Another Islabike -talk me into it (won't take much)
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crumpetman
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I had a similar problem when choosing a bike for my son. He was at the limit for his cnoc 16 and I was not sure if he would be tall enough for the Beinn 20 large and didn't want to buy the small for it to last only a few months. But, I went for the large and he is tall enough for it. How much seat post have you got left on the cnoc 16? If it is at the top then I would think he should be ok on the large Beinn 20.
Anyway, you know you will buy the Islabike it is just down to either second hand or brand new. I chose brand new in both cases as there really wasn't much difference in price and there were no second hand ones within a reasonable distance. You could probably get one off ebay and sell it a year from now for about the same price.
Anyway, you know you will buy the Islabike it is just down to either second hand or brand new. I chose brand new in both cases as there really wasn't much difference in price and there were no second hand ones within a reasonable distance. You could probably get one off ebay and sell it a year from now for about the same price.
A bit late but:
You can fit a longer seat post to the Cnoc 16 (original is 200mm long). Your Beinn has, I believe, a 250mm long post.
My daughter has a 490 inside leg, so should be ok (on her Cnoc 16) according to the specs; but has her seat set high & has run out of post.
If not then Islabikes will sell, with some prompting, a 250mm post for a very reasonable £8 plus a not so reasonable £5 for postage. But it did arrive less than 24 hours later.
If the reach is too long on the Large Beinn: how about turning the seat post round & then pushing the saddle as far back as possible, tempoarily? I am not sure what this would do to the peddle / seat alignment & whether the head angle would allow. But looks as though it might be ok on the pictures.
You can fit a longer seat post to the Cnoc 16 (original is 200mm long). Your Beinn has, I believe, a 250mm long post.
My daughter has a 490 inside leg, so should be ok (on her Cnoc 16) according to the specs; but has her seat set high & has run out of post.
If not then Islabikes will sell, with some prompting, a 250mm post for a very reasonable £8 plus a not so reasonable £5 for postage. But it did arrive less than 24 hours later.
If the reach is too long on the Large Beinn: how about turning the seat post round & then pushing the saddle as far back as possible, tempoarily? I am not sure what this would do to the peddle / seat alignment & whether the head angle would allow. But looks as though it might be ok on the pictures.
