I kinda get it for the older kids, but Islabikes offers Pro Series down to the 16" bike designed for 4+-- at nearly $1,200! Most of my friends with young kids gave me a look when I spent ~$300 on the non-Pro Cnoc. I have no regrets on that: my 6yo son learned on it and now my 4yo daughter toodles around the neighborhood with me.
Maybe it's the unracer in me: I think bikes are great for adventure, or getting to a friends house down the road to play. It doesn't have to be about racing all the time, right? https://www.flickr.com/photos/stakx/27103421162/in/datetaken/ shoji On Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 10:25:32 AM UTC-4, LeahFoy wrote: > > Yes, it's nice to have choices. Islabikes makes a great line of kids' > bikes, and as long as that original line exists, I'm a happy customer. Yay > for Islabikes, and all that stuff. > > BUT.... > > Is no one else a bit nervous about carbon forks on children's bikes? What > did Grant say on the BLUG? Something like "the worst material a fork can be > made from" or something close to that. And I don't know if you get to keep > the company of children much, but I am in the thick of child-rearing, and > WOW can kids be hard on stuff. The idea of carbon in combo with kids just > makes me nervous. And if you know about carbon and you're good with that, > well, ok. But I know most people couldn't tell you a thing about carbon > fiber except that it's expensive and light and therefore must be good. > Can't you see someone with money to burn getting one of these for his/her > kid and not knowing about carbon? > > I don't have an extensive biking background. I had Target/Walmart bikes > until 2012, when my Walmart Schwinn broke. I got a Craigslist Trek which > was my first "nice bike" and sold it after I couldn't stand the pain from > being hunched forward. By Dec. I had my Betty Foy, and I'll probably die > with that bike. I realize I don't have extensive experience with bikes > (carbon or otherwise) but I've read enough to really distrust carbon, and > for a kid? No thanks. Islabikes can do whatever it likes, but it took me by > surprise when they went this direction. And I hope they don't change the > original line of bikes, which are really great. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
