Aah!
Either really LOL!!
He is chugging round on his heavy old Raleigh, was thinking he could 'upgrade' for Christmas, he wants a Luath, but accodring to the spec it's slighlty bigger then the Beinn & tbh I think he may be better off to start with sticking to flat bars.
The club he is joining in Jan will lend him a dropped bike to train/race on.