On 3/5/04 3:13 pm, in article
[email protected],
"Dave Chadderton" <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Dave Hinde at Northwich in cheshire used to make 650 wheel
> bikes for kids that were superb, he has a web site
> www.davehinde.co.uk . I have just checked and there is no
> mention, but the link to off the peg bikes does not seem
> to be working so it may be worth giving him a call. I am
> also a parent and part of a family based cycling club, so
> I appreciate exactly what you are going through. The last
> couple of members who bought the same type of bike bought
> one from Decathlon in Stockport which was reasonably
> priced and the other bought a Bianchi from the Bike
> Factory at Chester. The Bianchi was a fantastic little
> bike built with Italian type quality and a perfectly
> scaled down lightweight racing bike, even down to tubular
> tyres, but it was not cheap.
>
> Happy searching.......Dave
>
>
> "Paul Reading" <
[email protected]> wrote in
> message
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> lighting.co.uk...
>> I am looking for a racing bike with 650mm wheels for my
>> son but cannot
> find
>> a shop selling them. I bought two for his brothers but
>> now he needs one
> too.
>> All my sons have mountain bikes and all refuse to ride
>> them, they are to much like hard work. I feel very sorry
>> for most kids as they have lost the pleasure and freedom
>> that we enjoyed as kids with our light weight fast bikes.
>> Today kids seem to have no choice.
>>
>
>
The Trek I bought must be very similar to the Bianchi it
uses 650x23c tyres, I can get the tyres from Evans but they
do not sell boys racers.
Thanks for you help chaps, I now I have a few ideas.
