How To Choose The Best Kids' Bike | BikeRadar's Ultimate Features and Sizing Guide

This video contains paid product placement for woom bikes. BikeRadar's guide for what to look out for when buying a kids' bike and how to choose the correct bike size for your child.

Learning how to ride a bike is one of life’s simplest pleasures, and often a cherished early memory. The fact that you’ve tuned into this video suggests that you’re already thinking about buying a bike for a little one in your life, be that a child of your own, a relative or a friend.

So, how can you make sure you’re buying the best kids’ bike? In this video, we’ll run through what types of kids’ bikes are on offer, how you can make sure that you’ve chosen the right size for your youngster, a few examples of kids’ bikes as they grow, and some important features to consider when you’re ready to make your purchase.

If you have any questions, please let us know in the comments!

Teach Your Kid How To Ride A Bike

Contents:
00:00 Intro
01:21 Balance bike Vs. pedal bike
03:59 Why it’s important to get the right size
04:37 How bikes differ in size
05:30 How to choose the right size bike
06:47 What if your child is in between sizes?
07:49 How long until a child outgrows their bike?
09:13 First balance bike
10:52 First pedal bike
11:42 Second pedal bike
12:24 Features and buying advice
13:06 Suspension
14:21 Gears
16:02 Protection
16:42 Conclusion

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[bikeradar]

Have you got any buying tips of your own? Let us know your experiences in the comments!

[MrMateuszSiekiera]

Woom makes a great bikes! no doubt for that, but as a father of two I tell you... to build a positive early experience it's more important to equip the bike with a basket, a flag, a fancy ring-bell, and ribbons on the ends of handlebar.... and preferably Elza&Anna from Frozen on each of those elements...

[ZteveW]

Parents don't need to invest in a balance bike. Just find a bicycle that's the right size for your child and remove the pedals to make it a balance bike. Once they learn to ride it, you can put the pedals back on and viola. You just saved $100.

[woombikes]

Brilliant video @BikeRadar very well done! We hope it’ll be of help for many families when it comes to choosing the right bike for their kid(s) 🤙🏼

[stuartmoseley]

Balance bikes are great, only thing I would do different would be to get one with a brake next time. When moving up to a pedal bike maybe try it as a “big balance bike” first by removing the pedals.

Was amazed to hear a LBS had sold 3 sets of adult stabilisers in the last year..😳

[gowikuscommunityproduction]

Thank you very much for sharing story pulses, adding knowledge and knowledge about how to learn cycling for children and adults. Greetings, one hobby, greetings, two pedals from Indonesia.

[BrianBomin]

im 13 years old trying to find a good bike to ride around my niebour hood fast idk whats a good bike though any recommendations?

[samtansleyphotography]

I heard lightest bike and immediately thought to that Specialized Hotwalk Carbon

[robinrai]

not sure why i'm watching this at 21 haha

[jcddracing]

My mom and dad never had "Kids" bikes, they learnt how to ride when they were very young on full sized bikes. And they have the scars to prove it.
PS. Would someone tell me why kids bikes have bent/ curved top tubes?

[jeremypritchard]

The 'LittleBig bike' grows with your child from balance to pedal.