Geometry<\/strong>: The geometry of the bike can vary depending on what type of bike you have in mind for a 17-year-old.<\/p>\n\n\n\nA mountain bike\u2019s geometry will be different from that of a road bike or a neighborhood cruiser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, keeping this aspect in your mind goes a long way in ensuring that you get the right type of bike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A mountain bike will have a slacker head tube angle (the head tube is the part that connects the handlebars to the fork).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is for better control and handling especially during a downhill ride on a gnarly track with lots of obstacles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A road bike will have a steep head tube angle that can increase the length of the frame. A road bike is built for speed and so aerodynamics is the key element here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the other hand, hybrid bikes and neighborhood cruisers try to straddle between comfort, control, and speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, taking into account all these aspects while sizing bikes will provide you with adequate information to get this task accomplished without having to break a sweat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sizing a bike for a 17 year old or for any age, for that matter, is not an easy task.<\/p>\n
The vast number of bike sizes, wheel and frame sizes along with the different types of bikes, brands, and models can make this affair a totally confusing one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[92,76],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikestead.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2635"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikestead.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikestead.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikestead.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikestead.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2635"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/bikestead.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5369,"href":"https:\/\/bikestead.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2635\/revisions\/5369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikestead.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikestead.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikestead.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}