8 Best Kids’ Bikes (2024): Balance, Pedal, Coaster

Most radical think I motorcycle with my kids due to the fact that I similar workout oregon due to the fact that I privation to combat climate change. Neither is existent (or, the full answer, astatine immoderate rate). No, it's conscionable that sitting successful pickup oregon drop-off lines successful a car makes maine privation to yeet myself consecutive into the way of an oncoming 18-wheeler. Now that my kids are 7 and 9, and aged capable to motorcycle with me, it's besides overmuch much amusive to ticker them hop curbs and plaything their legs and shout, “We unrecorded successful a jungle!” than it is, again, to hold for postulation lights to change.

The WIRED Gear squad has galore children, and we enlisted galore of them to trial these kids’ bikes connected rides to school, connected the trails, oregon astir the park. These are our apical picks for each property and size. Don't spot a motorcycle for your kid here? Let america know, arsenic we volition proceed to trial and update these picks. And if you're looking for a motorcycle for yourself, cheque retired our Best Electric Bikes, Best Cheap Ebikes, and Best Electric Cargo Bikes for Families guides.

Updated September 2024: We added the Early Rider Bella Velio, the Linus Lil Roadster, and the Cleary Meerkat, and added a descent connected equilibrium bikes. We besides updated links and prices.

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How to Buy a Kids’ Bike

Bikes are expensive. It's tempting to future-proof your acquisition by buying a motorcycle a size oregon 2 bigger, for your kid to turn into. Do not autumn into this trap! Not lone is it uncomfortable, it's unsafe. How would you expect to power a motorcycle that was 2 sizes excessively large for you?

Sizing by property scope is besides risky; for example, my 9-year-old girl is fractional the size of immoderate of her peers (sorry, sweetie). To find the close size, you'll either person to measurement your kid's tallness oregon their minimum inseam length. Children's bikes are measured by instrumentality size, truthful a 12-inch motorcycle refers to a motorcycle with 12-inch wheels, and truthful forth. When you get the bike, spot if your kid tin basal implicit the framework with level feet comfortably connected the ground. Make definite your kid tin get connected and disconnected easy and that their hands tin scope the brakes and shifters if the motorcycle has them.

Other factors you mightiness privation to consider: