Creative Toddler Balance Bikes
Since it’s Friday, I’m feeling ready to escape real life and run away, thus the inspiration for today’s post on creative bikes.
So you’ve got a little one and they are having a hard time with pedal bikes and trikes and you really want them to learn to ride a two-wheel bike. Maybe their older siblings ride one or maybe your child has seen the other kids in the neighborhood on theirs. Regardless, you think there are only a few options for your child: training wheels, trikes, etc.
When today’s feature creative chick, Katie, was in Germany she was shocked to see little tiny kids zipping by her on two-wheel bikes. Upon closer examination, she found that the bikes had no pedals and that kids there learn balance first and then move into a two-wheel pedal bike much faster and more easily. When Katie came back to the United States, she searched for a bike like that here for her son and was disappointed in the options. While there were a few two-wheel balance bikes for kids, she felt that none were a true to a real bike as what she had seen. So, she got to work, designed some bikes and sent that to a manufacturer, creating Boot Scoot Bikes.
I love these bikes so much. I talk about them all the time. I now have two children (ages almost 4 and 2.5) riding Boot Scoot Balance bikes and they LOVE them.
Check out some of the fun Boot Scoot Bikes designs (click on pic to be redirected):
Grass Green Zoomer – $75.00
Sky Blue Cruiser – $85.00
Sunrise Pink Zoomer – $75.00
And, of course, you’ve gotta have pink, right? When Katie originally ordered, she didn’t even think to order pink (she only has sons). However, once the shipment arrived, parents were insisting that their girls needed a pink bike. Sooo funny. Well, they got their wish and now everyone’s happy. Aren’t these the cutest bikes you’ve ever seen?!
Thanks for your creativity and ingenuity, Katie! You are definitely a “creative chick.”
See Katie’s site at BootScootBikes.com and/or find her fabulous bikes at CreatedByMom.com.
Though we don’t have this brand of bike we have something similar and George absolutely LOVES it! He is a demon on that thing and has learned to balance really, really well. It will make the transition to a pedal bike so much easier!
I’ve still never seen George’s & I really want to. Thanks for commenting, Em! We should try our boys on pedal bikes together. That could be a fun adventure for them, eh? ;)
We have bought 2 of these of these bikes for our niece and nephew from http://www.balancebikeshop.com. What we like about the Boot Scoot Cruiser is the low curved bottom bar that makes it easier for our niece to get on and off the bike. We chose the Cruiser for our taller 4 year old niece and the Zoomer for our 2-Year old nephew.
Cool product and the green is a really cool color.