One of local kids got a new bike recently from Halford’s and we were all impressed by quality and price. Eldest’s bike was stolen a few months back so we finally decided to get him a replacement.
As he is only 8 years old and is not allowed out of our housing estate, I wanted him to get something with 3 gears or even 1 but something solid.
It looks like it is nearly impossible to get minimal-gears bikes any more once you go over a certain frame size. This is stupid as most people are incapable of maintaining or adjusting 18-speed bikes particularly those with index gears.
The choice in Halford’s (Mahon Point, Cork) in the 24″ wheel category was actually very poor. It seems to be more of an adults bike store. But the kid spotted an 18-speeder with an ATB frame and it was only €119 (after €50 discount).
Assembly only took about twenty minutes at home. The handlebars, front wheel and seat were all that really needed to be done.
All of the kids earlier bikes came with old-style crappy side-pull brakes. I now insist on V brakes. However this bake has the cheaper “side V” ones which are in betweeen the two. Not as good at stopping.
He is loving the bike and the new locks we got should hopefully prevent non-professional theft. Unfortunately a car ran over the back wheel after a week and buckled it. The replacement was €50 which is crazy money. Clearly using the Gillette model!
Recommended in any case.
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