bike for a three year old girl

[socajunkie]

Hi guys does anyone have any advice or experience with bikes for toddlers? My daughter has aradio flyer trike but looks like it is getting too small for her. I would like her to start with a "proper" bike since she enjoys sitting on my bikes when I am doing maintenance or cleaning them.

Thanks,

Dan

 

[oldbobcat]

For learning balance and steering and balance, at three years, a balance training bike is probably the best tool. My favorite is the Strider, reasonably priced and still rugged enough to pass on to a younger sibling or share with the neighborhood, available through this web site (http://www.mystriderbike.com/) or many local bike shops. Check out this video to see how it works.

 

[Shak180]

Originally Posted by oldbobcat .

For learning balance and steering and balance, at three years, a balance training bike is probably the best tool. My favorite is the Strider, reasonably priced and still rugged enough to pass on to a younger sibling or share with the neighborhood, available through this web site (http://www.mystriderbike.com/) or many local bike shops. Check out this video to see how it works.

That's a really cool concept.

 

[socajunkie]

yeah these images of kids falling over on a trike are what we have experienced with ours... i guess if you want something that doesn't fall you should get a pedal car or a quad bike.

We have just ordered a strider off amazon

 

[oldbobcat]

Frankly, I'm not that down on trikes. They're fine for learning how to work the pedals, as long as the terrain is level and speeds are moderate. But a four-wheeler or a hotwheels is probably a better idea. And training wheels on a bike is just patently stupid.

All the overweening yup parents around here are getting their kids Striders, though, and their little overachievers are up on two wheels before they're five. I love it.