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This is the one of the nicer bikes out there for kids in
that difficult age range of 7-11 years old. These bikes have
always been one of the bigger challenges for bike makers because
they often don't sell enough of them to make back the cost
of setting up the production line. They cost more to build
and don't sell as many as the adult size models. Most manufacturers
deal with this in the obvious way, which is to do the minimum
to make a safe, solid bike. Gary Fisher decided to carve out
a different niche: make it noticeably lighter than the others
and hope the better bike wins out on the marketplace. The
Precaliber 24 is built out of the same Gold Series butted
and formed 6061 aluminum tubing as the $930
Fisher Piranha. We know a boy who routinely violates our
fourth rule of good bike care by swapping other kids' bikes
around in the neighborhood. He reports that every kid he knows
picks his PreCal as the ride of choice (and nobody has broken
it - yet).
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