Which Balance Bike?

By the way, the wheels on the Hotwalk clear the frame, so you can do bar spins and tail whips on it. This is definitely a plus.

Hotwalk is top of the list.

I can confirm that bar spins done by a 3 year old are VERY cool!! Most times he comes to a stop, Chatrlie throws the bike forward, does a bar spin and then pops it up on the back wheel with a big grin on his face!

He loves watching freeride videos on YouTube and always asks when he’ll be able to do backflips – Time to take out private medical cover I think!

Watching this with interest – I tried one of my (small) 18 month year old daughters on a Ridgeback and it will be too big, even with the seat clamp reversed inside the saddle. She grabbed the bars anyway and wanted to give it a go!

So, who makes the smallest balance bike, with the lowest saddle with proper pneumatic tyres?

I bought our little one a Hotwalk at Christmas, he was 2 in March and he is still a little small for it. The bike itself is brilliant; looks great, is well built and very light.

So, who makes the smallest balance bike, with the lowest saddle with proper pneumatic tyres?

Adding this[/url] will drop the Firstbake that Papa_Lazarou linked to[/url] another 4cms. It may still be a stretch for a kid that age, but I doubt that you’d find anything smaller.

Hugh we need videos of that 🙂

HotWalk is nails too, I rode it down Carn Ingli .. well a fair old way till I couldn’t correct the wobble anymore and went in a hedge.

I was very, very drunk at the time.

It’s on to no. 2 son and no sign of breaking, only fixed one puncture so far too.

I’ve ridden mine around the house.. kind of.. bit small, I think stunt pegs would help.

Jo Burt rode our Rothan once… he looked very stupid.

I stillthink the Rothan is likely to be one of the smallest. They list minimum inside leg as 30cm, although son no 2 is perching on it and he’s a long way off that yet.

Can’r find a pic of one with the seat right down but have a look and you’ll see that the seat goes lower than the height of the wheel:
http://www.islabikes.co.uk/bike_pages/rothan.html

I didn’t have a balance bike for my oldest child and really wish that I had. We got my daugther a smart gear balance bike. However, I found a great metal Balance Bike at this website and my youngest son loves it. I think that balance bikes are the quickest way to get young children active and involved with family!

ridgeback scoot here…
a vey succesful transition from this to a ridgeback pedal bike as per my video below…

all in an afternoon and the balance gained from the balance bike certainly helped.