Mountain Bike

Woom have taken their fastidious approach to kids bike building and created a range of high quality mountain bikes for those in the market for a top end product.

Here we have the woom OFF 5 which is a 24″ wheeled lightweight MTB, coming in at 8.6kg due to its specification comprising an aluminium frame matched with a quality carbon fork.

The nine speed gearing is provided by SRAM X5 shifters and rear derailleur, with an 11-34T cassette matched to a 28t chainset designed for kids so the crank arms are of an appropriate length.

Stopping won’t be a problem as the OFF 5 is fitted with Promax hydraulic discs that feature 140mm diameter disc rotors front and rear.

If the rigid fork woom OFF 5 isn’t quite what you’re looking for, this MTB can also be purchased with an air fork giving 80mm travel and which comes fitted with a 160mm front disc rotor. This version is known as the woom OFF AIR 5.

The Wild 24 is certainly a lot of bike for the price, with the all-important Tektro short-reach brake levers sized for children’s hands.

The gears on the Wild 24 are 8-speed (11-32T) with a single 32T chainset, which means they avoid the complications of lots of gears and a left-hand shifter you often get with cheaper kids bikes. The Wild 24 uses a thumb shifter to change through the 8-gears. It is available in 2 two-toned colours. 

This bike will be a significantly better riding experience than the hunks of steel that are sold in some of the cheaper stores.

The Rockhopper has been an ever present model for Specialized for good reason. The Rockhopper is a great ride and has been designed to deliver toothy grins by combining value for money with a quality frame and good specification. Whatever your size, their is a suitably sized Rockhopper frame with a fork designed to match…

Whyte mountain bikes are some of the most desirable bikes around at the moment – go to any trail centre and you’re bound to see loads of them.

The 203 is their 20″ wheel offering for the younger age range and is built around a lightweight aluminium frame in keeping with the current trend for long and low geometry.

The Whyte 203 is available in an olive & orange or a midnight blue & lime.

Orbea appear to have taken their adult Laufey range and shrunk it so that kids can have a blast on the trails too!

The Orbea Laufey H30 is a lightweight aluminium kids bike featuring 9-speed gears and ever-popular Kenda tyres which are perfect for the trails. 

The bike is available in black & rainbow or a sky blue & red combo. 

Voodoo has developed a reputation for building good quality mountain bikes at a very reasonable price. The Nzumbi is no exception, with a good setup for the cost – it’s carefully designed to excel off-road.

The bike features a 9-speed single chainring setup with Shimano Altus shifters and rear mech and a lightweight aluminium frame, weighing 11.2kg. It is aimed at ages 9 – 12 years old.