Lovely Kids bike for 2 to 7 years old. Available in two colors.
No pedal, super light cycling practice bike. Most for the kid to learn cycling. Good for kids between 2 to 7 years.
Features
Easy to balance bike
Streamlined body
Lightweight wheelset
One-piece design
Safe stepping
Flexible steering
Comfort Seat
Hi
It has no pedals.
Shouldn't it be cheaper since it doesn't come with pedals?
No, it's done deliberately to train kids into buying expensive road bikes with no pedals…
Yeah it's like a pre training wheels bike, they just push off with their legs to get used to steering and such.
That said, you'll get something similar for under $50 at Kmart.
$35.
Apparently they work better for kids learning to ride a bike than training wheels (which encourages bad habits/relying on the training wheels).
Apparently so, but i haven't yet meet a kid who moved from one of these to a pedal bike. Will they learn to pedal straight away if they have excellent balance with this one, or do they still need to use training wheels for a while?
I know some kids (around 5 years old) who used a balance bike for a few months and went straight to a pedal bike.
@dust: My twin girls were riding with no training wheels at age 3.5 because of first being on balance bikes for around 6 months. (Nature strip hard rubbish jobs, the balance bikes that is.) Sorry didn't mean to @ you.
My 4 year old went from a balance bike, to a normal bike with pedals removed which he used as a balance bike for a few sessions, then I put the pedals and training wheels off so he could get used to pedalling for a couple of sessions, then I took the training wheels off and he was good to go.
Yup, our son was a balance bike kid. He was also then onto a pedal bike without training wheels just a little bit after he turned 3 too, however at that stage he still preferred the balance bike as he still had better control of it, and would actually race it in "Mini-Wheeler" races at the local BMX club. He's now 5 and racing a proper full blown BMX.
For our kids:
12" bike off gummie $20
Remove cranks and chain
Balance bike
Brilliant! I never though of that.
Is this ozbargain? $200 for a balance bike, that they only need for a month or two.
2 x 2 years worth for my kids.
Way more hours of use than any of the crappy $40 toys they receive at birthdays
Mine son's been riding his every day for the last 8 months. Worth every dollar of the $160 I spent, especially during this pandemic.
If you’re in this market with $200ish to spend then I’d recommend this:
https://www.giant-bicycles.com/au/pre
As much as I am a Giant fan (I have 8 Giants in our garage, a Glory, a Reign Advanced, a Trance Advanced, a TCR Advanced plus then my wife's Liv Pique Advanced, Avail Advanced, and my son's Animator and XTC sitting in our garage, plus a couple of other brands) I'd actually suggest the DK Nano for the same price point.
Our son had a "Redline" branded Strider which he quite enjoyed, but it never quite seemed "right". We got him the DK and his confidence just exploded, it was night and day, and he was tearing up the BMX track. The seated position is so much better, and the bars nice and wide and upright, much like a mountain bike.
Looks cool but would never spend that.
My kids learnt to ride on "kerb side" bikes, you always find kids bikes being put out.
Daughter currently rides a $450 free bike, nice "byk"
I would often agree, and have absolutely no qualms against kerb side bikes given how quickly they do outgrow them. Plus, I'll admit I was really hesitant to buy his DK when he already had a perfectly good Strider balance bike, but that very same day we bought it, we went straight from the bike shop to the bush park nearby and it was night and day how much better he suddenly got, as he was so much more stable and confident, and immediately keen to ride obstacles and stuff.
Literally within 30 seconds I was happy that I spent the money, as I see it as an investment in his future in keeping him eager in something that is a healthy activity. Some kids will still thrive with any bike, I just found it really helped him massively improve his confidence in that initial toddler phase where it can make or break their interest in something.
He then moved part time to a pedal bike for longer "rides", bit still used his balance bike for more messing around on, as he was certainly able to ride over obstacles and stuff better on the balance bike than when pedalling his normal bike. Reckon we would have gotten a year and a half out of it, would have been more if we had bought it initially instead of the Strider.
Sounds like it's almost time to put the old bike on the kerb.
;)
@fredk1000: LOL, well played :-D
Nah, too late, already sold on Gumtree, so really the bike only cost me half what I paid for it.
Kids, grow out of this stuff so quickly that it's not really worth spending $200 IMO. Cheapie one does just fine and they love it all the same.
Depends what you want to get out of it. I come from a very "bike" centric family where, across all us brothers, we have had a spread of professional motorbike racers, motocrossers, mountain bikers and road cyclists, so of course it's something we value more than most. That said, I wouldn't care if my son didn't like bikes, but I see it as an investment in his future health and fitness.
Our son had a "Redline" branded Strider (a very traditional shape balance bike) which he quite enjoyed tonking around on, but it never quite seemed "right". We got him a $200 DK and his confidence just exploded, it was night and day, and he was tearing up the BMX track and off-road thru the bush. The seated position is so much better, and the bars nice and wide and upright, much like a mountain bike. He went from just liking riding to loving it, and now races BMX as a 5 year old.
Are you affiliated?
What, with DK? Nice try but nope, not at all. My sons balance bike is the only DK any of us brothers have ever owned. If anything, I'm actually indirectly "affiliated" with Giant as one of my brothers is sponsored by them (though I was already a frequent Giant purchaser prior to this) so recommending a brand other than Giant shows that it's a genuine honest recommendation.
for this kind of money you're better off getting a Wishbone trike/balance bike, very adjustable to accomodate growing kids - https://www.honeybeetoys.com.au/product/wishbone-bike-2-in-1…
Is this a thing? No pedals?