12" Strider balance bike

[isaac_]

Yeah it's pretty fisher price-like, but it's a FIRST bike for kids that are like a year old to get their feet wet... before you put em on a Specialized Hotwalk Carbon

lol... what two year old DREAMS of a carbon frame with small diameter grips, low-friction saddles, ... SHOCK ABSORPTION...

[petro]

My 2 cents: try and find a balance bike with a brake. My neighborhood has a lot of hills and it was stressful watching my kid’s feet skip out behind her trying to slow down and stop. I ended up adding one to her bike.

She is pretty short, so my biggest challenge was (is) seat height. She is 6 now racing bmx and putting around the yard on a PW50.

If I had to do it all over again I’d look for a used Woom 1 as a first ‘real’ balance bike. They have a seat height lower than the 12” wheel and a hand brake.

[tsorfas]

Dude, I don't think they were even "around" when you race one. Lol

You and Gino and Wild Bill were the only ones I knew that had one. Lol

Don’t forget John

[sdog30]

Don’t forget John

I forgot about Johnny Lin

[OreoGaborio]

& Chris Watt & Alex Dunstan

Hawkamania!

We got LM into a strider/rocker combo as early as he could balance himself standing up. It was close to 9 months.

Lemme know if he's outgrown it by the time BD's ready to rock


As for the Hotwalk Carbon, this was a pretty funny video that put it on my radar forever ago.

[sdog30]

The hotwalk carbon is on sale for $499.

It's sold out, so thinking there are going to be a lot of happy toddlers in Brooklyn this Christmas. Can a 9 month old rich flex?

[OreoGaborio]

If I had to do it all over again I’d look for a used Woom 1 as a first ‘real’ balance bike. They have a seat height lower than the 12” wheel and a hand brake.

The Woom does look pretty solid. Woom & Guardian are ones I know of that have brakes.

https://guardianbikes.com/products/b...41102092009565

Woom has a height recommendation of 31-40 inches though, whereas the Guardian starts at 33 inches (and up to 40")

[obsolete]

I saw those too. So how young for the 4 wheel version...9 months?

Just like the Dr says whenever we have a question. Depends... Haha. My kid could go ham on a rocker at about 1. Not much before. He had it at 10ish and he just sat on it and fell off now he's full rocking one hand. Being to early just means they'll have to grow into it. No harm no foul.