Hi Nick, The Woom is a great bike. But there are other good kid bikes too. As for what will work for your kid, it probably depends on his/her size and how comfortable they are on the balance bike already.
I've got a 3.5 year old kid. For reference, he is smack-dab right in the average sized, 50th percentile of the CDC weight/height for age and always has been. He was riding at 3 years and 2 weeks old (he'd gotten a Woom 2 for his 3rd birthday). The Woom 2 has been a great beginner bike, but it's true that he's already gone up on saddle height in the last few months, and I can see him outgrowing it by his 4th birthday. Of course, we bought the bike used and they have good resale, so I don't mind selling/upgrading, etc. We were on vacation a couple weeks ago and rented a Trek Precaliber 16. He had no problems at all riding it at his age (again, normal 1-meter tall 3.5 year old). It took him a few minutes to figure out the coaster brake because he is used to hand brakes, but in about 2 minutes he'd figured it out. So, I think a 16 in is a reasonable investment if your kid is already 3 and a half and is on the normal to tall side. Hope that helps. cheers, John On Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 9:55:09 PM UTC+1 fiddl...@gmail.com wrote: > Since RBW regrettably doesn't make kids hillibikes, I'm going to have to > go a bit outside of my comfort zone to pick out a first pedal bike for my > son. He's ~3.5yo, and more than ready to move up from his 12" balance bike. > > Any tips from other parents who have recently gone through the switch from > balance to pedals? I'm leaning toward something like a Woom 3 (16"), since > they seem to be very well regarded, and I'm afraid he would outgrow a 14" > bike too soon at this point to justify the expense. (am I wrong?) Probably > also worth noting that a lot of his riding is currently on trails, so I'm > definitely looking for something that will work well off-pavement, too. > Anyhow, I'll take any advice the group is willing to throw at me - thanks > in advance for your help! > > Nick > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/71f179c5-c135-4227-a43a-86c76cf7e051n%40googlegroups.com.
