Alice is the proud owner of a Cannondale Road Warrior 4 - an excellent flat bar urban bike. Designed for easy riding in the urban landscape the Road Warrior 4 features 700c wheels, a sensible light weight step through frame, women's specific brake and gear controls and versatile gearing.

The most significant thing about Alice and her new Cannondale is that Alice is only 9! Which is significant because at Bike Ride we see a lot of parents buy bikes for their kids based on the current "trend" of choosing robust and in some cases cheaper mountain style bikes - but the reality is that many children ride on bike paths or footpaths where there is no need for a mountain bike. This bike is a perfect match for Alice's regular riding and as Alice says "I love my new bike".

Alice's dad went a little pale when he saw the price of the Road Warrior because it seemed like a lot for a "kids" bike. But as he said a few days later - "I haven't even thought about how much it cost once I saw Alice rip past her brothers on the bike track, she loves it and it's a perfect match for her stage of riding".