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Balance Bikes From The Beginning
Have you seen them balance bikes down at the park with those bikes with no pedals? My first impression was what!!! Some people will buy anything, a total waste of money as by the time the kid learns to ride a balance bike they are itching for the real thing a bike with pedals, but I ws wrong I have done a load of research and am now a bit of fan. Here you can read a little about these strange kids bikes
The Origins Of The Balance Bike.
Even though balance bikes have been traditionally a kind of early bicycle they are now more associated with young children understanding bikes and learning to ride. Balance bikes have been seen as an ideal way of getting young children into riding their first bike after major companies like PUKY and LikeABike realised that stabilisers in fact stop children from finding out ways to correctly stability on a pedal bike. A balance bike on the other hand relies on a child’s own legs to keep them upright but they can effortlessly bring their legs up to “balance” ride along.
This freedom for the child to control their own mastering rate meant these new balance bikes ended up found to be far far better at teaching young youngsters the best way to ride than the usual stabilisers which is why numerous persons also call them learner bikes or training bikes.
Even though initially created for young children (2-3 years) quite a few makers started to release larger versions of their usual models to cater for slightly older kids (3-6 years) due to their enormous success.
When learner bikes were primary being manufactured they came in two key flavours: wooden and plastic. The plastic variety was manufactured as a budget offering while the wooden learner bikes had been made for solid top quality and reliability. Sadly the wooden bikes did have their complications and so the German manufacturer PUKY decided to start engineering metal and rubber bikes built to exacting technical standards that would tax even the most stringent German car suppliers.
PUKY’s legendary learner bikes became famous worldwide and soon others began to copy their idea by offering plastic/metal hybrid and all metal bikes. On the other hand, PUKY continue to innovate and still provide some of the highest excellent training bikes within the world
