[RickM]

I'm planning to purchase a bike for my soon-to-be 11 yo daughter. Her last bike was well made and appeared to be "sized" properly but for some reason she didn't appear to be comfortable. The relationship between her and the bike seemed to quite akward.

So, I'd like to educated myself a bit before shopping for the next example. What I'm seeing on the net is to make sure the balls of the feet touch ground when standing or sitting and hands are on the handle bar.

Is that it? Is there more to "fitting" a bike or is that the best we can do?

TIA for any advice.