Just thought I would pass this along. My 10 year old has been wanting to get his first mountain bike so I have been looking and all the "good" bikes seem to be at least $550 even used on ebay. I didn't really want to spend that much because... I don't know, he's 10 and I am the only one that would really understand the difference between a good bike and a cheap bike (aka wife says "You spent how much on a kids bike?!?").
I came across the GT last week and the spec is really good compared to most of the bikes double the price plus being on sale it was kind of a no brainer. It's actually a really nice bike, better than my first mountain bike and even if the fork is meh it is the same one that is on pretty much all kids bikes and at least as good as the Quadra 21 on my first real mountain bike, so you know, perspective. It is around 26 lbs right out of the box, so pretty manageable too.
https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/gt-boys-stomper-ace-24-mountain-bike-18gtxy24mstmprcxxbjm/18gtxy24mstmprcxxbjm
I came across the GT last week and the spec is really good compared to most of the bikes double the price plus being on sale it was kind of a no brainer. It's actually a really nice bike, better than my first mountain bike and even if the fork is meh it is the same one that is on pretty much all kids bikes and at least as good as the Quadra 21 on my first real mountain bike, so you know, perspective. It is around 26 lbs right out of the box, so pretty manageable too.
https://www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/gt-boys-stomper-ace-24-mountain-bike-18gtxy24mstmprcxxbjm/18gtxy24mstmprcxxbjm