Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike Reviews

Review score: 9.2/10 – Updated September, 2024

Latest Price: £399.99 (RRP: £399.99)

Take a look now to discover what makes Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike worthy of a review score of 9.2 out of 10.

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Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike features

Quality

Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying BMX Bikes. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike.

The first thing is material. Looking at what Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.

Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new BMX Bikes. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.

There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling BMX Bikes. Brands like Kink are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.

Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the BMX Bikes category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.

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Comparing Prices

Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for BMX Bikes.

It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.

Price of Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike

So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike.

We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £399.99 in our latest search.

Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.3 out of 10 for price.

Average price of BMX Bikes

Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for BMX Bikes.

We found 57 in the BMX Bikes category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £467.62, making it below average at £399.99.

It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on BMX Bikes. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £1099.99, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £149.99.

With 57 products available we worked out that 26 cost more than Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike and 25 were cheaper.

Cost of Kink products

At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 13 products from Kink, of which 11 were in the BMX Bikes category.

For now though we’re looking at Kink branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £371.37 making this product above average.

You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Kink product we found was £5.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £924.99.

Of the 13 from Kink, 4 were more expensive than Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike and 6 were cheaper.

How much are Kink BMX Bikes?

We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Kink products that are listed in the BMX Bikes category.

The average price of the 11 products that match this search was £437.26, with the cheapest coming in at £149.99 and highest price was £924.99. With the average being £437.26, Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike comes in below average.

4 products that meet this search were more expensive than Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike and 4 were cheaper.

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Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike Reviews

Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.

There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.

1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.

2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.

Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike reviews there.

Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.6 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the BMX Bikes category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 3.0 out of 5.

Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike or another similar product, like Kink Whip XL BMX Bike reviews or GT Mach One 24 Pro BMX Bike 2021 reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy BMX Bikes.

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Brand

As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy BMX Bikes. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Kink, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.

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YouTube Video of Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike

Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike reviews.

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Summary

Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.2/10 overall.

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Further product details

• Product ID 1: 26849814539
• Product ID 2: 803660UK
• Brand: Kink
• Model number: COKI139-TE4-1650
• RRP: £399.99
• EAN: 680031731762
• Description: Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike (2021) The younger sibling of Kink’s larger Kicker model, the 16-inch wheeled Carve will give your little BMXer the control needed to build their confidence. With its strong Hi-Tensile steel frame and CrMo (Chromoly) fork, this is a kid’s BMX bike that’s ready for all the use and abuse that younger riders can give it.BMX Bike with Child-Specific ComponentsThe Carve is also kitted out with durable, kid-specific components such as the low-rise bars, mini grips, short reach brake levers and 140mm tubular CrMo cranks. Also, the low maintenance fully sealed bottom bracket and headset keep things running smoothly for longer.Features: Frame Material:¬† Top Tube Length:¬†16.5″ Forks:¬†Kink Stryker, 4130 CrMo steerer,¬†tapered fork legs, 32mm offset Bars:¬†Kink T700 7", 100% Hi-Ten Steel Grips:¬†Mission Helix Mini Stem:¬†Mission Topload 40mm Headset:¬†Mission Sealed Integrated (41.8 x 45) Brake Lever:¬†Mission Mini Brake Cable:¬†Mission L1 Linear Brakes:¬†Mission Cease¬†V2 Cranks:¬†Mission Triumph, 3pc tubular CrMo, 140mm, 8 spline Bottom Bracket:¬†Sealed Mid 19mm Pedals:¬†Kink Hemlock Chain:¬†Mission 410 Sprocket:¬†Mission Rank 25T Front Hub:¬†Mission Covert, unsealed, 3/8" axle Rear Hub:¬†Mission Function, semi-sealed Cassette, 14mm axle Driver:¬†9T Front Rim:¬†Mission X7 Rear Rim:¬†Mission X7 Seat:¬†Mission Cypress Mini Combo Seatpost:¬†Mission Combo Steel Post Seat Clamp:¬†Mission Slim Clamp Tyres:¬†Mission Tracker 16×2.4″ Gyro Tabs:¬†N/A Stuntpegs: N/A Weight:¬†10.23kg / 22lb 9ozPlease note, this bike is for use on BMX tracks and skate parks. In many countries, it is illegal to use this bike on public roads without using the two independent braking systems provided (a front and rear brake).BuyKink Bikes¬†from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
• Full Category: Bikes > BMX Bikes
• Size: 16″
• Unisex
• 0
• Adult

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Other options for BMX Bikes

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A few of our other favourites that we spotted when researching Kink Carve 16″ BMX Bike included,
GT Air 20 BMX Bike 2021 reviews, GT Speed Series Pro 24 Bike 2021 reviews, or we really liked the look of GT Speed Series Pro 20 Bike 2021 reviews as another alternative.