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Ok bike for 7 yr old?


natmangee

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Hi all,

Came across this for sale for just 55 quid!

From what I can tell it's a B221 X-LITE from 1995-ish, correct me if I'm wrong.

Due to the "old skool" geometry, do you think it would be good for a 7/8 year old kid (he is pretty tall, over 4ft) to muck around on?

I can't find any spec on the geometry due to its age, but I am presuming it is an "adults" bike (TT length etc)

First up would be to change the stem for a 135 / 145 mm to make it more manageable for him, but whadd'you think??

Is it going to be massive on him (like our onza rip)?

Or should I just wait and try snag an onza tyke or sting off ebay (obviously NOT going to be 55 quid!)?

I am not aiming him for world titles or anything, just after a bike he can tag along with me on, and learn the basics of endos / hops / whatever.

I wanna spend as little as possible this time around, there are plenty of mission prodigy's around for less than 100 quid, but from what I hear they are damn heavy and more than a bit shite, would this be a viable alternative?

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I've seen a lad at the school my son goes to riding one of these, I'm pretty sure it would be way too big for him. If you've already got a bike that's too big for him just compare it to these pics and bare in mind the wheels are the same size but this has less standover height.

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Thanks mate, i guess that's probably what i thought.

Good point about the standover height on it, it's likely the extra clearance that makes him able to ride the onza rip (just).

Should i forget mission prodigy's, are they really that bad? At least they got 4-bolt mounts.

Anyways, if anyone else on here is interested, the monty is in henley and advertised on gumtree.

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Yeah, that's the one!

From the looks of it the dabomb harbinger is the same bike(prodigy) but rebranded..

i think i have also seen them branded as 'base' bikes.

From looks alone, it seems the old onza t-pro is built off the same frame. The seat/chain stays are a bit refined maybe, but it shares that "scaffold pole" bottom bracket affair.

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