Junior road bikes - Wiggins Rouen Sora

fat bloke

Heads up here for anyone looking for a nice kids road bike. I'm selling my kids bikes, for all the bloody use they got outta them��. One hates cycling and the other has inherited a new bike.

These were the top model Wiggins with carbon fork, and 9 speed Sora. They were £450 new, with ****e wheels and tectro brakes. I upgraded the brakes to Shimano / tiagra, on one and sram on the other (front brakes are long reach calipers so they're std "shimano"). I upgraded the wheels to aksiums, the tyres to Continental gp4000 II's, nice bar tape and posh bottle holders!

I researched the hell outta these when buying and there's nothing like them for the money. I got them ordered from the UK cos they didn't offer the sora model in Ireland. I think they're absolutely gorgeous and I think they're worth €300 each.




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Pics taken just now without even a rub of a rag.


Edit top tube is about 50cm.

boomdocker

700c or 650c wheels?

fat bloke

boomdocker wrote: »

700c or 650c wheels?

Full size, regular road bike 700's

Cranks are 165.

lennymc

What age/height are these suitable for bloke?

martyc5674

Where are you based??
Possibly interested in one.

fat bloke

Can't find any geometry charts but it's the biggest size the come in. TT measures about 49-50. My two are tallish enough for 13 & 15 but we have the bikes a couple of years now, and they certainly haven't outgrown them.

You'd really have to try for size - like how big is a 16 year old, how long is a piece of string...


I'm in Ballycullen / Knocklyon.

Lumen

I'll take one.

fat bloke

Sound. First to the door gets their pick of the two!

(the other one is red in tape and cages)

martyc5674

fat bloke wrote: »

Sound. First to the door gets their pick of the two!

(the other one is red in tape and cages)

I’m out so... too big for my kids. Was hoping they were the 43.
Marty.

lennymc

fat bloke wrote: »

Can't find any geometry charts but it's the biggest size the come in. TT measures about 49-50. My two are tallish enough for 13 & 15 but we have the bikes a couple of years now, and they certainly haven't outgrown them.

You'd really have to try for size - like how big is a 16 year old, how long is a piece of string...


I'm in Ballycullen / Knocklyon.

ah, they sound way too big for a 5 yr old. LOL. Im out unfortunately

fat bloke

Ha ha ha. Yeah, small bit big Lenny I reckon

Plastik

lennymc wrote: »

ah, they sound way too big for a 5 yr old. LOL. Im out unfortunately

Depending on height I might know of a fairly immaculate Islabike Luath 24 for about the same price. Might also be too big though?

Eamonnator

lennymc wrote: »

ah, they sound way too big for a 5 yr old. LOL. Im out unfortunately

For a while there, I thought, I'd fallen into a coma for about 8 years.

fat bloke

More pics. Just washed shined and greased both. This is the other bike with sram caliper on the rear and red tape and cages. One tyre is a conti other is mavic wts yksion





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fat bloke

Lumen wrote: »

I'll take one.

Pm sent Lumen

fat bloke

Little bump here to minimise next week's inevitable "Ah Jaysus, I'd have loved one a dem if I'd only known!:(" after-the-facters

Idunnowho

I'm interested but need to check sizing etc. PM sent
Offer asking pending inspection.

fat bloke

Sold. And sold.

Thanks Lumen and Idunnowho. Best of luck with them.

Ten years and ten bikes later, I think this officially ends my campaign to make cyclists of my kids. A campaign ending ultimately in failure. - Henceforth all my bargain bike offerings shall be adult sized.

Lumen

I like this shop.

magicbastarder

fat bloke wrote: »

Ten years and ten bikes later, I think this officially ends my campaign to make cyclists of my kids. A campaign ending ultimately in failure. - Henceforth all my bargain bike offerings shall be adult sized.

i see your mistake. you should have refused to buy bikes for your kids - in fact, refused to allow them to cycle at all. that's how you'd have made it seem cool.