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Tornadom wrote:

etd wrote:

what about when the kid races older kids?  last night my son (6i) raced 1-7yr old and 3-9yr olds,  the class was called "9i" .    he got second in all the races including the main (they only had 2 motos and a main)  he still gets points for second even though he was racing older kids right?

I believe in that instance your son still receives 2nd place, intermediate points. I am always lumped together with the 15x riders at my track, so even though I am a 19-27 novice rider I am earning expert points for all of my last place finishes. But regardless of age grouping, you will always earn the points of the highest skilled rider in the moto (i.e. novice and intermediate riders will get expert points if there is an expert racer in their moto)

yeah thats what i thought,  so the age does not matter only the class...

wycough wrote:

Landry just now switched and the Ssquared jr is only 18", which is small for a jr. He is also much taller than your son. He is 49-50" right now at 7.5 yrs old. We came off a Redline mini which is 17.5". My opinion would be stay mini. Add a longer stem when needed. Go to jr 4" bars now though. The taller bars will aid in gates, manualing and jumping. At 44" he should be around the 140mm cranks with a 39x15 on 1" tires. 

For future reference, Ssquared will be going to a larger top tube on future jr frames. I spoke with them since they advertised at 18.25 but measured 17 7/8ths. 18.25 was based on virtual rider area. The jump from mini to jr was not sufficient in my opinion.

So would you have rather had the longer top tube for your son?  My son is about the same height and I need to buy him a frame, so I was considering getting a junior, but I dont want it to be to big, but I also dont want him to outgrow it in 6 mos either.  He is also on a Redline min, and I have been looking at the Supercross jr, which is an 18.5" TT.  I also am considering the Vendetta Mini XL which has a 18" TT. 

Thanks!

Cool.  Thanks.  I am gonna seek out someone at the track with one and see if they will let me size him on it. 

BTW, that is a sweet looking bike!  It is making me want to have his fork painted.

Thanks again.

wycough wrote:

etd wrote:

oldguy25 wrote:

based on this he's on a 51.2? with 1 1/8 tires. I am running 155mm cranks right now. On the track it looks like it fits well, just curious because many other kids are already a frame size up with taller stand over height. I would prefer he stay on the redline for the remainder of the year if he doesn't have another super growth spurt.

my son is 6, almost 7 yrs old.  he is the same heigh as your kid.  he just moved up to a JR (Hyper) with JR bars.  155mm cranks,  55 roll out,  33/12 is the ratio.  i know it is a little different than some other people are running but he is smoking the competition so i think it is working well

Where do u even get a 33 tooth in a bcd 110 5 bolt?  I didn't think anyone made them that small?  I needed one for Landry's race mtb but had to settle on a 34t being the smallest I could find

tangent makes them, just picked one up for one of the little girls on the team

Moose, going to LA, GA or Nashville?

Aaron's new race rig...its bad!!

Proof that I do go to the track and ride!

I might be a big kid but my dad loves to watch me ride!

my 2 older kids do when its super dusty or rainy. they use the fox focus youth goggles. clear lenses, although i may look into slightly tinted for really bright days and see how they like em. the focus lenses are interchangeable with scott lenses apparently.

my 3 year old had her first race on her race bike earlier this week. she started last season on a push bike, then a lil 12" kmart special. got her a haro micro mini, changed a few things, and she's off! she still does half track, but i can see her graduating to full track by mid season. she came away with 2 firsts and a 2nd on opening day. my 7x got a 2nd, and my 9G got a 1st. wifey and i both got 3rd in our cruiser classes...great start to the year so far!