But despite all the trivialisation: The Frechdax is nothing more than a serious, functional fully! Propain developers David Assfalg and Robert Krauss paid particular attention to the suspension. The Firstride suspension fork, a co-production of Propain and Sixpack, works with particularly low-viscosity oil and has rebound and compression adjustment. This is how smoothly a suspension fork for children should respond! This also applies to the modified Rockshox Monarch rear shock. The great performance of the suspension compensates somewhat for the small wheel diameters. After all, 20-inch and even more so 16-inch wheels are no rolling wonders off-road. The Magura MT-2 disc brakes meet professional standards. It takes practice to get the braking power right. The fitted cassette has a fairly flat gear range of 11 to 25 teeth. This is okay for rides without major climbs. For steeper climbs, if that is at all within the child's ability range, the gearing would have to be adjusted. 9.8 kilos is respectable, but that's still more than a third of our test rider Florian's body weight. The Frechdax is available in three versions, the basic version in 16 inches without gears costs 1299 euros.
Conclusion 1799 euros for the top version tested is hefty. However, for this you get a children's bike that has been consistently thought through in every respect.
PLUS Grows with you thanks to two different wheel sizes, sensitive chassis
MINUS High price, low gear range, gear lever somewhat stiff
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