With the new Hill Bill, the Swiss company Naloo also offers smaller bikers a bike that is fully trail-ready. The stylish 24-inch bike weighs less than 10 kilograms with an air suspension fork that can be easily adjusted to the rider's weight, disc brakes and 11-speed gears. A low bottom bracket and the low top tube optimise the children's bike for riders from 115 centimetres tall.
Hydraulic disc brakes, suspension fork and folding tyres
The Naloo Hill Bill is not only attractive with its upbeat colour scheme. Hydraulic disc brakes for low operating forces, a wide-range Shimano drivetrain with a choice of 1x9 or 1x11 gears and lightweight XA 25 rims from Newmen on both models, plus the RST First suspension fork with 60 millimetres of travel and a generous tyre clearance of up to 2.4 inches: the Hill Bill is technically quite up to date. With the lightweight aluminium frame and the grippy folding tyres, the bike in the 11-speed premium version should only weigh 9.4 kilograms - a top value in this class.
Low step-through for small riders: from 115 to around 140 centimetres tall
The Swiss also paid attention to the details. A thru-axle ensures rigidity in the rear wheel, while the geometry has been specially adapted for shorter riders: Above all, the low bottom bracket (-57.5 millimetres) and the associated low step-through should enable riders from 115 centimetres tall or 61 centimetres stride length to get into trail biking. The 24-inch wheels ensure better rollover behaviour than conventional 20-inch wheels, keyword: 29er principle. According to the manufacturer, the frame is particularly easy to grow with and also makes taller children up to around 140 centimetres happy, who can then switch directly to an adult MTB with a smaller frame.
The only "catch"? Grown-up technology also has a grown-up price: The nine-speed model weighing 10.4 kilograms costs 759 euros, the 11-speed version costs 1199 euros - reasonable considering the theoretically possible service life of several years, but a lot of money for a children's bike. All information about the Naloo Hill Bill can be found on the Website of the manufacturer.
Adrian Kaether
Editor
