Smart Gear Smart Balance Bike - Police Style

by Smart Gear

Product Features

• Police-themed, 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 police graphics, this Smart Balance Bike lends itself to imaginative play and biking. Built for comfort, the 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, & 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: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B001AIKPTW
• Item model number: SG313P33
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #125,551 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #13 in Toys & Games > Bikes, Skates & Ride-Ons > Balance Bikes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Love the bike, hate the seat, September 23, 2010

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StrollerMamma - See all my reviews

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

Our oldest son, 3 yrs old has used a different balance bike in the past. We are giving that one to his younger brother for various reasons, and got him the smart balance bike. We got it, put it together and were VERY happy with the height as we have a tall 3 year old, and this will get him through the next year or two of growth spurts. He is only on the second lowest level.

What I am not pleased about is the seat. Its too wide for little legs. He said it hurt him, and stopped riding his bike. So, I had to take the whole bike seat apart, take off the seat padding, and have a woodworker friend of mine cut it down to an appropriate size using his old bike seat as a pattern. Really not happy that after I spent good money on a bike that I thought would work, I had to spend additional time/ effort/ money to "fix" the thing.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great balance bike!, November 8, 2011

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JoJo - See all my reviews

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

Bought this bike for my almost 4 yr old for Christmas and he loves it! From only 6 months of using it he is now able to use his other bike without the training wheels because of his improved balance. He still prefers to use the balance bike when we go out though

This bike is ideal because of the pneumatic wheels and the adjustable seat but is simple and the police design is great

Highly recommended!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Glide like the Wind!, May 23, 2011

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EJSMAMA - See all my reviews

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

My 4yr old son has been using this bike since he was 2.6 yrs old. He absolutely loves it! It's height adjustable which we liked and he was able to glide within two days of using it. My only problem was that since he is a tough little boy and kept using the garage door to stop himself it broke kind of quickly. But we fixed it and away he went! For the money I say it was worth it!

Mama of 2ToughToddlers