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Hora - you'd happily spend more on a set of tyres than you're prepared to spend on your nippers first bike.
Great to see you doing everything you can to dispel the stereotypes of tight-arse Yorkshire ****s 😉
Stomp Stompee. Same as islabike but frame made from steel, 300gram heavier at 4kg overall. Half price of Islabike. I've bought for my son, and very well impressed.
+1 for likeAbike and islabikes
how much does you 2 year old weigh ? see how often you want to ride your 20Kg bike 🙂
My 5 year old just gave up his likeabike jumper , and the 2 year old is doing 10Km green route rides on it now
STRIDER won 8)
We have had a Zoot and a spesh like a bike, both great both still in use. From what I've been told the Isla bikes are lighter but both of my chaps loved their versions. It's a great present!
Well, rather than arguing over brands, I would say get a balance bike that fits your child, i.e. one with a low enough saddle for the child to get both feet comfortably on the ground. That is the critical requirement.
kcr - this is possibly one of the main criteria that the national cycle centre used when choosing a fleet of balance bikes for their sessions.
They are ALL good though. Seeing their faces on the Strider sessions, all kids are either grinning or crying with laughter/giggles or fear!
Can understand why the strider doesn't need a brake, but having seen what kids get up to on some of the videos posted the one on the Isla seems like quite a good idea!
At the Strider session there were alot of kids dragging their brake in fear- abit like I'd do. However hora junior was flowing and relaxing more (prob cos he didn;t have a brake). you can retro fit a brake
I rreckon most adults would benefit from riding with brakes removed sometimes. Have to check out the strider sessions with blobby jr. At only 7 months he may be a bit young... but I'll probably need a year to decide what bike to get him 🙂
Great fun and £3 a session.
Did you get the travis pastrana one...?
Awsome!
This is his first ride on his Strider bike/first visit:
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I'm just behind him in the foreground - worrying!
Heres a laugh for you....I fancy re-powdercoating his frame...already..