VPACE Bikes proudly presents its new downhill bike for children. After the hardtail "Max", the enduro bike "Moritz", the gravel bike "Michl", dirt bike "Danny" and trial bike "Trixi", Fred is the latest addition to the Ravensburg bike manufacturer's range. Fred is a bike for kids designed from the ground up for downhill use. The geometry with the 63-degree steering angle, low bottom bracket and the sensitive yet bouncy rear triangle with kinematics specially developed for low body weights appeals to young racers in junior downhill series such as the iXS Rookies Cup as well as small bike park visitors. The small "FRED265" model fits riders from 140 centimetres tall, was designed as a mini-mullet around a 27.5-inch front wheel and a 26-inch rear wheel and offers a soft 160 millimetres of suspension travel at the front and rear. The large "FRED275" fits from around 150 centimetres tall, offers 180 millimetres of travel and rolls completely on 27.5-inch wheels.

As usual with VPACE, attention was also paid to weight. The "FRED265" weighs around 13.6 kilograms, the "FRED275" around 14 kilograms - with extremely robust full equipment. "Our Fred is a real milestone for VPACE and probably the most consistent gravity bike for kids on the market at the moment," explains VPACE boss Sören Zieher proudly. The progressive geometry, the absolutely well thought-out equipment and the special kinematics definitely make the Fred unique.

Sophisticated, high-quality equipment

As usual with VPACE, only selected components are used on the Fred: Suspension forks and shocks come from Fox. The 36 and 38 performance forks as well as Float-X and Float-X2 shocks each come with special kids tunes. This makes the suspension elements more responsive for lighter riders. Braking is with Magura MT5 stoppers, shifting with the Sram GX11.

The chain guide including bashguard comes from E-Thirteen. Maxxis provides the tires with the Minion DHR2 and Assegai. Attachments such as handlebars, stem, seatpost and saddle come from Reverse. And if you do need to go uphill, you can order an optional Kind Shock Vario seatpost.

The Fred Downhill models can be pre-ordered from June 2022, with production and delivery possible from October 2022.

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