RALEIGH New 2017 Gala 24 Complete Road Bike

It's made with a girl of about 10 in mind. That being that it isn't built to sustain the life of a petite grown woman. It's made to last through a few growing up years. After receiving the wrong bike, I received this one with a bent fender with paint missing from the creasing the bend caused. We phoned the manufacturer and were told that there are no replacement parts for this bike. So we took a $75 credit from Amazon and kept this bike. All in all, it's a good trip around the neighborhood for a grown up petite woman, and with the $75 credit, it's worth the price. The silvery blue color is just what I hoped it would be.

I used to be a bicycle mechanic for years. I am very impressed with the value and what looks like a bicycle that would have cost almost twice as much where I live at. This is a light and very durable looking bicycle for its class. Should be very easy to put on a bus bicycle rack, carry over fences, ect.

I love my new bike!! The color is beautiful silvery blueIt’s made well and makes me look Wayyy cool in my retirement village :)

Very impressive quality and style

Decent, Dutch style bike for the money. 24" tires good for tweeners (I have a tall 7 year old).

The reason I chose that bike is because it's made with an aluminum frame AND fork and not heavy weight, cheap, chromoly steel (you see at big stores) that will rust. I wanted a cute, simple, well made bike for my daughters upcoming 10 birthday and the price/quality on this bike could not be beat. It arrived a day earlier than expected in perfect condition. I unboxed it and everything was wrapped/connected securely so there was no damage or scratched paint. Speaking of paint, the blue has a cool sheen to it, with some silver. It's really nice! I didn't use the instructions as I've been cycling for decades and have built bikes from ground up. Assembly included attaching the seatpost to the seat, attaching handlebars/stem to the fork, attaching front fender/wheel and attaching pedals. All tools were included for this except for a 3mm allan key for the front fender. This was not an issue but keep that in mind when building. Overall, it was a super simple build and was mostly put together from the factory. Like I said in the title, it came with whitewall tires, so that added to the cuteness factor. I actually ended up replacing the 2.25" wide tires to thinner 1.75" tires to make the bike a little faster, lighter and more responsive, but it you keep the factory tires inflated to the proper levels, it will be fine. Anyhow, don't hesitate buying this great bike!