Give your child a head start with a Strider™.
Designed for children ages 1 - 5 the Strider™ running bike will give your child a head start! Traditional bikes only focus on learning to pedal and totally skimp on developing basic motor skills.
Bike riding is a breeze when your child learns balance and coordination before pedaling. The Strider™ takes pedaling out of the mix so that kids can concentrate solely on learning balance, which takes more practice.
Most kids who learn on a Strider™ will easily ride a two-wheel pedal bike without training wheels by age three and almost all by age four!
Many parents tell us that the Strider™ has given their child a safe, speedy and smooth transition into a pedal bike, often within minutes!
I purchased a Strider bike as a gift for a one-year-old, thinking the child might be too young for it. She was riding it perfectly within a few months and now at two and a half is almost ready for a pedal bike! Best gift I've given! - Joanna, mother of two
The Strider™ is perfect for tiny little children
If your child can walk... your child can ride a Strider™. Even tiny little children, before the age of two, are drawn to the Strider™. At first, kids will grab the handle bars, straddle the bike and walk without ever sitting down on the seat.
The next step: Kids quickly learn to sit down, push with their feet and zip right along as they balance on two wheels. Plastic push toys, scooters, tricycles and training wheels can’t do this.
Striders™ are the safest way to learn to ride
Tricycles tip over, scrape ankles, and are difficult to pedal. Bicycles with training wheels are tall, heavy, unstable and downright scary for young riders. Both have the potential to cause painful injuries and fear.
The Strider™ is steady, stable and safe. At the first feeling of instability your child will instinctively place both feet securely on the ground. So there are no "tricycle tip-overs" or "training-wheel wobbles" that stir-up a fear, hesitancy, or dislike of bike riding.
Still need convincing that Striders™ are safer than trikes? Watch this video.