Kettler Sprint Balance Bike (Multiple Styles)

by Kettler

Product Features

• Chrome plated handlebars with 8 adjustable positions
• Oversized Non Slip Foot Plate
• Synthetic Rubberized front wheel tire
• Dual EVA rear wheel tires
• Proprietary KETTLER Tunnel Tube frame

Product Description

Balance Bike

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001IZZ7ZO
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #100,148 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Affordable & rugged alterative to like-a-bike, January 6, 2007

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A. Borchers - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kettler Sprint Balance Bike (Multiple Styles) (Toy)

This really is a cool, pedal-free bike. We got it for our three-and-a-half-year-old, and he really likes it. Friends of ours (with more disposable income) bought their daughter a Like-a-bike, which is about twice the price. I have yet to discover any big difference in performance. The Like-a-bike is certainly nice-looking, if a bit precious, since it is constructed primarily out of wood. The Kettler looks fine, however--more like a "real" bike, in fact, and less like a museum piece.

The only reasons I wouldn't give the Kettler five stars are:

1. you need to assemble it, and the instructions are not great (my husband, who is generally a handy guy, managed to get it together, but not without some swearing)

2. the wheel covers make it hard to inflate the tires

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice bike, but the assembly..., December 23, 2008

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C. Diederichs - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kettler Sprint Balance Bike (Multiple Styles) (Sports)

This balance bike is nice enough, and it's certainly a better option than spending nearly $300 for a like-a-bike. I went back and forth between this and the Skoot, but after reading the customer reviews for the Skoot, I decided on the Sprint.

The bike is attractive and well made, and my daughter will love it, but the assembly is the biggest pain I've had in recent memory. I am usually fine with assembling just about anything, but this bike had me spouting some very un-Christmasy words, lol The directions are minimal to say the least, basically just a few sentences and an exploded diagram. Add to this the fact that several of the pieces need to be assembled in a specific order. Once they are put together, they are next to impossible to take apart again without causing damage. You need to be certain you have it correct the first time. Also, as other reviewers have mentioned, the seat height adjuster is awkward.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth the money!, February 14, 2006

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Ginger Holder - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Kettler Sprint Balance Bike (Multiple Styles) (Toy)

Our 5 year old hated riding her bike with training wheels because she felt like it was too tippy and we wondered if she would ever figure it out. Then we found this one & got it for her for Christmas and she *loves* it. After 3 months she can now ride a traditional bike with NO training wheels and she was the youngest on the block to do so. It is all due to this bike. I never would have believed it since she was *petrified* of riding a bike WITH training wheels before. And when the other girls on the block took off their training wheels, there were lots of tears & they screamed for their training wheels back! And their parents had to run along side them for days trying to teach them how to balance but our daughter just took off and we didn't even have to help her.

Now we are loaning out the Scoot so the other kids can learn to balance too! In fact I just ordered our 3 year old a bike with pedals & I'm pretty sure he can ride without the training wheels too, the way that he speeds around on the Scoot! It was well worth the purchase.

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