I'd like to get DS a bike/trike for his birthday but I'm in options-overload - do I go the "push with the feet" style quad-bike; a trike or a proper bike with wheels and a 'parent-handle'. I'd ideally like something that he could both use now but also take him through for at least a year or more.
Do you think that something like this would take him too long to master (obviously I'd be going for slightly more masculine colouds)?
http://www.bikes.com.au/p/360639/2008-radi...teerer-12-.html
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DS3 got a bike similar to that link for Christmas. It's red and black and has fire trucks on it 
It doesn't have a parent handle, but I wasn't after one.
It's just a normal bike, with training wheels. He was 2y4m when he got it and he was tearing around on it very fast that same morning So no I don't think it would take him too long to master.
Oh I'm a bit
at the price in your link though. I paid about $40 for ours at Toys R Us.
HTH
It doesn't have a parent handle, but I wasn't after one.It's just a normal bike, with training wheels. He was 2y4m when he got it and he was tearing around on it very fast that same morning
So no I don't think it would take him too long to master.Oh I'm a bit
at the price in your link though. I paid about $40 for ours at Toys R Us.HTH
I bought my DS a cheap trike for his 2nd birthday from Kmart which he got a lot of use from, we then invested and bought a top quality bike for his third birthday that has training wheels and fully adustable seat and handle bars which we are expecting to last at least until he is 5. im sure he could have ridden a bike earlier but he had a lot of fun on the trike too.
im sure that whichever you choose a trike or bike will be used with a great deal of fun by your DS. I dont think you can go too far wrong.... just if you spend big $ make sure its sturdy enough and ajustable enough to see him through and make it good value.
im sure that whichever you choose a trike or bike will be used with a great deal of fun by your DS. I dont think you can go too far wrong.... just if you spend big $ make sure its sturdy enough and ajustable enough to see him through and make it good value.
Thats the same bike as we brought DD for her 2nd birthday. She's almost at the stage of being able to push the pedals by herself. The guys at the bike shop suggested we'd be able to keep this one until she's about 4 before having to upgrade.
Note this bike has a PROPER parents handle which allows you 100% steering control unlike some parents handle which are just for pushing help only.
Bel
Note this bike has a PROPER parents handle which allows you 100% steering control unlike some parents handle which are just for pushing help only.
Bel
Jade has a 12 inch bike. No Parent Handle. Just a "cheap" bike from KMart - I paid around $50 for.
She knows how to pedal, and mastered that in about 4 hours... so maybe two weeks worth of riding LOL!
She knows how to pedal, and mastered that in about 4 hours... so maybe two weeks worth of riding LOL!
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