Do they Make Kids Road Bikes

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He wants to go with us on longer rides. His "huffy" dirt bike with knobby tires just doesn't cut
it on the road.

You can get kids' road bikes over here in the UK - proper ones, not MTBs ;-) BUT they are expensive
and as rare as hen's teeth to find when you need one :-(

Cheers, helen s

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Fuji makes one, as does Trek. Cannondale and others make versions of their road bikes that
would certainly fit. Go to a reputable bike shop and tell them what you feel you want and get
their advice.

Alexander Gilchrist

Privatelife said:

His "huffy" dirt bike with knobby tires just doesn't cut it on the road.

Start by fitting slick tyres - makes an amazing difference! My 9-year-old has a Dawes Kokomo steel
MTB (no suspension) and has done a 47 mile ride on that no problem. It's still considered adequately
cool in the playground :-)

Guy
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Devinci in Canada used to make them. They were pretty cool.

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Not sure if they still do? e-mail em?

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What is the smallest real road bike available for young riders? My 9 year old son is about 54
inches tall. Would like to introduce him into road cycling. He wants to go with us on longer
rides. His "huffy" dirt bike with knobby tires just doesn't cut it on the road.

Privatelife <[email hidden]> wrote:
: What is the smallest real road bike available for young riders? My 9 year old son is about 54
: inches tall. Would like to introduce him into road cycling. He wants to go with us on longer
: rides. His "huffy" dirt bike with knobby tires just doesn't cut it on the road.

Check out:

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Cheerz, Lynzz

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Quoted message said:

What is the smallest real road bike available for young riders? My 9 year old son is about 54
inches tall. Would like to introduce him into road cycling. He wants to go with us on longer rides.
His "huffy" dirt bike with knobby tires just doesn't cut it on the road.

You might try him on a 46cm frame bike, i.e.:

brittonbikes.comveloce.htmlOpen ↗

or something like the Susan B.

terrybicycles.comsusanb.lassoOpen ↗

though it's a little big for him since its recommended for 58"

You might want to head off to Europe and look around for something suitable.

I gave up on finding something for my 9 year old, if you find something let me know. It has to
have a triple.

I'm going to fit some Vee Rubber K-52's onto the wheels of a 24" mountain bike.

sheldonbrown.comindex.htmlOpen ↗

I guess there is no market for a kid's road bike.

Steve

After much research, I purchased a 44cm Fuji Roubaix Womens (fujibikes.comfujibikes.comOpen ↗) for my
8-year-old daughter earlier this year. The 650c wheels make quite a difference.

She's rather short (don't remember exact measurement, but is the shortest of all her 3rd grade
friends--I suspect she's areound 50" tall) and it fits her great. I did have to trade in the 90mm
stem for a 60 I found at the LBS, though.

We ride about 60 minutes every day before school/work.

I also put home-made rubber spacers in the brifters to bring the levers closer in to the handlebars.

She has a real problem shifting the front deraileur to larger chain-rings, but I attribute that to
weak hands; anytime we crest a hill, we stop and I shift back up to the middle chainring for her.

This bike cost me just under $1000 at a quasi-LBS, but the Finest Womens and Newest Womens use the
same geometery and are much less expensive.

I highly recommend any of these small Fuji's.

Let me know if I can help you any more...

Privatelife said:

What is the smallest real road bike available for young riders? My 9 year old son is about 54
inches tall. Would like to introduce him into road cycling. He wants to go with us on longer rides.
His "huffy" dirt bike with knobby tires just doesn't cut it on the road.

After much research, I purchased a 44cm Fuji Roubaix Womens (fujibikes.comfujibikes.comOpen ↗) for my
8-year-old daughter earlier this year. The 650c wheels make quite a difference.

She's rather short (don't remember exact measurement, but is the shortest of all her 3rd grade
friends) and it fits her great. I did have to trade in the 90mm stem for a 60 I found at the
LBS, though.

We ride about 60 minutes every day before school/work.

I also put home-made rubber spacers in the brifters to bring the levers closer in to the handlebars.

She has a real problem shifting the front deraileur to larger chain-rings, but I attribute that to
weak hands; anytime we crest a hill, we stop and I shift back up to the middle chainring for her.

This bike cost me just under $1000 at a quasi-LBS, but the Finest Womens and Newest Womens use the
same geometery and are much less expensive.

I highly recommend any of these small Fuji's.

Let me know if I can help you any more...

Steven M. Scharf said:

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Quoted message said:

What is the smallest real road bike available for young riders? My 9 year old son is about 54
inches tall. Would like to introduce him into road cycling. He wants to go with us on longer
rides. His "huffy" dirt bike with knobby tires just doesn't cut it on the road.

You might try him on a 46cm frame bike, i.e.:

brittonbikes.comveloce.htmlOpen ↗

or something like the Susan B.

terrybicycles.comsusanb.lassoOpen ↗

though it's a little big for him since its recommended for 58"

You might want to head off to Europe and look around for something suitable.

I gave up on finding something for my 9 year old, if you find something let me know. It has to have
a triple.

I'm going to fit some Vee Rubber K-52's onto the wheels of a 24" mountain bike.

sheldonbrown.comindex.htmlOpen ↗

I guess there is no market for a kid's road bike.

Steve

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Quoted message said:

After much research, I purchased a 44cm Fuji Roubaix Womens (fujibikes.comfujibikes.comOpen ↗) for my
8-year-old daughter earlier this year. The 650c wheels make quite a difference.

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This bike cost me just under $1000 at a quasi-LBS, but the Finest Womens and Newest Womens use the
same geometery and are much less expensive.

Yes, I think I know the quasi-LBS you're referring to because that same shop near me carries a lot
of the Fuji bicycles. I really hate to buy bikes there, but my extended family has bought several
there since they seem to carry models and brands that are shunned by the "real" LBSes. Fuji seems to
have made a real comeback and they offer products you just can't get from Trek or Specialized, which
are the only mass market brands that the LBSes seem to carry.

Steve

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Quoted message said:

After much research, I purchased a 44cm Fuji Roubaix Womens (fujibikes.comfujibikes.comOpen ↗) for my
8-year-old daughter earlier this year. The 650c wheels make quite a difference.

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Quoted message said:

This bike cost me just under $1000 at a quasi-LBS, but the Finest Womens and Newest Womens use
the same geometery and are much less expensive.

Yes, I think I know the quasi-LBS you're referring to because that same shop near me carries a lot
of the Fuji bicycles. I really hate to buy bikes there, but my extended family has bought several
there since they seem to carry models and brands that are shunned by the "real" LBSes. Fuji seems
to have made a real comeback and they offer products you just can't get from Trek or Specialized,
which are the only mass market brands that the LBSes seem to carry.

In my area, one dealer carries Specialized, Bianchi and Schwinn, another dealer carries Bianchi and
Fuji, and a 3rd is Trek and Merlin.

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Thanks All,

I'm checking out the sites you reccomemed. It's encouarging to know so many of us are looking to
introduce our kids to road cycling.

Take care.