JUnior commuter’s just turned 11 and he’s a bit of a beanpole, he’s starting to look like some kind of weird elastic spider monkey on his BMX. He wants something bigger but wants to stay SS so we’re thinking maybe going to 24" ?
any suggestions/recommendations/sources for framesets & wheel goods welcome
(or reasons not to go 24?)
tyre choice would not be that great for 24"??? stick him on a tiny 700c frame? they pop up from time to time!
I’d look into some form of Mini Velo … some of them have stems and seatposts that have a large range of adjustment and can easily be sized as he’s growing (+ you can ride it too !!). I took one for a whirl and was pleasantly surprised.
mojo do those as well!!! as do airwalk fixed, and a ton of other suppliers… occasionally pop up on ebay - go for less than $250 on there.
Very cool
What does he need a bike for? If all his friends ride bmx and you get him some uber hip 20inch wheeled commuter deal, he isn’t really going to be too hyped on it.
I’m assuming the bmx he is on at the moment is a ‘kids’ bike? ‘real’ bmxs come in a huge range of sizes, and even the mid range completes have a varied range of sizes.
Bars also come in a heap of different heights, usually between 8-9inch rise, but S&M make a 10inch rise bar but I’m assuming he isn’t quite that tall.
From a quick look, this is a pretty good value 21inch bmx.
Strictly BMX - WE THE PEOPLE TRUST 2011 BIKE
He’s 11!
The smallest 700C frames are ~49cm and have horrible toe overlap and headtube sizes. ISO 520 will have decent tyre selection, or go for a high performance 20" wheel, Velocity make the rims and 'bent riders have HP tyres for them.
Awesome bikes.
Australia importer?
I love the mini velo, but this.
After all he’s 11- think about what you were interested in when you were 11…
He’s about 5’3, most of it legs, he’s not a BMX bandit & he wants to be able to sit while he pedals. Mostly JRA, to/from mates’ houses and bike path rides with me & the rest of the fam. Most of his mates have cheap-arse 24" or 26" geared MTB jobbies.
26inch SS mountain bike then?
EDIT: It is kinda strange he doesn’t want gears, I was so excited to get 18 gears on my first ‘real’ mtb!
(something like this, but in 26inch. I’m having trouble remembered who makes them)
Airwalk do some of those mini-velos that look pretty sweet - they are good to deal with too, I bought a frame off their blog and the bloke is quite easy to deal with, with minimal language barrier too. All went smoothly.
But I do think they look a bit odd, and sometimes you dont want that for your kid.
There are some sweet 24" cruisers at hell on wheels in newtown.
I think I have a set of singlespeed 24’’ wheels in the garage of uncertain quality/condition., if you could find a matching frame you can have em for free.
man i bought a pursuit frame off airwalk and the guys english is good… all 3 words of it lol every answer was like a yes or a no ha ha ha
but yes smooth sailing!
We might have the same frame then?
26" SS MTB’s pop up frequently at cheap prices. My dirtjumper was a 50% off, last year’s model, run out type deal.
gt peace looks cool 
search bike exchange, there’s lots of small 26" ones for sale discounted
probs, there is a picture up in the “what youve done to your bike” thread a few pages back!
Thanks all. The boy and I will confer.