Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #31292 in Sports & Outdoors
- Size: 20-Inch Wheels
- Color: Fuchsia
- Brand: Diamondback
- Model: 02-10-2306
- Released on: 2010-08-27
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x
22.00" w x
47.00" l,
35.65 pounds
Features
- 20-inch girls' mountain bike with heat-treated aluminum frame
- Front suspension fork with 40mm of travel; 6-speed drivetrain
- Shimano Revo twist shifters; steel junior riser handlebar
- Linear pull brakes with comfortable hand-brake levers
- Alloy wheels and wide knobby tires; resin platform pedals
Diamondback Girls' Tess 20 Jr Mountain Bike (20-Inch Wheels)
Product Description
Diamondback Girls' Tess Jr Mountain Bike, Purple - 20"
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
Junk!
By Dennis M. Mcgraw III
I bought this bike for my daughters 8th birthday. I have aways liked and respected the Diamondback name and thought this bike would be another quality product. I was very disapointed. The bike is very heavy. The front shock is a joke, it does not compress at all. The shifter and rear deraileur broke after only 6 weeks of very light use. I am very disapointed. I also contacted Diamondback about returning this bike and they sent me a few nice e-mails and promised to contact Amazon but were no help at all. I still have this bike, I would LOVE to ship it back for a refund. Very disapointed and let down. I have 3 children and I will never purchace a Diamondback product again and I will never buy another expensive item from Amazon again. If I had bought this from a local store Im sure I could have returned it, but now I'm stuck with a junk bike.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.gear shifter will HAVE to be replaced for your kid to shift gears
By Camp4Fun
Bought the 20" Tess for my 8 y/o daughter. The good news is that the frame is sturdy and well made (although somewhat heavy). It is a nice size with good tires. Plus she loves the purple color.The bad news is that the gear shifter is impossible for a kid to shift. It is VERY tight. When we found this out about the first bike, we ordered a replacement only to find it was just as impossible to shift gears on the second bike as the first bike.Upon inspection, it is clear to me that DiamondBack never intended (or cared) if the gear shifter would work. The way the shifting cable is routed, when it reaches the rear-derailleur, it will kink the cable and make it impossible to shift. Even after replacing the rear-derailleur with one that didn't stress the cable, the "twist style" gear shifter on the handlebars is very hard to turn. I am a grown man it is was difficult for me. There is no chance a little kid could twist the shifter.So in addition to replacing the rear-derailleur, I also replaced the twist style shifter with a lever style. That also meant I needed a new set of handlebar grips.So after $40.00 of new parts, she now has the bike she should have had all along. The lever style shifter and new derailleur work perfectly and she is very happy. I had to trim the handlebar grips because the ones I bought were too long, but now they fit well.Shame on DiamondBack for selling a bike with such an obvious and avoidable design flaw.Here is the equipment I used to fix the Tess:Shimano Tourney TX55 6/7 Speed Rear DerailleurShimano SL-TX30 Tourney 6 Speed Shift LeversBell Trail handlebar Grip
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful.
Gears are impossible to shift, shock is sized for a 200lb adult
By Jim Merrell
I just purchased this bike for my 8 year old daughter. She is a tough little girl, with strong grip. However, she can only downshift (like going from 1st to 2nd, or 2nd to 3rd), but not up shift (like going 3rd to 2nd, or 2nd to 1st). I think the shifting could be easily fixed by using a different style shifter instead of the twist-grip.Also - the front shock will only compress when I put all of my 180 lbs over the handle bars. What a JOKE!Like the other review, it is heavy, but that doesn't bother me much. It is bullet-proof.I'm attempting to return it - we'll see how far I get.
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