Description
WITH BRAKE – integrated hand-controlled rear drum brake SafetyStop
With air tires ideal for off-road conditions with mostly grass, gravel, or loose dirt surfaces
- Extremely lightweight, high-strength yet flexible, and durable frame material absorbs shocks and helps protect a child’s spine
- LIFETIME WARRANTY ON FRAME & FORK
- 5-YEAR WARRANTY ON ALL OTHER PARTS
- Award-winning German design
- For children from 20 months up to 5 years old
- High-tech, injection-molded composite weatherproof frame doesn’t scratch, splinter, swell, or rust like wood or metal (frame is made of 30% glass fiber reinforced nylon composite)
- Hand-controlled, rear drum SafetyStop™ brake ensures very gentle and gradual braking; the braking power can be adjusted. (Unlike the commonly used rear V-brake, this unique drum brake is also safe for little fingers)
- Special “horse saddle” shape provides for maximum comfort and stability
- The shape of the seat ensures a child does not slip off when riding downhill (unlike common pedal bike saddles used on other balance bikes)
- Seat height is easily adjustable anytime, anywhere without tools
- Optional LowKit™ allows kids to ride from an earlier age (starting from 20 months old)
- Minimum seat height: 30.5cm (with LowKit™)
- Maximum seat height: 44.5cm
- Steering limiter helps your young rider ride smoother and helps prevent rough falls. The handlebar does not fully rotate and helps keep direction
- No sharp edges, parts, or protruding screws
- Only 3.5 kg with a brake!
- Maximum weight load 35 kg
- Reflective stickers for better visibility in low-light conditions
- Safety grips keep little hands from slipping off
- Sealed industrial wheel bearings; keep the wheels turning smoothly without replacement or service (prevents clogging by dirt or gravel)
Frequently Asked Questions
1. FROM WHAT AGE CAN MY CHILD RIDE A BALANCE BIKE? Ideally, a child should start riding a balance bike at the age of two, i.e. as soon as he/she out-grows a three-wheel plastic bike. However, we take part in events (sports days, family festivals, professional trade fairs), where we see many skillful children riding on a FirstBIKE at the age of 22 months (with the optional LowKit lowering kit attachment).
The sooner you start helping children with exercising their balance on a bike the better. Small children learn on their own extremely quickly (from our own experience we know that it 's a matter of hours). But there are also children less excited to move around, who will not be thrilled by a balance bike at the age of two. Certainly do not force them to ride it, but show them the FirstBIKE again in two or three months. Children starting to ride balance bikes later, from the age of 4, take longer to learn and tend to have a problem with keeping their balance. This is often the case because they have developed bad habits from bicycles with training wheels mounted on the sides or from other ride-on carts, which don 't allow them to make progress.
2. WHAT IS THE MINIMUM HEIGHT REQUIREMENT FOR MY CHILD TO RIDE A FIRSTBIKE? Thanks to the seat adapter, models with inflatable tyres can be used by children from 87 cm. The Basic model with solid wheels can be used by children from 84 cm. However, this also depends on the length of the legs. When riding a balance bike the knees should be slightly bent while the feet are flat on the ground. The lowest seat position on a FirstBIKE is only 30.5 cm, which makes it one of the lowest balance bikes on the market.
3. DOES MY 2 YEAR-OLD CHILD NEED A LOWERING KIT TO LOWER THE SEAT? That depends on how tall is your child and on the length of his/her legs. For safe riding on a balance bike, it is necessary that your child reaches the ground with both feet flat, not just with the toes. Around 90% of two years old children need the lowering kit.
4. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TYRES USED ON A STREET AND CROSS MODEL? In practical terms, the only difference is the design. Both have very similar on-road performance. The Cross model is more attractive for boys, because the rough tread sounds a bit like a motorbike. Girls "look better " with a more subtle Street model. However, this is matter of taste.
5. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INFLATABLE TYRES AND SOLID POLYURETHANE TYRES? Inflatable tyres offer much better on-road performance (the bike is springy, and therefore, much more comfortable). "Basic " models with solid polyurethane wheels are sold almost exclusively to kindergartens and playgrounds, where it 's not practical to have bikes that require re-inflating and where low maintenance is more important than a comfortable ride.
6. WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH A FLAT TYRE? The tyres are made of quality materials, but if you puncture it, the inner tube can be bought almost anywhere that sells bike tyres (it has the standard size of 12 ').
7. SOMETIME AGO I PURCHASED A FIRSTBIKE WITHOUT A HANDBRAKE. IS IT POSSIBLE TO BUY A BRAKE AND MOUNT IT ON THE BIKE? Unfortunately, it is not possible for technical reasons it would require replacing several components, including the rear wheel, and drilling into the frame.
