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What are the popular bicycles amongst kids/early teens?

Posted on 2/14/19 at 5:34 pm
Posted by SelaTiger
Member since Aug 2016
21265 posts
Posted on 2/14/19 at 5:34 pm
When I was younger it was Redline, Mongoose, Dyno, GT...... those are the ones I remember. Not that long ago I saw Mongoose at Walmart so obviously they’re not cool amymore. Are any of the others still in existence? Which ones are cool today among the kids?
This post was edited on 2/14/19 at 5:37 pm
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
37728 posts
Posted on 2/14/19 at 5:35 pm to
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What are the popular bicycles amongst kids/early teens?


The ones on cellphones
Posted by momentoftruth87
Your mom
Member since Oct 2013
86110 posts
Posted on 2/14/19 at 5:38 pm to
Kids don't ride bikes like they used to. I remember racing around my block trying to beat time. Just got my son (8) a new bike for Christmas - Schwinn Thrasher.
Posted by UncleRuckus
Member since Feb 2013
9673 posts
Posted on 2/14/19 at 5:38 pm to
Fortnite doesn’t have bikes
Posted by Cotten
Tennessee
Member since Jan 2018
1757 posts
Posted on 2/14/19 at 5:39 pm to
kids don’t ride bikes anymore.
Posted by TennesseeFan25
Honolulu
Member since May 2016
8391 posts
Posted on 2/14/19 at 5:39 pm to
Teachers apparently are the cool new thing all kids are riding these days
Posted by MrSmith
Member since Sep 2009
8319 posts
Posted on 2/14/19 at 5:41 pm to
Giant, Trek, Specialized are probably the most popular retail brands for that age
Posted by celltech1981
Member since Jul 2014
8139 posts
Posted on 2/14/19 at 5:44 pm to
My nephews have some janky wal mart bikes. They ride the shite out of them.



I was too cool for bikes. I made a chariot looking thing on a skate board and my beagle would pull me up and down the street. When the skateboard broke we started using roller blades.
Posted by Righteous Dude
Member since Oct 2017
1536 posts
Posted on 2/14/19 at 5:45 pm to
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I remember racing around my block trying to beat time.


I remember doing this.
Posted by momentoftruth87
Your mom
Member since Oct 2013
86110 posts
Posted on 2/14/19 at 5:51 pm to
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I remember doing this


Yep. If I wasn't on my bike doing 'time trials', I was either riding around with friends finding mischief, or in the driveway shooting hoops. I miss that life.
Posted by tiger114
Fairhope, AL
Member since Sep 2009
5235 posts
Posted on 2/14/19 at 5:53 pm to
I got my 11 year old a Cannondale for Christmas. It sits in the garage while he plays Madden 19 and bullshits with his friends on Xbox.
Posted by chrome_daddy
LA (Lower Ashvegas)
Member since May 2004
2473 posts
Posted on 2/14/19 at 6:18 pm to
As mentioned, Trek, Specialized, Giant. Nice bikes keep their value. Sold my boys 24"s in the past year.

The 12 yo. rides my somewhat beat up Specialized 26" full suspension. Around Xmas, pounced on a used Jamis Dakar (full suspension 26") for the 14 yo that was in new shape for $400 on Craigslist, ironically owned by a Bama fan (who didn't give a shite about sports). They'll ride with me at least weekly at the bike park. Otherwise, as others have said, they could give a shite about them (or the 4 wheeler sitting outside).
Posted by arcalades
USA
Member since Feb 2014
19276 posts
Posted on 2/14/19 at 6:34 pm to
forget popular and buy expensive so you don't have to work on it all the time. cheap bikes have cheap brake parts that suck big time.
Posted by deaconjones35
Thibodaux
Member since Sep 2009
9878 posts
Posted on 2/14/19 at 6:38 pm to
My FIL owns a bike shop in Houma. Sales to kids have tanked the past few years. It’s quite sad actually. He is semi-retired so he doesn’t need the money, but he said the worst part is they miss kids coming in and hanging out talking about bikes and such.
Posted by RedPop4
Santiago de Compostela
Member since Jan 2005
15126 posts
Posted on 2/14/19 at 6:40 pm to
We loved doing this in my youth.
Posted by Hamma1122
Member since Sep 2016
21917 posts
Posted on 2/14/19 at 7:00 pm to
Kids don’t ride bikes anymore
Posted by KISS ARMY
Da parish brah
Member since Jan 2015
485 posts
Posted on 2/14/19 at 7:06 pm to
Kids don't even go outside anymore. I can remember being outside all day and night. Playing some sports, riding bikes, pellet gun wars, just being an active kid. I can remember building my own bike from Seabreeze on st Bernard highway. Red line. I can also remember building my skateboard, Johnny Kopp, vision I believe
Posted by SelaTiger
Member since Aug 2016
21265 posts
Posted on 2/14/19 at 7:13 pm to
Ah yes Seabeeeze. I almost forgot about that place. Just some storage sheds now, but still called Seabreeze.
Posted by Dandaman
Louisiana
Member since May 2017
800 posts
Posted on 2/14/19 at 7:43 pm to
Bike riding from 10-13 was awesome.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
49623 posts
Posted on 2/14/19 at 7:46 pm to


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