![]() I do like the Spawn bikes and would have gone this route if the Commencal deal hadn't happened. I still need to work out the gear inches so I can compare with own dj bike set up of 32x16. Was concerned about pedaling it uphill but he's jamming on it. No problems or issues with the bike so far and it gets ridden a lot. First off, the color is awesome for visibility, once your wife see's it at dusk she will be happy. His progression was run bike, 12" hotrock, 14" isla, 16" hotrock and now the Ramones. We've had our 4.5 year old on the 2015 Ramones for a few months now. ![]() Not even any recent vids or pics of kids riding them (the 16 anyway). ![]() The other issue the Commencal has is that there is very little user comments and user reviews on the web. My hurtle truly is the color as silly as that sounds. It really does look like the perfect bike. I really like the geo of the Commencal with the addition of the longer crank arms. I'm probably about a month or so away from ordering. kid's appear stretched out on it.īut why is the Commencal just so freak'n yellow!!? In the running, but just does'nt look like a "Kids" bike. Cleary- I hear is coming out with a "blue" hedgehog in June. I presume due to shipping and customs) on eropean websites it's about $186.00. (decent european reviews, and available in the usa. Ridgeback MX16 is blue and fits the bill. My other issue is that my son wants a "blue" bike. And I was hit with a foreign transaction fee on my credit card. That guy didn't pack it back right, and it arrived with some gouges in the paint. They shipped me the wrong bike, and then had the customer that received my bike ship it to me. It is a bit heavier than I'd like, but maybe I can work on that down the road.īut I should also mention I wasn't super pleased with the transaction with Commencal. The Commencal Ramones is pretty awesome to see in person. We went with the Commencal based on minimum seat height, and I can get it pretty close to where he's at on his Hotrock 12" now. My little guy is about to turn 4 and is a little short for his age. Unfortunately for me, the cleary is a much bigger bike than the commencal despite the same wheelsize. In my mind it is the goldilocks bike between the banshee and the commencal as far as value, weight, and features. There are also the Cleary bikes but I don't know if they're available in Canada. If the Ramones were available back then it would have been the higher BB version so the Spawn would have won out. We'd be on our third summer of use with it right now and I think it would have been worth every penny. I don't have experience with either bike but if I could go back in time I would've bought the Spawn when my boys were at the 16" bike size. Something to think about if you have a strong opinion one way or the other. My boys have short legs relative to their torsos so I would tend to go on the shorter side. If you read through other discussions, some parents prefer to go a bit shorter and others a bit longer. The theme of 10% of total height is often mention so at 43" and 45" tall, recommended crank length would be 109 mm and 114 mm respectively. Plus, my kids like the color of the Commencal unit and we all know how important that is lol. Can anyone enlighten me on the quality and performance of the Commencal machine in comparison to the Spawn? I've found little review info on the Commencal vs the Spawn machine. The only read difference is the Spawn Cycle is about 1-2lbs lighter.but also about $200 more. Both have v-brakes, aluminum frame and good components. ![]() ![]() To the best of my knowledge, they appear to be similar spec. I'd like to get something with hand brakes, not coaster.so these are my 2 options.Ĭommencal Ramones 16 or the Spawn Cycle Banshee 16. I'm from Canada, and the Spawn Cycles Banshee gets high praise from almost everyone who talks about it. I'd like to get them a good first bike.(i've seen the tanks they call bikes at box stores) but I know they will quickly outgrow them, so I don't want to spend to much. Both kids are roughly the same size, 43-45" tall 45lbs. I'm hunting a first bike for my 5 year old and 4 year old. ![]()
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