If truth be told, the only real difference between boys' and girls' bikes is with the design and colours that are chosen for the model of bike, and the way they are marketed to the different genders.
Therefore, you can expect to see bold colours for boys - lots of blacks and reds - and a slightly more masculine design, and for girls there tends to be more pastel colours and pinks. Flowers and frills adorn the designs which have a more feminine and 'girly' look. But that's it. Everything else between a 'boy's' and a 'girl's' bike is the same. Structurally, the two types of bike are virtually, if not completely, identical - and any differences there might be are minimal. The big difference is purely cosmetic.
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Even with adult bikes these days, gender differences are perhaps less obvious than they used to be as more and more manufacturers adopt a unisex and equal approach to bike design. Some bikes still come with the difference in top tubes: parallel for men and slanted for women. However, more women's bikes now have the look of a male bike too with a parallel top tube. Different sized handlebar widths and different sized shapes aside, the contrast between bikes made for both genders are less obvious.
Many children's bikes (boys' and second hand girls' bikes) already come with the slanted top tube as a design feature anyway, so all in all used girls’ bikes are essentially the same as boys’ bikes - they just have colours that stereotypically would be seen as more 'appropriate' for girls.
With all second hand girls' bikes the overriding concern should always be in getting the size right and making sure that the bike purchased will provide a comfortable and stable ride. Once girls have grown out of balance bikes, the key thing to consider is the size of the wheel. This is how girls' bikes (and boys' bikes) are categorised. Wheel sizes range from 12" and go up to 24". These can be broadly linked to suitable ages. For example, typically a girl between the ages of five and seven is usually suitable for a second hand girls' bike with a wheel size of 16", and a 24" wheel is usually suitable for 8-11 year old girls.
However, this is not an exact science because, of course, there is a fair amount of leeway between the recommended heights for each wheel size type. Furthermore, it is not just the girl's height which is a factor either, their inside leg measurement is also important. And, also, children grow at quite different rates.
Safe in the knowledge that, structurally at least, second hand girls' bikes are pretty much identical to boys' bikes, the focus can be entirely on making sure the size of the chosen bike is a good fit.
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