KETTLER Sprint Balance Bike
- Teaches balance and coordination
- Limited turn radius to help prevent tipping
- 12 – Inch tubeless air tires on sealed ball bearings
- Height adjustable, Padded saddle.
- Low step through frame design
Product Description
Kettler Flame Balance BikeThere’s no better or safer way to get your child into cycling? The Kettler Flame Balance Bike is safe and easy to ride for children from 2 to 6 years old. With a scoot of their feet, this unique training bike helps a child build the skills needed later to ride a bicycle without training wheels. Your child’s confidence will grow while their sense of balance improves from the hours of riding without the pedals getting in their way! With a ch… More >>
We bought my daughter and son regular 12″ bikes and left off the pedals and training wheels. They scooted around for a few weeks and when we put the pedals on, my daughter took off like a pro. (My son has autism and it’s taking him a little longer, but his balance is getting REALLY good) So… can someone explain to me why anyone would want to spend 80-100 dollars on one of these “balance” or “skuut” bikes when you can spend $50 at Walmart for a regular 12″ bike that they can eventually RIDE for real? If I had bought one of these balance or Skuut bikes, I’d have to go buy a regular bike 3 weeks later anyway. You can do this for lots cheaper. Sorry. I don’t get it.
Rating: 2 / 5
My son is not even 3 years old yet but he has to get his finger into every mechanism that presents itself to him, so when his cousin got a bike the first thing he did was to check out the chain and pedals and how they work. His Greatgrandma kept getting worried he might hurt himself and greatgrandpa was telling stories about cut off fingers because of such curiousity. So when it got time to get a bike we went with a balance bike which eliminated that issue for us. My Mother-in-law keeps saying he should ride a real bike because he needs to learn how to paddle but i can assure you that they learn the paddeling quicker than the balance. Usually you have a tricycle around first anyways which they use too.
So why did i give only 4 stars? Because when i saw reviews about kids taking off with the bike immediatly i expected mine to do so too, mine wouldn’t do that. We’ve had it for about 1 month and he is still very slow on it but he learned how to stear and keeps his balance pretty good so I think i just have to have a little patience
Rating: 4 / 5
COMMENTS AT AGE 3 1/2: My suspicion is that if my son would get on this bike and try for a few minutes, he’d love it and give it 5 stars. We gave this bike to our son at age 3 1/2. He’s on the small side, and I think the height, lack of pedals and the fact it didn’t look like other bikes scared him. In his mind, bikes must have pedals. I find it hard to believe that many two year old children could mount this tippy little guy.
UPDATE at 4 1/2 (Bump rating up to FOUR stars!):
Now that our son is 4 1/2, he finally loves it. He wheels around pridefully like a little daredevil. (Helmet recommended!)
As a parent, I was sold on the idea that the child could learn to balance while very young, and I still believe that is achievable with this tempting product. I think what’s missing is peer modeling. There are no bikes like this in our neighborhood. Naturally, whatever the other kids have my kid instantly wants. Without that, an important piece of motivation was missing. However, when he was REALLY READY, he took off on his own volition. If you want to speed up your kid’s acceptance, get a daring six year old to model the bike for him. Now that my son is riding it, my 2 1/2 year old daughter is quite interested, too and has tried it with some limited success.
Rating: 3 / 5
I think this was a cool fun idea. My little girl didn’t go for it. My son would have loved it,if I had one at the time . Well made.
Rating: 5 / 5
My great grandson received it for Christmas. It was delivered right on time and in good condition!
Thanks you!
Shy
Rating: 5 / 5
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