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I prolly should have done more research before I pulled the trigger..
Yesterday I got my son a 24 inch Trek MT 220 and after I got it home I realized he only has an inch of seat post before I need to get a longer post. I'm also not crazy about the fact it is 29 lbs and I really can't upgrade any of the heavy stuff on it well.
He is 10 and 4 ft 9 (57 inches) and I started reading here last night and see some dads are getting their sons XS 13 inch frames. I'm contemplating taking back the MT 220 and getting an XS 26 incher. I have enough spare parts lying around (spare set of nice rim wheels and decent rebuilt Skareb fork) to make it alot nicer and much lighter than the boat the MT 220 is.
He likes riding and we've been dong some easy singletrack and I'd like to make sure he doesn't have to lumber with such a beast of a bike when this 24 incher may only last a year or 2.
I'd like some feedback on what others are thinking.
Yesterday I got my son a 24 inch Trek MT 220 and after I got it home I realized he only has an inch of seat post before I need to get a longer post. I'm also not crazy about the fact it is 29 lbs and I really can't upgrade any of the heavy stuff on it well.
He is 10 and 4 ft 9 (57 inches) and I started reading here last night and see some dads are getting their sons XS 13 inch frames. I'm contemplating taking back the MT 220 and getting an XS 26 incher. I have enough spare parts lying around (spare set of nice rim wheels and decent rebuilt Skareb fork) to make it alot nicer and much lighter than the boat the MT 220 is.
He likes riding and we've been dong some easy singletrack and I'd like to make sure he doesn't have to lumber with such a beast of a bike when this 24 incher may only last a year or 2.
I'd like some feedback on what others are thinking.