Product Description

Balance Bike

Product Details

• Color: Original
• Brand: Kettler
• Model: 8718-000
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .2 pounds

Features

• Training bike with Euro-styled low step-through frame design
• No pedals or chain; child propels bike forward by scooting feet
• Patented limited turn radius helps prevent tipping on turns
• Height-adjustable padded saddle; 12-inch tubeless air tires
• Recommended for ages 2 to 6 years; 3-year warranty

Amazon.com Product Description
When it comes time to teach your child to ride a bike, there's no better or safer way than the Kettler Sprint Balance training bike. Recommended for children between the ages of 2 and 6 years, the Sprint Balance features a Euro-styled low step-through frame design that won't get in your kid's way, along with a height-adjustable, extra-long saddle with a generous padding for comfort. More significantly, the bike doesn't offer pedals or a chain--rather, little Xander just scoots along on his feet until he figures out how to balance on the wheels. At the same time, the Sprint Balance's patented limited turn radius helps prevent tipping, so Xander won't careen out of control while making his first few turns. Other safety features include Euro-styled wheel and spoke covers (no shoelace tangles here) and 12-inch tubeless air tires with an extra-wide tread. The Sprint Balance, which offers a maximum weight of 100 pounds, is backed by a three-year warranty.

Customer Reviews

Affordable & rugged alterative to like-a-bike
This really is a cool, pedal-free bike. We got it for our three-and-a-half-year-old, and he really likes it. Friends of ours (with more disposable income) bought their daughter a Like-a-bike, which is about twice the price. I have yet to discover any big difference in performance. The Like-a-bike is certainly nice-looking, if a bit precious, since it is constructed primarily out of wood. The Kettler looks fine, however--more like a "real" bike, in fact, and less like a museum piece.

The only reasons I wouldn't give the Kettler five stars are:

1. you need to assemble it, and the instructions are not great (my husband, who is generally a handy guy, managed to get it together, but not without some swearing)

2. the wheel covers make it hard to inflate the tires

Worth the money!
Our 5 year old hated riding her bike with training wheels because she felt like it was too tippy and we wondered if she would ever figure it out. Then we found this one & got it for her for Christmas and she *loves* it. After 3 months she can now ride a traditional bike with NO training wheels and she was the youngest on the block to do so. It is all due to this bike. I never would have believed it since she was *petrified* of riding a bike WITH training wheels before. And when the other girls on the block took off their training wheels, there were lots of tears & they screamed for their training wheels back! And their parents had to run along side them for days trying to teach them how to balance but our daughter just took off and we didn't even have to help her.

Now we are loaning out the Scoot so the other kids can learn to balance too! In fact I just ordered our 3 year old a bike with pedals & I'm pretty sure he can ride without the training wheels too, the way that he speeds around on the Scoot! It was well worth the purchase.

Best Buy Ever
We bought this bike for our bike mad son when he was 1! My hubby had to take the seat off so that he could totter around on it. By the time he was 2 he was literally racing around on it, gathering up speed and then picking his feet up and cruising along for ages. Needless to say he was cycling on a proper bike shortly before his 3rd Birthday.(He just got on the bike for the first time and cycled off) His sister is now nearly 2 and is already following ing his footsteps. Dont just think about it , buy it. And the sooner the better. Other friends have bulkier versions but the kids cant handle them like this one. And forget the versions with brakes, the kids should only go as fast as they can handle.