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After about 8 months I have finally convinced my kiddo to hit the trails with me! Went out for the first time about a month ago to a dj/ pump track close to me and she had good flow (cruized a bmx for the last 4 years) she gets the concept of pumping and rolling. Kiddo is 11yo and 5'2" and handled my med frame co op drt like a boss! So yesterday I asked her if she was ready to make the switch and she said yes! My little riding buddy! Sorry for the random post but this feels like a big win for me especially with summer coming! So now it looks like I owe her a nice hardtail. She is confident (miniscule wobble) on 27.5, so now starts the search. Any recommendations? I have a roscoe 7 gen 4 and a mongoose switchback pro my self (big price/stock component gap) but I want whatever I get her to handle being dumped if she has to.

Has anybody in this sub rode at sandy ridge? And if so, what would be good trails for a couple of "ok" mtb'ers to run? I have posted in here in the past looking for recommendations for beginner trails and feel like im ready to "level up".

So... kid and I hit some easy adjacent trails above estacada today and I ate mad s**t. No damaged or broken components. So my question here is my current bike (custom built mongoose switchback comp) is a large frame and I feel like I have to "reach" for the bars when sitting. My other bike, (co op drt 1.1 also a custom build) is a med frame and it feels to small. I stand at about 5'8". Mongoose website said my large frame is for 5'8" to 6'. Co op says my med is for 5'6" to 5"10. How do I fit my bike, and feel like I have control when doing easy to moderate bombing runs?