Big wheel or small wheel pitbike??

Jstaguy24 · 05-03-2018, 09:51 AM

Looking at pitbikes for an 11 year old. We will be riding trails, around here there it's a lot of sugar sand and tree roots. Just wondering if the big or small wheels have any pros or cons so i can decide which to order.

ben2go · 05-03-2018, 06:58 PM

Big and wide are my tire/wheel preference for sand. Is said child tall enough for a bike with larger wheels and higher seat height? Do you have a specific bike in mind?

Jstaguy24 · 05-04-2018, 05:54 AM

He's about 57-58" tall. Seat height on their specs seem to be only 1" different. I'm kinda leaning towards the Apollo dbx16 or dbx18.

rideMI · 05-04-2018, 03:03 PM

Jstaguy24,

Here in Michigan we have many miles of trails that are sandy and with roots. The larger diameter front the better. I would go with the DBX-18 with the 14-17 The problem maybe the seat height for him. Also maybe look at the RPS Viper with 16-19 and a seat height of 32.5. I have lowered 2 Vipers for customers that are what megadan says are Smurfs

I like that megadan, Smurfs and Sasquatch. And now I am building one with 18-21 for someone that is close to a Sasquatch

05-03-2018, 09:51 AM	#1
Jstaguy24 Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 12	Big wheel or small wheel pitbike?? Looking at pitbikes for an 11 year old. We will be riding trails, around here there it's a lot of sugar sand and tree roots. Just wondering if the big or small wheels have any pros or cons so i can decide which to order.
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05-04-2018, 03:03 PM	#4
rideMI Join Date: Nov 2016 Posts: 36	Jstaguy24, Here in Michigan we have many miles of trails that are sandy and with roots. The larger diameter front the better. I would go with the DBX-18 with the 14-17 The problem maybe the seat height for him. Also maybe look at the RPS Viper with 16-19 and a seat height of 32.5. I have lowered 2 Vipers for customers that are what megadan says are SmurfsI like that megadan, Smurfs and Sasquatch. And now I am building one with 18-21 for someone that is close to a Sasquatch Last edited by rideMI; 05-04-2018 at 09:01 PM.
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05-03-2018, 06:58 PM	#2
ben2go Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,335	Big and wide are my tire/wheel preference for sand. Is said child tall enough for a bike with larger wheels and higher seat height? Do you have a specific bike in mind?
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05-04-2018, 05:54 AM	#3
Jstaguy24 Join Date: Jan 2018 Posts: 12	He's about 57-58" tall. Seat height on their specs seem to be only 1" different. I'm kinda leaning towards the Apollo dbx16 or dbx18.
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