What a Machine!
So this is a rather long term review of the Hellion 16 with over 1000km of riding. We bought the bike for our daughter's 4th birthday having outgrown her seeker 14 (another superb bike) which was passed on to her 2 year old brother.
The sales service was excellent and the bike quick and easy to set up out of the box with only a few minor preferential tweaks needed and some ride wrap to protect that stunning purple paint.
Our daughter progressed onto the Hellion 16 seamlessly and her confidence and control instantly improved. We were a little apprehensive about the power of the hydraulic brakes initially, but kids are surprisingly adaptive and they only inspired more confidence and no more complaints of tired hands on long descents.
The geometry is definitely well suited for kids providing stability at speed but yet still nimble at lower speeds. We found with the larger pedals we added it was prone to pedal strikes on flat corners but if anything this helped our daughter's technique for the better.
The stock gear ratio was a good compromise between speed and climbing ability. The addition of a rear hanger and readiness to add gears was fantastic. Thank you Jake for the technical support for fitting gears, this made a world of difference to our daughter's riding immediately!
The quality of the design and build is fantastic, and in the 1000km ridden so far on the bike we have had to do nothing more than clean it and raise the seat height. The bike still sounds and…
| Weight |
Rated 5 out of 5
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| Ease of assembly |
Rated 5 out of 5
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| Quality |
Rated 5 out of 5
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| Value |
Rated 4 out of 5
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| Service |
Rated 5 out of 5
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