16 Inch Kids' Gyrowheel White Tire Model

by Gyrobike

Product Features

• LEARN TO RIDE A TWO-WHEELER, FAST!
• SAFER THAN TRAINING WHEELS
• NO SPECIAL ASSEMBLY REQUIRED
• SIMPLE TO USE
• LOOKS COOL AND KIDS LOVE IT

Product Description

Gyrowheel is a revolutionary front wheel for children's bikes and is a better solution than traditional training wheels. It senses unbalanced biking and re-centers the bike underneath the rider's weight at the point when tipping starts to occur. Powered-on it provides high stability at low speed and makes learning to ride safer, easier, faster and a whole lot more fun! It replaces the front wheel of a standard kid's bike. Kids and parents rate Gyrowheel as "cool." ? A safer and better solution that traditional training wheels ? Replaces the conventional front wheel of a bike and adds stability at low speed ? 3 stability settings: Reduce stability level as skills improve ? Teaches correct riding technique ? Looks cool - kids love it ? No special assembly, installation or tools required ? Powered by internal rechargeable batteries and comes with a charger ? Available in two different color schemes - black tire and white tire models ? Protected by US Patent Nos. 7314225 and 7,597,337 (Other US and international patents pending) IMPORTANT NOTE FOR 16 INCH KIDS' GYROWHEEL: Please ensure that the bike you are purchasing this 16 inch Kids' Gyrowheel for is a 16 inch kids' bike only. The tire of a 16 inch kids' bike is 16 inches in diameter, including the tire.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 17 x 6 x 17 inches ; 4 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B004J1FPWE
• Item model number: YW-W-16-1
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #193,343 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #10 in Sports & Outdoors > Bikes & Accessories > Accessories > Training Wheels

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect teaching tool, my 3 year old has never seen training wheels, October 19, 2011

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peffer - See all my reviews

This review is from: 16 Inch Kids' Gyrowheel White Tire Model (Misc.)

Great teaching aid, I didnt use the 16" but rather the 12" wheel for my 3 year old daughter. She has never used a training wheel in her life and at this point she rides 3-4 mile rides with us every weekend. She was off and riding on the first try and we used the gyro wheel for about 2 weeks. After my daughter had a few days under her belt with the gyro wheel, we began to forget to turn it on, so my daughter didn't need it anymore. So it came off. My 2 year old is next.

Here's the trick... Start your kid on a "scoot bike" at 2. They are two wheelers with no pedals and no training wheels. You can get them in wood or metal, doesn't matter, just get one low enough for the kid to stand over. The kids walk them, then they start to "Fred Flinstone" on them and next thing you know they are flying around on the scoot bike, picking up their feet and turning, fully balanced. When they are tall enough to stand over a 12" bike, at around 3, start them on the real bike with the gyro-wheel. If your daughter is like mine, they will take off riding.

Once a kid has learned balance on a scoot bike, it is actually dangerous to put them on a bike with training wheels. The reason is that the child has learned how to "lean" into a turn in a balanced fashion. Training wheels prevent them from leaning into a turn, and actually force them to lean OUT on a turn, which can cause them to flip off the bike. Gyro bike does not prevent the natural balance/lean process at all.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worked too well, October 16, 2011

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J25ami - See all my reviews

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This review is from: 16 Inch Kids' Gyrowheel White Tire Model (Misc.)

We bought this wheel because we didn't want out 5 yr old to go thru the tears and scraped body parts that go with learning to ride a bicycle without training wheels. In less than 2 hours (over 4 days) she wanted the wheel off and was riding without the wheel or help from us. The wheel works great! We had to run behind her when we first put the wheel on about 4 times up and down the street, and then we asked her if we could let go of her. She said ok, and she kept going...she even stopped the bike without wiping out. In less than 10 minutes she was shouting "look at me, I'm doing it -- go tell Mom". It was great.

Honestly I'm a little frustrated she didn't need it longer. It taught her very quickly to keep her balance, and turning the wheel while riding wasn't a problem. The wheel couldn't have worked better as a traning aid, and we will be passing it to others.

Highly recommend it, it is worth the money.

-jay

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unbelievable, September 11, 2011

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Alex - See all my reviews

This review is from: 16 Inch Kids' Gyrowheel White Tire Model (Misc.)

First of all, this is only the second time I have ever bothered to write a review for something I purchased. The first one was for a product that was so bad I had to let people know they were being ripped off. This time, I have to let people know how amazing the Gyrowheel is. My daughter tried to learn to ride her bike for the last couple of years. Training wheels did nothing. My wife and I would run with her while holding her seat, but that didn't work. She just could not figure out how to balance and ride on her own. She was scared of falling (and did a few times), and just wasn't progressing. She had pretty much given up. We would periodically drag her bike out and try again only to have the same results. Then we purchased the Gyrowheel. After charging, I installed it on her bike and we went out. She was nervous and uneasy for the first 30 minutes or so, but all of a sudden she was gaining confidence and riding pretty well on her own. She rode for an additional 15 minutes and we went home for a break. Later that afternoon we went out for a second ride. After 30 minutes she was totally comfortable riding on her own. Just for an experiment I turned off the Gyrowheel and told her I would hold her seat while she rode. To my amazement, she took off and rode her bike completely unassisted. In a total of 1 hour and 15 minutes she completely learned to ride a bike. To test it, we had her get on a different bike (without the Gyrowheel) and she just took off. I'm still blown away at how well this product works.