Best Complete Bike for around £250

[dialledbikes]

Friend of a friend wants to buy his kid (aged 11) a BMX bike.  When I asked him what it was for he said riding around the streets with his mates and taking it down to the woods to do jumps (I assume he meant trails of some sort).

Therefore, what do people recommend as the best all round bike in the £250 range (I assume something that price would be perfectly adequate for an 11 year old beginner.  I could do the research myself but figured the collective knowledge of RAD would be a better bet.

Thanks in advance.

[Stodgy]

Hey Mike - all of the below are cracking bikes for the money...oh, and 10% off at RADBMX Shop!


Kink Curb 2010
http://www.radbmxshop.co.uk/shop/article_64.001/Kink-Curb-**2010**.html'shop_param=cid%3D39%26aid%3D64.001%26


Subrosa Tiro 2010
http://www.radbmxshop.co.uk/shop/article_453.001/Subrosa-Trio-2010.html'shop_param=cid%3D39%26aid%3D453.001%26


United Recruit RN1 2010
http://www.radbmxshop.co.uk/shop/article_498.001/United-Recruit-RN1-2010.html'shop_param=cid%3D39%26aid%3D498.001%26


WeThePeople Arcade 20" 2010
http://www.radbmxshop.co.uk/shop/article_442.001/WeThePeople---Arcade-2010.html'shop_param=cid%3D39%26aid%3D442.001%26



I'd go for the WTP.

[dialledbikes]

Cheers Dave.

By the way, let me know what size jersey you want and where to send it and you'll receive it next week 

[ron burgundy]

http://www.24sevenbikes.com/Slayer09.html

 

[josh_spratty]

http://www.24sevenbikes.com/Slayer09.html

 

holy dog turd thats nice
and for 250???
anyone wanna buy my bike

[HEYWOOD BMX]

  From what I`ve seen,the 24-7 bikes have a nasty tendency to crack.There`s about 4 locally that have all gone in the last 6 weeks.

[magna13]

http://www.24sevenbikes.com/Slayer09.html

 

holy dog turd thats nice
and for 250???
anyone wanna buy my bike

If only i had the cash

[ron burgundy]

From what I`ve seen,the 24-7 bikes have a nasty tendency to crack.There`s about 4 locally that have all gone in the last 6 weeks.

All of them? , the one in the link? or a shiter?

 

[HEYWOOD BMX]

  Just the Slayer.Quite a few of the local riders have/had  `em.Seen 2 cracked around the top/downtube welds near the headtube & 1 with a crack through the chainstays behind the bottom bracket.

[ron burgundy]

Just the Slayer.Quite a few of the local riders have/had  `em.Seen 2 cracked around the top/downtube welds near the headtube & 1 with a crack through the chainstays behind the bottom bracket.

Ouch

 

[HEYWOOD BMX]

  Are 24-7 owned by the Leisure Lakes chain of MTB shops? They seem to be building a team,don`t know how committed to BMX they are.My local LL shop hasn`t a clue about anything BMX related.