Bought our wee man a cheap 19 quid 1 from toys rus when he was 20 months.
At 2 and a half he had a 12 inch halfords bike and went straight to cycling it with no stabilisers
It was a heavy thing tho so hes no got a 14″ Islabike
I’m going to go for the Decathlon one for our wee girl.
I wouldn’t spend much money on the balance bike as most are pretty light and theres not much to them.
Save your money for a good first pedal bike as the cheaper ones are very heavy and components aren’t as good. We couldn’t get him to work the brakes on the Halfords bike but as soon as we got the Islabike he was able to use them no trouble.