I had a scooter very much like that when I was a kid..... It WAS alot easier to ride (untill you got going REALY fast).... I'll try to find one of those....
With three boys, I'm not too worried about buying stuff like that.... They will all get plenty of use out of it.
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Master Guns Crittle, You out there??
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert A. Heinlein