I have a 7 year old girl who is 51” and she has gotten into riding at the skate park. She currently has a 20” specialized Jett. She seems to fit well on the Jett, it is under 20lbs and has about a 16.5” TT. She wants a BMX but sizing is tough, I don’t have many local options for her to try, and now I’m wondering if we should just stay with the Jett until she beats it to death.
She has sat on a couple of full size 20” bikes and they were huge on her. She’s also tried an 18” GT friendship and an 18” mongoose, both fit decently but we’re still bigger and heavier than the Jett. We have a local shop that sells free agent and they have the champ which is a junior 20” with a 17” TT that she hasn’t tried yet.
At this point she’s not trying tricks or anything just riding the ramps, dropping in on the small quarter pipes, and riding off small drops. Just looking for something for her to build confidence with and something g she can start to do tricks with once she gets there. What should I be looking at? Should I just throw some BMX bars on the specialized?
by Titsngrits
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This is a link to Subrosa’s sizing chart.
https://cdn.shoplightspeed.com/shops/615818/files/24115683/subrosa-2021-altus-16-bike-black.jpg
She is in the gray zone between 18 and 20 inch wheels.
If she is hunched over the bars on her Specialized Jett then I would go with the taller BMX bars on the Jett for now.
Kids grow fast, so she won’t be in the in between sizes spot very long. I would go with taller bars for this summer, while keeping an eye out for a good price on a BMX for her.
With kids bikes you can often find a really nice used one for next to nothing. I’d try looking at some used kids size BMX bikes and see if one fits. If its cheap enough it might even be cheaper than new bars for the old bike.