CX bike for kids

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Permalink Reply by Benjamin Glenn on July 16, 2013 at 5:45am

For what it's worth, I've got a women's Giant TCX 2012(?) in blue w/ white trim. It's my wife's bike and she's looking to sell. I haven't posted it anywhere yet. It's fairly stock:SRAM rival, stock cockpit, Apex 165mm crankset, TRP mini-ver brakes (9's maybe). If your interested I'll send you some pics.

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Permalink Reply by Benjamin Glenn on July 16, 2013 at 5:46am

Oh! And the most important part, it's an extra small. She is 5'1".

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Permalink Reply by Todd Everett on August 5, 2013 at 3:31pm

I saw this the other day. It might be a little small, but it looks pretty sweet:

http://www.bikerumor.com/2013/07/28/all-new-diamondback-podium-24-k...

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Permalink Reply by Tony on August 7, 2013 at 6:24am

Tons of options at 48/50, not really a kids size.  Cannondale and others are making 44's and 46's.  You should be able to easily pick up a used bike in those sizes for sub 1k.

Much harder trying to find something in-between the 24" wheel CX bikes and the 44's.  Novara from REI is right in the middle and Surly makes a steel 42 but both are tanks, kids have a hard time lifting them over the barriers.  I'm looking for bikes for the 10-12 year olds and not a lot of good options.

Independent Fabrications makes a Ti 42 but not many parents are willing to drop 3-4k for a frameset for a 11 year old...

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