What is the coolest balance bike?
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Cooool Balance Bikes
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it's only the rider that's cool
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None at your age
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those ones on Dragons Den earlier in the week looked good.
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This one...
(It's the kiddimoto one.)
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The only balance bikes you should be looking at are the early rider bikes, theirs a wicked little video as well. Makes me wish I was a kid again!
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I quite like the look of the plywood ones - quite heavy though. Islabike ones are nice as well.
But a normal child's bike with seat right down and pedals removed works well - then you just have to put the pedals back on when they're balancing well. Worked fine when I was teaching our daughter to ride. Couldn't be arsed to take the chainset and cranks off, but that didn't seem to get in the way.
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Ooo those early ride ones are nice too.
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WTFs the point in that kiddimoto one?
looks shit and the seat's so high it'll only fit kids big enough to ride proper bikes anyway.Posted 8 months ago # -
check the video towards the bottom of the page.
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GW, mine rides superbly
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Run over by Grandpa's Volvo
good job he had a helmet on then...
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+1 for the kokua likeabike!
We bought one off ebay for my daughter's second birthday, (2 weeks ago) and on Sunday she did 1 1/2 miles on it, mainly paved bridleway. I think the little elastomer shock is genius- and seeing her charge over speed bumps shouting "wheeee!" has kept me going all week!
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Luckily, he wasn't on it at the time.
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+2 kokua
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That likeabike jumper is ace. Still got a couple of years to go before I'll need one but it's already on my shopping list!
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My daughter loved her early-rider. The design is compromised though; form over function.
She could only ride it for a short while (3-4yrs) as the seat position compromises the control over steering. There ain't no brakes; so she had to learn about those when she professed to proper bikes. It's not particularly robust; I had to have the handle bars replaced after a 'dropping' incident.
Looks amazing though, I'm sure it'll do well for my son when he's big enough.
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Ollie Junior loved his first wooden bike
But his new one Is In a different league, He flies on this one.
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my boy had a lidl cheapo one and thrashed the heck out of it, an amazing thing. if i was doing the kiddie thing again i would'nt question buying a very good one, the islabike one i have seen and is excellent.
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islabikes is overpriced and nothing special really IMO (also don't understand why they don't do a 10" version)
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lol @ Ollie
brake,brake,brake,brake!
That Monty, jeebus thats expensive for a balancebike
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my eldest loved his islabike rothan and would scoot about and bomb hills like a madman.
his younger brother (now 3) still hasn't really got into it. I think I'm going to have to just get him going down some hills to see if a bit of adrenaline gives him the taste for it
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Ocrider, aye the monty is a bit on the dear side, luckily I got it at trade.
hold value very well as they don't often come up for sale. Jons lasted him for almost 2 years and it sold for almost £100 when it went.
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Strider Rider balance bike is pretty cool. This is my son balancing on his.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6IzrLFuEyQPosted 8 months ago # -
Surely it's this:
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That Cube looks ok (high bar?), but not cheap:
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don't understand why they don't do a 10" version
Not sure what the point would be, given that any child too small to get on a Rothan would be too young to do anything with it anyway. Expensive? Pfft. Ours is being used by second child now and it'll probably still get £60 on ebay when he's finished with it.
a normal child's bike with seat right down and pedals removed works well
For taller/older kids, yes. You won't get an average two-year-old on one, though.
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