Originally Posted by
yoder
The Kids Trek FX is the best I've found that is reasonable. It is not a mountain bike.
My almost 9 son rides it all the time, but he rarely goes on trails. We rode together to school today (only 2.8 miles away) on my way to work, but he goes for 30+ miles rides on it too. It has simple 7 gears, rigid fork, and non-knobby tires that aren't crazy fat (but they're not skinny either). I think it's just the FX in 24 inch wheel size. The pedals are adjustable so you can actually make the crank bigger as the kid grows.
I was set on getting my granddaughter that Trek...until I picked it up off the showroom floor. Holy crap, that thing was heavy compared to the Specialized.
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