KinderBike

May 24, 2011 by 4 Comments

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My 3 year old son is just learning how to ride a bike.  He is not great with pedals, and they frustrate him.  He almost always ends up scooting along on his trike, which also causes the pedals to spin and whack the backs of his legs.  We took the pedals off of his plastic bike, which made it easier for him.  But recently, I came across something much better!  The KinderBike.  The KinderBike comes in lots of colors and sizes, so you will find one that is perfect for your little one.  It has no pedals at all, nor does it have a 3rd wheel or training wheels.  Why?  So your peanut can learn to balance and glide along on the bike.  They won’t drag thier feet scooting along (also wearing out thier shoes, thank you very much), they won’t have pedals smacking thier legs, and because there are only two wheels, they will begin to find the balance that they need in order to work thier way up to a “big kid” regular old two-wheeler bike in no time at all.
Little Man just loves his KinderBike, and so do all the kids at the PreK.  One of the moms loved it so much, that she went home and got one as soon as she saw it.  She, like me, thought it was the best idea ever to learn to ride a bike.  Her son also realy enjoyed playing on Little Man’s bike very much, and brought his in to show it off right away!  LOL, kids.

Here is a bit more info on the KinderBike–

KinderBike® has changed very little since it’s inception on the banks of the Isar River, in the tiny Bavarian village of Lenggries, Germany in 2004.  Heinz Petzold gave his grandson Luke a laufrad (run bike) for his second birthday and KinderBike was born.  KinderBike introduced the first run bikes to the North American market in 2005.  Since then, hundreds of thousands of young riders – some as young as 18 months – have fine tuned their balance, coordination and agility and learned to ride.
KinderBike afforded parents a mechanism to get their kids outside and active as they glided along side of them on short walks.  KinderBike’s commitment to quality bolstered it’s reputation and encouraged both traditional bicycle retailers and parents to ditch training wheels in favor of this “balance-first” method.  Since then, the “balance-first” method has been widely accepted as the most effective way to teach young children to ride a bike and has spurred a host of imitators.
Today, KinderBike remains the leading manufacturer of high-end trainers and is widely regarded as the leading innovator of quality balance trainers.

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Comments

  1. Vicky says
    May 25, 2011 at 3:28 am

    That’s really neat. I may have to get my son one.

    I love that your son is practicing safety too, with his helmet!

    Vicky

  2. bigguysmama says
    May 24, 2011 at 11:29 pm

    I have a cousin who lives in Germany and she said these are the bikes the kids learn to ride on. No training wheels used over there. Wish these would’ve been around when my kids were little!

    ~Mimi

  3. Darcy says
    May 24, 2011 at 10:58 pm

    I wonder if this will help more than using training wheels?

    Very interesting idea indeed!

  4. Amy says
    May 24, 2011 at 10:38 pm

    Love this. I’ll bet it also helps with steering. It is a lot for young riders to learn to pedal, control speed, and steer all at the same time.

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