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                        <title>Re: Balance bike for ~1 year old?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2018 22:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[toddlebike here, followed by a strider at about 18months]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[toddlebike here, followed by a strider at about 18months]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/">Bike Forum</category>                        <dc:creator>DT78</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: Balance bike for ~1 year old?</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/balance-bike-for-1-year-old/#post-10118692</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2018 17:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Early Rider Spherovelos are where it’s at! Secondhand only these days as they no longer make them. Tend to go for around £25 here, take the stabilisers off as she gets older

Would link to a...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Early Rider Spherovelos are where it’s at! Secondhand only these days as they no longer make them. Tend to go for around £25 here, take the stabilisers off as she gets older

Would link to an imagine but, you know, forum]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: Balance bike for ~1 year old?</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/balance-bike-for-1-year-old/#post-10118681</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2018 17:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[We had a scutter bug thing four wheeled trike/bike then a rothan aged 2]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[We had a scutter bug thing four wheeled trike/bike then a rothan aged 2]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: Balance bike for ~1 year old?</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/balance-bike-for-1-year-old/#post-10118584</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2018 15:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Plus 1 for a toddle bike. My son loved his, just bought one for my nephew.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Plus 1 for a toddle bike. My son loved his, just bought one for my nephew.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: Balance bike for ~1 year old?</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/balance-bike-for-1-year-old/#post-10118552</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2018 15:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[We used a toddle bike (&quot;pre-balance bike&quot;) for both of our children - plastic and expensive, but very lightweight, usable indoors and out, great for learning balance, steering etc without be...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[We used a toddle bike ("pre-balance bike") for both of our children - plastic and expensive, but very lightweight, usable indoors and out, great for learning balance, steering etc without being too dangerous or too much like hard work. Both loved it. Our eldest even managed to keep up with his parents on a half mile trek to the pub once he'd got proficient with it. Progression to a proper balance bike after that was easy.

<a href="http://www.toddlebike.co.uk">http://www.toddlebike.co.uk</a>]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: Balance bike for ~1 year old?</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/balance-bike-for-1-year-old/#post-10118495</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2018 14:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[We got our boy a &quot;puky&quot; can&#039;t remember the model but it has a deck so he can put his feet up (a bit like a vespa) more importantly it has foam / rubber tyres so its pretty good on hard surfa...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[We got our boy a "puky" can't remember the model but it has a deck so he can put his feet up (a bit like a vespa) more importantly it has foam / rubber tyres so its pretty good on hard surfaces- also he completely ignored it for 11 months!]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: Balance bike for ~1 year old?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2018 13:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Cheers all, much appreciated.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Cheers all, much appreciated.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/">Bike Forum</category>                        <dc:creator>Shackleton</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: Balance bike for ~1 year old?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2018 12:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[We brought a Jd bug balance bike which was nice and light, it’s seen out 3 boys now and has been great for them all. When searching for it now they  seem to have a plastic fuel tank on which...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[We brought a Jd bug balance bike which was nice and light, it’s seen out 3 boys now and has been great for them all. When searching for it now they  seem to have a plastic fuel tank on which ours didn’t have.

As a side note none of them really used it till they were 2+ years old.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: Balance bike for ~1 year old?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2018 12:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[We got a yVelo Twista when the little G was a bit over a year old. He managed pretty well on it (indoors mainly at first, it’s really low down and half balances on its own. He’s in one of th...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[We got a yVelo Twista when the little G was a bit over a year old. He managed pretty well on it (indoors mainly at first, it’s really low down and half balances on its own. He’s in one of the Hope Academy bikes now and loves cycling more than I do &#x1f914;

<a href="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_kCSMNUm-J0">https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_kCSMNUm-J0</a>



https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_kCSMNUm-J0]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: Balance bike for ~1 year old?</title>
                        <link>https://singletrackworld.com/forum/bike-forum/balance-bike-for-1-year-old/#post-10118181</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2018 11:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[In my experience the motor skills needed for a balance bike are more in parallel with being able to run around confidently, it needs an amount of coordination and reaction speed beyond the e...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[In my experience the motor skills needed for a balance bike are more in parallel with being able to run around confidently, it needs an amount of coordination and reaction speed beyond the early walking stage - but I'm happy to be proved wrong.

Our kids started on a scuttlebug ride-on then onto a Puky LRM balance bike between 2&amp;3 years old.]]></content:encoded>
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