Author Topic: Advice please - what's the smallest decent BMX available? (Read 770 times)

the_wheelie_king · « **on:** November 06, 2010, 11:25 PM »

Evening chaps

OK, so my lad's 3rd birthday is coming up and I want to get him his first ride. At the moment he's got this balance bike...

...which has served him well, but now I want to try him out on a proper little bike. I've already bought and squirreled away a Lil' Ripper

, but annoyingly it's still way too big and he won't be able to get near it for at least another year.

So my question is this - is there any decent bikes available under a 16" wheel size, or does he have no option but to put up with one of those really crap Toys R Us / Halfords monstrosities until he's manly enough for the Ripper?

Cheers, Bob

oldboyburner · « **Reply #1 on:** November 06, 2010, 11:32 PM »

bmw do a small bike that has no crank on it for them to learn on then when they are ready you can attach the crank that is suppled when brought
http://www.webbikeworld.com/BMW-motorcycles/bmw-kids-bike/

Bob_Acid · « **Reply #2 on:** November 07, 2010, 02:25 PM »

You want a 12" mongoose and specialized do one but at that age it's mostly thomas the tank engine etc.

Gary72 · « **Reply #3 on:** November 07, 2010, 09:27 PM »

Redline Pitboss, Still has 16 wheels but a really short TT about 14 inches

kuwahero · « **Reply #4 on:** November 07, 2010, 09:34 PM »

http://www.islabikes.co.uk/bike_pages/cnoc14.html

Bob_Acid · « **Reply #5 on:** November 08, 2010, 03:22 AM »

It's more to do with whether your feet reach the ground or not at that age though init?

the_wheelie_king · « **Reply #6 on:** November 08, 2010, 08:15 PM »

Evening all

Thanks for that, great stuff. I like the look of that Islabike (never heard of them until now) and I never realized GT, Specialized and Mongoose all make 12" bikes. the BMW looks real nice but will almost certainly be a bit too pricey for me. Thanks again, and any other info will be much appreciated. Cheers