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Constantia Greenbelts with the kids. What a lovely day for a bike ride!

A lovely day out with the kids at Meerendal.

Not sure where you are based. I saw some Signal kids bikes (think the 24" models) at Bridge Cycles in Southern Suburbs, Cape Town. Maybe give them a call. Otherwise, Yes, Titan Racing make great kids bikes. I would suggest try and avoid the grip shift if possible. Avalanche have just released a new range of bikes that look pretty good and are a big upgrade over the previous ranges. No personal experience, but they look quite nice. Hope you are able to find what you are looking for.

- A lovely ride around Bloemendal with the kids!

Thank you for the route suggestions. We tried out Bloemendal and it was fantastic! My son asks me everyday now when we are going back! My son's words, "We went on an amazing adventure!" We were not entirely sure how the kids would handle the trails. We originally planned on doing the Green Loop and B Spot. We ended up doing the entire Blue Route. I was blown away at how both the kids handled it. The climbing was a lot more than we have previously done, however it was conquered. I have to say big 'thank you's' to the various friendly bikers who gave us words of encouragement. It gives the kids such a boost! I think I need to work on my fitness levels! The downhills were amazing! We even managed Lombard's Terra, at a very slow pace. We did walk one rather gnarly corner. My son's favourite trail was BloemenNice. We picked up quite some pace. He even wanted to climb back up to the top to do it again. My daughter (on her bike seat) had very clear instructions, "Faster daddy, faster!" on the downhills. On the uphills, "Power, power!" while tucking her head down into an aerodynamic position. She was also our navigator in finding the blue bicycle route signs along the way and whenever we hit a bump, excited laughter would erupt! What an amazing day out and certainly won't be the last.

Found this today. New SCOTT-SRAM MTB Racing members. Lots of young talent coming to Scott! Going to be an exciting season!

Thanks all. I will be sure to gives these a go!

Any suggestions welcome and appreciated. Thanks in advance.

We are only at the 20" stage of the bicycle journey, however, whenever I start the new bike search Titan Racing always comes out tops in the end. Have really fallen in love with the brand. The quality of the bikes we have had has been superb and very good attention to detail is given. We have had a Titan Hades 16" and now 20". We opted for their lite model, which comes with a rigid fork and does a lot to keep the weight done and so far he has yet to be in need of a suspension fork. Only upgrade I would look into would be some trigger shifters for the gears. The grip shift works perfectly fine, but just isn't as nice. Next bike along will very likely be a Titan Racing too. Have a good look around, as there are often specials floating around on the Titan Racing Hades bikes.

My son (5) and daughter (2 - rides with me on a Feva seat) have been loving, doing some "proper mountain biking", as my son says, riding the lower Constantia Greenbelt trails. Looking for any suggestions on other places we can go and ride. I have mainly ridden at Tokai, but don't think he is ready for that yet. His time will come. Based in the southern suburbs, but don't mind making a trip, if it is worthwhile. Looking for something that isn't technical and not too steep. He has a good 10 - 15km in him. The Constantia Greenbelt is exactly the type of riding we enjoy, however, interested to see if other trails would be worth looking at. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks in advance.

I know that Bridge Cycles had air forks for a 20' Titan Racing bikes. I don't know anymore details, but could be worth giving them a call.

In short - dating back to 1818 the the land was given to Andries Bruins on condition that he did not sell liquor. This by-law was in effect up to 2018, when the 1st bottle store in Fish Hoek was opened.

Today we decided to upgrade to some proper mountain bike trails. A big upgrade over the trips around the neighbourhood. We took on some of the Constantia Greenbelt mountain bike trails. We conquered the Keysers River Trail, the Sillery Walk and the Silverhurst Trail. It was also officially our longest ride at just over 11km. My son felt like a "proper" mountain biker. He even had his 1st real crash. He unfortunately fell victim to a nasty root and then found out what an OTB was. He was a real champion and after some "magic spray" (wound spray) dusted himself off and carried on as if nothing had happened. He struck up a conversation with another biker. Turns out he too had fallen on his ride today. So according to him all bikers fall, so therefore my son is now a "proper mountain biker". Thank you to the mountain biker who took the time to chat to my son. My daughter rode with me on her yellow Feva seat and loved every minute of it. Lots of wohoo's and singing of head, shoulders, knees and toes. Continuously pointing to the way forward and saying go faster! We found a lovely spot to cool our feet off in the river and have a little snack. My son's words sum up todays adventure perfectly, "This ride is like a dream come true!"

I would say avoid coaster brakes. Haven't seen anything positive come out of them.

My son got a 20' for his 5th birthday. I would say he is on the taller side. The 20' fitted him perfectly. Almost a year on now, it still fits him perfectly with plenty room left for growth. He tried the 24' too, (Thought I may be able to skip a size) however it was much to big and heavy for him to handle with confidence. I would say get the correct size (fit) over all other factors. However, I was under the impression that most 20' bikes came with some sort of gearing. Looking at the Trek website it seems the 20' precaliber should come with gears. If you have the option for gears, I would go for it. Has made a fair improvement to his riding coming from a 16'. My son doesn't change his gears often, but rather sets them before a stretch of riding and then leaves it there. Does seem to make finding the correct gear ratio easier. Has also allowed him to go faster at the top end without his legs spinning round like crazy. Happy shopping.