As your son or daughter matures, he or she would also improve with the types of toys he or she plays just like changing from a simple play house to a bike. So it is best to get your child a balance bike.

1. All About Balance Bikes
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2. As your child grows older, he or she would also move from playing with simple rattles to riding bikes.
That is the reason why at this point of time, you would already have to purchase a balance bike.
A balance bike is actually just a bike that is specifically made to assist children to learn how to ride a
bike. However, the balance bike is different in the sense that it helps the child learn how to balance first
and pedal later rather than starting with a cut-down version of the adult bike with training wheels.
So if you want to buy a balance bike for your kid, then you must know what you need to know about
balance bikes.
Balance bikes have various designs and forms. They can either be metal or wooden balance bike. Apart
from that balance bikes are described as typically just bicycles without pedals and other bike parts, or
bikes made perfectly for small children or bikes that have no brakes or have two hand-activated rim
brakes.
Whichever type of balance bike it is, there are
absolute requirements that do not change and
which you should look for is that it should be small
enough that your child will be able to walk the
bicycle while he or she is seated comfortably in the
saddle, with both of his or her feet flat on the
ground. As time goes by, your child would be just
being able to raise his or her feet from the ground
and ride the bike. Extra features that can be added
in his or her balance bike can help him or her have
lower risks of falling. These include footrests, hand
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3. brakes and steering limiters. Once your child becomes familiar with the balance bike, he or she can move
on to a bigger bike with pedals.
This choice of your child riding a balance
bikes before a normal bike has been marketed
widely by most balance bike manufacturers as
extremely beneficial because children can
learn to ride the bike faster since they first
learn how to balance and counter steer and
then followed by pedaling. These
manufacturers also attest that using bikes with training wheels will just leave your child dependent on
them and halt learning. However, pediatricians haven’t found any proof that this is really true.
If you still want to buy a balance bike despite this issue, you can choose from the most popular brands
such as smart gear balance bike, skuut balance bike and the kazam balance bike.
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