought my son a 20" bike, there are some great deals on Amazon, but we got ours from Cycle King (cycleking.co.uk) as they ordered into our nearest store so he could try it out, they've got some really good deals on too, his was an Ammaco 7 speed full suspension aluminium frame, £90

This one looks great for a girl, and at £55 seems a bargain. Couldn't persuade my boy to have a pink one tho! :rotfl:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Raleigh-Alloy-Dual-Suspension-Girls/dp/B000W49HBW/ref=sr_1_1/203-3434839-8979919?ie=UTF8&s=sports&qid=1192979021&sr=8-1

PS hope the link works!!

TillyTrippit

Hi, we bought our girls new bikes from Amazon and they are excellent - also went through Pigsback and got loads of points - 2 for every £ spent.
HTH someone,
Tilly
xx