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Choosing A Childrens Bike

Buying a bike for your son or daughter can be a particularly rewarding, however difficult task during the holiday season. Not only do you have to get the colour and type of bike right you will need to accurately judge the right size of bike without giving away the game that you went and picked the bike, not good old St Nicholas.

Bike Sizing

Children's bikes generally fall into one of a number of different size categories which are based on their size and age. The age is only a rough guide, as we all know; there are always children who are taller or shorter than the average.

The following list should give you a good guide on what size bike you should be purchasing for your son or daughter this Christmas;

- 12" Wheel Cycles - Suitable for ages 2½ to 4

- 14" Wheel Cycles - Suitable for ages 3 to 5

- 16" Wheel Cycles - Suitable for ages 5 to 7

- 20" Wheel Cycles - Suitable for ages 7 to 9

- 24" Wheel Cycles - Suitable for ages 9 to 11

- 26"+ Wheel Cycles - Suitable for ages 11+

Bikes in the 12" and 14" wheels categories are generally fitted with stabilisers only if your child excels at riding their bike these can be removed. From 16" wheels and upwards you will find that these will not come fitted as standard as your child will normally have learnt to ride without the assistance by this age.

If you are buying one of the 12"or 14" wheeled bikes be very careful and choosey about your purchase. A number of these bikes are made from lesser quality plastic parts that may break easily and be difficult to replace. Always check with the store first and enquire about these before rushing into a purchase.

Popular Types of Bikes

BMX - A BMX (named after Bicycle Motor Cross) is a single speed, usually 20" wheeled bike. Very popular in their cheaper versions with younger children, these bikes have now grown into a cult scene with stars, such as Matt Hoffman, making BMXing a hugely popular sport. A cheap BMX is great for a younger child, but should your boy, or indeed girl, wish to start riding these bikes as intended make sure you invest in a good quality name that is built to take some punishment. Some good names to look out for are WeThePeople and Mongoose who both make excellent, but affordable BMX's.

Mountain Bike - Mountain Bikes, like BMX's come in both cheap and quality versions. A cheap mountain bike will offer your child an introduction to gearing and make the bike more versatile however really shouldn't be used for any off road riding for safety reasons. After this mountain bikes can fall into one of a under of sub categories such as dirt jumping, all mountain, hard tail, full suspension and generally the most expensive of all; downhill.
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What is the best freestyle bmx bike in my price range?

I'd like to buy a nice freestyle bmx bike for less than $400. It's for park/street. I don't really know any good brands either. Please help. I need one soon.

Custom build the strongest lightest bike ever is relatively cheep to any other form of cycling. You can have it your own way, with style, safety, comfort, and dependability.

http://www.danscomp.com/serve.php?serve=…

http://www.staff-bmx.com/

http://www.albesstore.com/

$1000-2000

So you don't consider $1000 inexpensive, lets look at some of the less expensive parts from the last set of links, and then cautiously look into completes. Just make sure your getting 100% chromo frames, sealed everything, and a cassette wheel. This is also a good category for thrift. Check out Ebay, Craigslist, and your friends, just make sure you know exactly what you are getting.

http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites

http://www.ebay.com/

$500-1000

Ok, before reading further know you are really pushing it now. BMX bikes under $500 are 1) Ridiculously good deals if you can find a dialed custom bike or 2) Starting to skimp out on some vital aspects of a good quality bike. These bikes will (weigh under 25lb by compromising durability, utilize out dated technology "big sprockets, freewheel, one peace cranks, less than 100% chromo frame or fork", showcase gimmicks and lame decals). With this being said, this is the meat and potatoes of most BMX companies pandering to entry level riders. That is to say that you will find over priced versions of these bikes at most bike shops. You can also find them on line for a lesser price at the first set of web pages, and for unimaginable prices at the last two.

Take a look as this:

http://www.danscomp.com/101682.php?cat=BIKES

Full cromo frame fork and bars. 3pcs crank, cassette wheel, light enough for anyone. Look for anything like this bike and you will be fine
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Avoid: Mongoose, Huffy, Redline, Mosh, Specialized, KHE, NEXT, TonyHack, GT, Dimondback.

$300-500

WOW... Are you really going to risk life and limb? IS your future looking that bleak or do you lack the fundamental ability to save money through (birthdays, christmass, allowance, pawning, street performing, or some kind of job, bottle and can returning, soul selling). Well sh*t, i totally understand being poor.

Everything i said negatively about the last group is magnified by 10. You will not be able to buy a bike that is remotely respectable for $300 new unless a moron stole it and didn't know what it was worth. So what are you going to do? Look on Ebay and Craigslist for anything that isn't one of those bikes i told you to avoid. Second hand is the only way to get anything of fair value at this price. You will have to settle for old equipment but make sure it has the following. (3pc crank, 100% chromo frame and fork, cassette wheel is preferable) everything ells, just suck it up until you can afford better. If you get hook in BMX you will be saving more money to improve what you have the day you purchase this peace of sh*t.

Free-300

If you need something to keep your eye open for on ebay or craigslist here are some Good Brands that include but are not limited too:

Two Hip, DK, Eastern, FBM, RIT, Kink, Macneil, Stolen, Subrosa, Sunday, Verde, Volume, We the people, Metal, Fly, Federal, S&M, Mutiny, Terrible One, Tree, Odyssey, GSPORT.

Inertia BMX Bike