im sure it is less than 15kg, unless its covered in mud after a good day on the track

The Carrera Vulcan Disc Spec 18" Mens Mountain Bike 08 (itemcode: 769554) is designed as a mountain bike but can also be used on roads.

The Carrera Vulcan Disc Spec 18" Mens Mountain Bike 08 can be reserved online for collection in store in a few days.
If you want to reserve the bike for collection closer to Christmas you can do this be visiting your local Halfords store. Any bike can be reserved for £10 deposit, with payments then made when you can. The full price of the bike is to be paid on the agreed collection date

The £20 free accessories voucher is available when purchased in store or when a bike is reserved online and collected in store on all bikes including the Carrera Vulcan Disc Spec 18" Mens Mountain Bike 08

The Shifters on the Carrera Vulcan Disc Spec 18" Mens Mountain Bike 08 are trigger shifters.

Standard 1 1/8" steerer forks will fit on the Carrera Vulcan.

This is largely dependent on his inside leg measurement
The following size bike frames are recommended for males with the inside leg measurements as shown
Inside leg of 68-76cm requires a 16 or 17” frame
Inside leg of 76-84cm requires a 18 or 19” frame
Inside leg of 84cm+ requires a 20” frame size of above

For someone who is 6ft a 20" frame is probly the most suitable

the 2009 models will be available over the coming month

The 2009 range is available to order in all stores. the 2008 range is in clearance so is not available to order. please contact your local store to investigate if they can source the bike from another store.

The main differences between the 08 and 09 models are the chainsets, 09 has a Truvativ X Flow, The forks, 09 has Suntour XCM-V2 forks and the frame is heat treated 7005 T6 on the 09 model. The 22" 09 model is available in store and shortly will be available to order online too.