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Originally Posted by Scott Douglas
GREAT bike!
Can she ride without training wheels?
My 3 going on 4 yr old granddaughter is just now getting into the glide bike routine, you know the one without pedals.
Now, not to take away the coolness of this bike, but I have a question for anyone reading this thread. Notice how the handle bar grips on the new bike are, for lack of a better description, wheel barrow handle style, while the old bike is straight across?
Seems to me it is more 'natural' for a rider to have the bars straight across as it's easier to make turns etc.
Wouldn't this help a young rider more?
Your thoughts appreciated...
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Having gone through this in the last couple years... A few thoughts, buy the lightest bike you can afford. Modern kids bikes are incredibly well designed and a lighter bike is far easier to ride. Secondly, on training wheels. Skip them all together. Just find a nice flat grassy field. They will be riding in no time without the risk of road rash. I'd also go right to a free wheel bike with standard brake levers. Makes transitioning to a shifter bike a no brainer.
See Woom bikes as a great example of a lightweight well designed kids bike:
https://us.woombikes.com/pages/bikes?gclid=Cj0KCQjwmPSSBhCNARIsAH3cYgbTiV7o3g6sA4 NUk5SG1mYH6nHZMVn_6MAMN8F0DtRlJLQ0Tav4QwcaAgDcEALw _wcB