Before Christmas, my daughter was sending me links to bikes to replace (8.5 yr old) Grandson's worn out, and too small one.
She was getting "Made of Cheese" and "Boat-anchor" comments back from me, and decided to leave it until after Christmas.
I took on the task of sourcing one - requirements were:
Not necessarily new
Strong and able to stand up to abuse
We picked this up last night, and I've just had it on the workstand and apart from paint chips..
There's nothing wrong with it - in fact it looks as if it's been professionally serviced as the seller told me.
Not bad for £20!
Meanwhile, just before Christmas, I collected this for his younger brother (older grandson already has one). It's apart because I would like him to be able to ride it this spring/summer when he's 5 yr old, and it's going to be a bit too big, I think.
Spoilt Rotten!
One of my Christams presents from them was this sign: