Smart Gear Smart Balance Bike - Girls Style

by Smart Gear

Product Features

• Wooden balance bike with five-position adjustable seat height to grow with child
• Rubberized handle bar grips for comfort; limited steering radius to prevent jackknifing
• Pneumatic rubber tires and spoke-less wheel discs for safety
• Unique carry handle incorporated in the bike's body
• Renewable birch wood construction and non-toxic building materials; recommended for ages two years old and up

Product Description

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Designed for children from two years old and up, Smart Gear Balance Bikes allow children to learn the balance and motor skills necessary for biking, safely and naturally, without relying on training wheels. The two-wheel, pedal-free bike allows kids to run the bike along and eventually learn to coast with their feet up. This natural and kid-oriented approach to biking helps kids develop the confidence to balance the bike while moving and liberates them from the crutch of training wheels--so that they can bike earlier.

Coming in renewable birch wood with fun frame graphics, the Girl's Style Smart Balance Bike features comfortable rubber grips, a cushioned leatherette seat, and a limited steering radius to prevent jackknifing. The pneumatic wheels provide a softer, more resilient ride, and are equipped with longer fill valves to make it easier to secure the pump to the tire. The spoke-less wheels are designed for greater safety--to prevent small legs from getting caught when in motion. A five-position adjustable seat with a height range from 12.5 to 17.5 inches allows the bike to grow with your child for years of use. Finally, a unique, integrated carry handle on the frame makes it easy for an adult to carry the bike to and from the car, and also allows a child to push the bike along more easily.

Key Features:

• Pneumatic (inflatable) rubber tires with extra long tub valves
• Spoke-less wheel discs
• Rubberized handle bar grips
• Limited steering radius
• Cushioned leatherette seat
• Unique, integrated carry handle
• Intended for ages two years old and up
• Five-position adjustable seat height--from 12.5 to 17.5 inches
• Maximum weight of 60 pounds
• Dimensions: 35 by 15.5 by 22 inches (LxWxH)
• Made from replenish-able birch wood
• Formaldehyde free glue
• Non-toxic paints and lacquer
• Carton made from recycled paper with water based ink printing

Sustainable Construction:
Smart Balance Bikes are made from birch wood that has been harvested from a replenish-able source. The bikes are built using formaldehyde-free glue as well as non-toxic paints and lacquer. The carton the bike comes in, is made from recycled paper with water based ink printing.

About Balance Bikes:
Traditional toddler bikes with training wheels don't necessarily train or teach a child how to ride a bicycle. The training wheels do not allow kids as much opportunity to feel the motion-propelled balance of two-wheel biking. By contrast, two-wheel balance bikes allow the child to run the bike along and learn to balance as they develop speed and confidence. As the child grows confident with their forward motion, they begin to lift their feet off of the ground and balance the bike as they coast forward. If the bike starts to fall, kids can regain their balance quickly and easily by dropping their feet to the ground.

Product Description

This wooden Training Bike offers the most effective, fun and safe way for a child to learn to ride.

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 35 x 15.5 x 22 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B001AIONQ8
• Item model number: SG312G33
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,273 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #6 in Toys & Games > Bikes, Skates & Ride-Ons > Balance Bikes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too tall for my big 2-year-old!, April 25, 2011

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Michael E. Lee "internet shopaholic" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Smart Gear Smart Balance Bike - Girls Style (Toy)

We received this bike as a gift for our two-year-old daughter. She is very tall (beyond 97th percentile) for her age (36.5 inches at 24 months), so we all expected this bike to fit her immediately. Unfortunately, when she sits on the seat her toes *just* touch the floor. So even with shoes, there is no way she'll be confident enough to ride this anytime soon.

I'm not sure how Smart Gear can claim that this bike is for "two years to 60 lbs" when my two-year-old (literally the tallest 2-year-old any of our friends has ever seen) is too short for it.

In addition, the rear axle arrived bent and the back wheel won't freely spin. But I've contacted Smart Gear and I imagine they'll replace it without a problem. Other it seems like a solid toy.

Normally I wouldn't review this yet (since we haven't really used it), but I thought some parents would benefit from this height info...

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great gift for young female athlete, January 11, 2011

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active grandmother - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Smart Gear Smart Balance Bike - Girls Style (Toy)

Smart gear balance bike for girls was well made, appealed to my granddaughter's feminine and athletic traits.
Her father and 2 older brothers enjoyed assembling it and teaching her how to ride. I searched a long time for a
gift for a young girl what wasn't related to being a princess, a housekeeper or a hairdresser!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great balance bike, September 8, 2009

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E. K. Martin "kikidelosfeliz" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - 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 

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This review is from: Smart Gear Smart Balance Bike - Girls Style (Toy)

Cuter than the rest, and very well made, with solid wood and rubber. I prefer it to the skuut and the like a bike (both of which friends' kids have). My daughter was a bit hesitant at first to make the switch from her trike, but soon got the hang of it. We've had it several months now, and it looks like it will hold up well to wear and tear.