Originally Posted by
cplager
You can also buy a bike, take off the training wheels and the pedals and you have a (slightly heavier) balance bike where you can attach the pedals when the kid is ready.
I tried doing this with my just turned 3 year old (last Sunday) who is 40 inches tall. Based on size recommendations, I went with the 16" wheels (used Giant Pudd'n), but she can't quite reach the ground with anything more than her toes. So the pedals and training wheels are going on. I'll give that a try for a bit as it just hurt her feelings too much to give her a birthday present that I then had to take back because it was too big for her.
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Bikes: 1996 Eddy Merckx Titanium EX, 1989/90 Colnago Super(issimo?) Piu(?), 1990 Concorde Aquila(hit by car while riding), others in build queue "when I get the time"