Bike for Christmas

GEC_2

I'm looking for a bike for my 10 year old son, 26" wheel, small adult size frame. My max budget is £ 100. Can anyone suggest a good buy?

Pink.

Try your local bike shop.

I got one of these last Christmas for my 10 year old son. I went in told them my price.....like yours max £100. They showed him various models and he chose his favourite.

The bike then comes completely built (no fiddling about with handlebars and saddles at midnight on Christmas Eve) and we were told to come back in 6 - 8 weeks time, so that they could check it over (free of charge).

Any problems we've had later......worn tires etc.....were fixed by the same shop and (don't know if it had anything to do with the fact that we bought it there) were sorted for next to nothing.

It's worth a browse in your area to see what your local bike shops are like.

Pink

Malestrom

Look on Ebay for a company called Parkers of Bolton - I got a Baracuda dual suspension from them last year for £110 (retail was +£180) and a mate of mine got a standard mountain bike for just under £50 (retail £79.99), delivered, brand new, with guarantee. Most are catalogue returns, usually from the manufacturer rather than the catalogue itself, which means they've been checked out and if necessary, fixed.

I'd recommend them.

valiant23

I've been looking too, and someone on another thread suggested Sterling House and Parkers of Bolton.

Both have web-sites but an added bonus(?) is that Parkers also operate an E-bay shop.

As far as I can see you can order a bike and pay shop prices or look at the auction side of their business and stick to your budget(as a maximum bid).

Mrs. V. has seen a split-frame mountain bike go for as little as £41, but once parents get home the auction for the same model can go £100+ ::)

If you want to stick to the High St., larger JJB stores have a decent selection under your budget.

Good luck.

valiant23

Malestrom is obviously quicker(or more to the point)

Foxy

they have them bikes with the spring suspension bikes (the ones with the gap under the seat) at the mo in my local nettos for 69.99. in mine they had 16 and 18 inch frames etc

TaBunny

Try your local bike shop.  

I got one of these last Christmas for my 10 year old son.  I went in told them my price.....like yours max £100.  They showed him various models and he chose his favourite.

The bike then comes completely built (no fiddling about with handlebars and saddles at midnight on Christmas Eve) and we were told to come back in 6 - 8 weeks time, so that they could check it over (free of charge).

Any problems we've had later......worn tires etc.....were fixed by the same shop and (don't know if it had anything to do with the fact that we bought it there) were sorted for next to nothing.

It's worth a browse in your area to see what your local bike shops are like.

Pink

I agree with Pink this is what we did too for my daughter the local shops are often so glad of your business that they excel in customer service and they are on the doorstep (well almost) if something goes wrong, its nice to do some shopping in a shop where there's no big conglomerate pulling the chains (no pun intended lol). Good luck in your hunt GEC ;D