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Back in Stock Early Rider Bikes! New models and colors!
Back in Stock Early Rider Bikes! New models and colors!

Lightweight Kids Bikes

At Ready, Set, Pedal, our goal is to help you find a bicycle that will make your child excited to ride.  The most important thing aside from the right bicycle size/fit, is the weight of the bike.  Imagine pedaling a bicycle that weighs the same or more than you do up a hill.  Pretty rough.  Yet, this is what many bicycle manufacturer's are expecting our children to do.  

Our rule of thumb is to try find a bike that weighs less than 30% of your child's weight.  The lighter the bike, the better.  A 13 lb bike will be much easier for your 39 lbs child to pedal than a 25 lb bike.  Not only isn't it fun to heft that much weight up a hill, a lighter bike is much easier for a small child to turn, maneuver and balance.  When it's easier to ride and control, a child's confidence is increased and typically, so is their enthusiasm for riding. 

Learn more about Frog Lightweight Kids Bikes.  Available from a 10" balance bike to an award-winning 26" mountain bike.