Woom is lightweight-- more important for children bikes to-be light.
Brakes have a nice light feel, easy to squeeze and stop the bike.
Grip shifter works well.
Otherwise, it's a nice bike. Bummer was having to get rack and fenders from
Islabikes! With a larger size (e.g., Woom 6), one could
Shoji, thanks so much for encouraging me to have a second look - if Woom takes
racks and fenders, this changes everything. I’m sure you’re at work and I don’t
want to take too much of your time, but if you don’t mind, can you tell me
what you’ve liked about the Woom and why you felt it was
At 12, can he fit on an XS adult bike? My then 10 year old got an XS Trek
FX for his birthday a few years back, now he’s creeping up on adult medium
sized bikes at 5’1” it so (I buy a size up so there’s room to grow, pretty
easy with sloping top tubes these days)
Eric
On Wednesday, October 3,
Hi BBDD,
Woom has islets for rack and/or fenders. The Woom6 is for 55" - 65".
https://us.woombikes.com/products/6
Woom used to sell a "commuter"-style bike with racks+fenders, but sadly
discontinued it. I think it's a USA market thing-- they can't sell them.
(Looks like Woom still offers
Och, well. Worth a shot. He’s well ahead of where I was then. No need to push
things over a top tube. Grin. Your shop should be able to mount racks on Cleary
Bikes via P-clamps by being a bit creative. Folks here do on Rivs et al without
brazons by that method. Call them and talk with them at
Oh Patrick, therein lies the crux. The cool factor for the teen boy. He has
been pretty darn accommodating to all his mother’s whims and staunch beliefs.
He eats homemade lunch every single day with weird things like fermented
pickles and homemade sourdough, and organic everything. He’ll take
We’ve gone Cleary Bikes and then a Clementine we anticipate will fit them when
full grown (M so far). As an inbetween step, we could also go with a small
Clementine. The “L” allows great flexability in sizing. But we’ve all lassies,
and I wouldn’t have been seen dead on a “girls” bike growing
Well, Islabikes announced yesterday afternoon they are shutting the doors to
the US office in Portland. The bikes and gear are all discounted and I was so
excited to get my hands on the Beinn 27 for my 7th grader. Alas, they are SOLD
OUT. As of now, the UK headquarters does not and will not
