Purchasing a boys bike or girls bike for your child or girl can be a especially rewarding, however tough task in the holiday season. Not only have you got to get the colour and kind of bike right you’ll need to precisely judge the correct size of bike without giving away the game that you went and picked the bike, not good old Father Christmas.

Bike Sizing

Kids’s bikes generally fall into one of a variety of different size classes which are based mostly on their size and age. The age is only arough guide, as we all know ; there are always children who are taller or shorter than the average.

this next list should give you a good guide on what size bike you should be buying for your child or daughter this christmas ;

- 12″ Wheel Cycles - Suitable for ages two to 4
- 14″ Wheel Cycles - suitable for ages 3 to five
- 16″ Wheel Cycles - Suitable for ages five to seven
- 20″ Wheel Cycles - suitable for ages seven to 9
- 24″ Wheel Cycles - Suitable for ages nine to 11
- 26″+ Wheel Cycles - Suitable for ages 11+

Bikes in the 12″ and 14″ wheels classes are usually fitted with stabilisers only if your kid excels at riding their bike these can be removed.

From 16″ wheels and upwards you may find that these won’t come fitted as standard as your kid will typically have learnt to ride without the assistance by this age.

If you are buying one of the 12″or 14″ wheeled bikes be careful and choosey about your purchase. A number of these bikes are made of lesser quality plastic parts that can break simply and be tricky to replace. Always check with the store first and ask about these before rushing into a purchase.

Popular kinds of Bikes

BMX - A BMX ( named after bicycle Moto Cross ) is a single speed, customarily 20″ wheeled bike. Highly regarded in their cheaper versions with younger kids, these bikes have now grown into a cult scene with stars, for example Matt Hoffman, making BMXing an extremely popular sport. An inexpensive BMX is superb for a younger child, but should your boy, or indeed girl, would like to start riding these bikes as intended ensure you invest in a good quality name that is built to take some punishment. Some good names to keep an eye out for are WeThePeople and Mongoose who both make glorious, but affordable BMX’s.

trail bicycle - Mountain Bikes, like BMX’s come in both cheap and quality versions. Acheap off-road bike will offer your kid an introduction to gearing and make the bike more versatile however actually shouldn’t be used for any off road riding for safety reasons. After this off-road bikes can fall into one of a under of sub classes like dirt jumping, all mountain, hard tail, full suspension and generally the most expensive of all; downhill.