[Closed] It's time for Lil Grips's first bike

I'll bet the Specialized crash damage warranty is best LOL
Ian

get a 12" wheel pedal bike and remove the pedals , saves buying another in 3-4 months when lil grips gets the hang of scooting round. We had a Giant annimator for our lad ,weighed a ton but that builds character 😀

Lol!

I've checked the specs and the Spesh also has alloy frame, bars, stem and rims, and consequently only weighs 8lbs. Not bad.. could probably save a bit with tubeles, foam grips and ti bolts.

Now to see if the bargain shop will let me weigh their kiddie bikes with my electronic bike scales.

Carlos, I think the smallest real bikes are quite a bit bigger than this one. She's just coming up for 2 years old so I suspect she'll be on this for a while.

At that age, saddle height and weight is everything.

I also like solid tyres as this means no punctures. And brakes are for big kids.

Thump and all his friend skoot around on Adams/Norco Runner Bikes.
http://www.ukbikestore.co.uk/product/187/trab8102/adamsnorco-runner-bike-girls-steel-pink.html

lilgrips is currently 93cm and weighing in at at least 17kg... she's not a mite...

I recently purchased a near mint used Hotrock and am going to turn it into a balance bike. There's a horrendous amount of weight in the steel crank/chainring/BB assembly. The seatpost is also steel. I'm replacing the bar with a flat style bar so it's lower.
I had to back off the cup and cone bearings as they were super tight, to the point where the wheels wouldn't turn freely.
The frame/fork is nice, just a shame how many corners they've cut on the components!

That was weird, I was just about to type a very similar thing but I refreshed and it was there!

Seems like the Spesh is good for both weight and standover/saddle height, according to people who've tried both. And it's only £99 from Evans.

The cheap run bikes will do the job just as well. We have used a cheap toyshop one (borrowed) and a Norco pink one. Save the ££s for later bikes. Weight is only a factor for when you have to carry them and your bonked child home...

I got my lad a Skuut wooden balance bike. He loves it! He's not even 2 1/2 and did 4km the other day (with a stop 1/2 way at Pirate Petes playzone!)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Skuut-00137-Beginners-Balance-Bike/dp/B00264GIFY

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I bought it for his 2nd birthday, but it wasnt until he was 28mths before he could reach the floor and ride it.

I was surprisingly impressed by a a little alloy scootalong I saw in Halfrauds the other day - light, everything the right size - think it was about half the price of the Rothan, and even at my niche-whoring best I'd struggle to justify the extra, resale costs or not

Our Rothan is good - no punctures yet and the seat allows for good scooting. Lots of seat adjustment too. Doesn't weigh much, which is handy when they don't want to ride it any more and you have to carry it home 😕

I don't agree that brakes are just for big kids. H likes the brake actually- he took to it really easily and can properly control his speed on gradients.

I am a bit worried about the carrying issues as it's likely to be me carrying it a lot if we're going out daily...and things are definitely not getting easier to carry long distances at this point in my life...give me another year and I might be more able again.

What's it like for instance carrying a bike AND two bags of groceries while herding your child down the street while they scream?

You're in Germany - Puky ftw

Verses Jr has the Ridgeback Scoot;
http://www.ridgeback.co.uk/bike/scoot-blue

The Islabikes Rothan seems to be the best of the scoot-a-longs but the differences between that and the Scoot were minimal so I saved myself £20.

She's loved the Scoot from day 1 and even now that she has a pedal bike (obviously no stabilisers needed after learning to balance on the Scoot) she still likes to mess about on the Scoot sometimes.