My daughter learned to ride on her own back on memorial day, and this weekend we did 11 miles up and back on the gravel trial to Nyack. She's tall for her age and is quickly going to be out of her 20" hotrock, and with her birthday around the corner we figured it'd be a good time to invest in something larger.
I've been drawn to the Trek Roscoe 24 as a "real" mountain bike for her, and figure I can easily upgrade the cable discs to hydro's down the line, but my buddy at the shop keeps trying to talk me down into the Precaliber, which doesn't really do much for me. If I'm buying new, I'm a loyalist to the shop, so I suppose I'm just trying to find a reason why *not* to go for the Roscoe?
I'm sure there are plenty here who drag their kids into the woods with them -- what are they riding?
(and to that effect, I'm a total newb when it comes to mountain biking, so there's that...)
I've been drawn to the Trek Roscoe 24 as a "real" mountain bike for her, and figure I can easily upgrade the cable discs to hydro's down the line, but my buddy at the shop keeps trying to talk me down into the Precaliber, which doesn't really do much for me. If I'm buying new, I'm a loyalist to the shop, so I suppose I'm just trying to find a reason why *not* to go for the Roscoe?
I'm sure there are plenty here who drag their kids into the woods with them -- what are they riding?
(and to that effect, I'm a total newb when it comes to mountain biking, so there's that...)