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for 12 year old  Suggestions from the cognoscenti please  3
messages Dustboy    pirate 03/10/2012 at 21:39  My 12 year old
has just managed to fit on the small Trek 2300 we were given.
After half an hour fiddling, he popped in on to the 53 big ring
and left me for dust!  His old MTB is getting small and he likes
the road configuration. However, he would need something to
stand up to the rigours of 12 year oldhood so I thought a
cyclocross bike. I don't mind spending a reasonable amount for a
decent bike but kids will be kids so it won't be a fortune. I
don't want, " I forgot to lock it and someone nicked it". 
Suggestions for a solution? Where do the "proper" ones start
pricewise and any recommendations?   IronCat5    pirate
03/10/2012 at 22:06   03/10/2012 at 23:34  If you got an
Islabike you'd been a 700 large - but you could also go for a
small adult cyclocross bike of any make.   My son (10 nearly 11)
has an Isla 700 small.     As for how much