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  1. Thanks Robin, that's a very tempting offer! 1st of our club trials sessions is on Friday evening, I'll talk to David then.
  2. My 11 year old daughter has been inspired to try to learn some trials moves. She's been a keen follower of young Adam Morewood's youtube vids for a few years and was very excited to find out that he and the other members of the Onnit Bikes team were coming to her bike club last weekend to do a demo and let all the kids have a go on a trials bike. It went very well, our kids loved it and I think that the Onnit lads had a great time too! To cut a long story short, she had a go on a Monty 207, an Onza Rip and her own mountain bike, a lightweight (9kg) hardtail. she didn't actually get a shot on one of the Onnits, (there were over 80 kids there!) She is quite small for her age (140cm) and the little Monty was a perfect fit. Obviously a similar bike would be the best bet to learn on but they're too expensive for me just now unless she really gets into trialing. The Onza was very obviously too big, the bars were too wide, the reach was too long as were the cranks. Now (at last!) onto my question. What would be the better option to practice on, I'd be quite happy to buy a fullsize Onza of some description s/h, there seem to be some for sale for well under £100 and scale it down with shorter bits or just use her mtb? The mtb is lighter (by about 1.5 kg) and has more or less the same wheelbase (1m) as the full size Onzas. Any feedback appreciated
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