Six months before my daughter Olive was born I had her bikes planned right through to 26” wheels. Beyond that would be hand me downs for sure.

Up to 20” wheels was easy enough to develop a firm plan. I knew what I wanted to do for 24”, I just didn’t know where I would find the frame I was looking for. Eight years is not nearly enough to plan for such an important project.

The idea of 24 inching an extra small Santa Cruz is nothing new. It’s a standard retrofit, like a 5 speed Celica gearbox in your ’64 EH Holden. Overly zealous dads have been doing it for years, which was the problem. Finding an extra small OG Santa Cruz frame proved too difficult for me. I heard rumours of their existence but an actual sighting was never confirmed.