13. He's racing this weekend, too.
And my post is not meant to impugn mountain bike users at all... it's just that kids reflexively say "I want a mountain bike" because that's all they see, or it looks "tough" like an SUV or military tank, but you know how it is with kids..
They don't know what they don't know
You put a kid in a race with one of his friends, put him on the MTB and his friend on a road bike, when the friend cleans your kid's clock on a race to school or the swimming pool, you can bet your kid's mantra will change to
I want a faster bike !
Originally Posted by va_cyclist
That rocks. How old is he now?