I was instantly suspicious of this, but hey theeconomy's fucked, there's bankrupt stock around, just maybe this is plausible. A little too amazing.Īt £1,200, the tandem is around 50% of the RRP. Imagine my delight when I found a Cannondale Road Tandemat an amazing price. Having recently rented one and having enjoyed it immensely, I'm interested in buying a Tandem for my partner and I to ride together. £260 may see like a lot of money to spend on a bike that will be outgrown fairly swiftly, but it really will enhance a child's experience of riding a bike and hopefully give them a life long love of cycling, which is totally priceless.Edward Murray Bikes () are Scammers It's really well put together with will thought out components and the paint scheme nod to the velodrome track is a lovely touch. There's no doubt that the Hoy Bonaly bike will out last the length of time of time your child will be able to ride it before outgrowing. As we're already a adult finger tip down in our family, owed to a track bike cleaning incident, we're incredibly aware how easily and quickly an accident can occur, even as a very experienced young adult at the time, so it's definately something I would prefer to see inclosed on a kids bike. The chainring is protected, but the rest of the chain is open, leaving little fingers really vulnerable when 'fixing' or 'checking' the bike as small ones tend to do. There's not chain guard, something that I personally think on a kids single speed bike is a necessity. However, there is a but, a reasonably big but. On single speed bikes, a chain guard is preferable. A less balanced bike wouldn't allow this seamless bike transition, so hats off to the designers. It's far from a criticism of the Bonaly - as it's one of the lightest kids bikes on the market, it's more to highlight how well designed and mechanically put together the bike is. The child friendly Tektro alloy mini-V brakes work well and had plenty of adjustment to allow for small hands, so there were no issues with radial grip of bars and braking, I just wish my daughter would always choose this stopping option over feet skid stops - but I guess that will come in time!Ĭonsidering the Hoy Bonaly bike is a fair bit bigger than her old one, I was really surprised at how fast my daughter mastered riding it, even with the weight being around a third of her overall weight, it would be like me riding a 23kg bike (under 10kg is considered acceptable) and I'm pretty sure I'd struggle to handle the steering. Bigger wheels also meant faster rolling speed, as the same 25/14 gear ratio is used on the Isla Cnoc my daughter upgraded from, however, she's recently learnt a lot more speed moderation, so was able to control the bike at slow speeds well - but it's worth remember when your child hops on for the first time. The bigger wheels of the Hoy Bonaly bike immediately helped smooth out the terrain and while leg strength is still being built in my 'tall for age' four year old, she seemed to be better able to deal with cycle path obstacles, such as larger stones and potholes. Getting to grips with bigger wheels without the fuss of gears worked well for my four year old. So bigger wheels, aka a new bike, was certainly required, but the added complexity and weight of gears are by no means needed just yet. She's now at 1.07 meters, meaning she'd only really got going on her lightweight 14" Islabike Cnoc on more uneven and undulating terrain before already being at the seat post limit and complaining of sore hands on when it was rough going under wheel. Having a tall just turned four year old is tricky when it comes to bikes she'd out grown her balance bikes last summer, but has struggled with the physical leg strength to turn pedals on anything other than flat, or downhill, bike rides.
The 16" single wall aluminium rimed wheels are shod in Kenda K193 tyres, and up top is a Hoy kids super light foam saddle, which comes with an integrated handle for that all important adult hold in setting off, sudden slow down grab or even just carrying it back through the park once your child has had enough of riding the bike, although it's much more comfortable to lasso an old inner tube round the bike and carry it on the shoulder like an over sized work bag. Bars, stem and even mini-V brakes are all child sized.Īll the other components have been child friendly designed too, with the Tektro alloy mini-V brakes coming with short reach levers, narrow 450mm handlebar and 60cm stem.
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