Kat writes:
I was really excited when the Toddle bike arrived, it was completely not what I was expecting. It is very light to the point that Esme (19 months) can pick it up and walk around the flat with it and because this bike is so light it isn’t a chore carrying it around to the park. It’s is even small enough to fit under the buggy if there is not much else under there. The bike promises to bridge the gap between walking and a balance bike aimed from 18months – 3 years and I have girls at both end of this range. Stella is slightly too heavy and tall for the toddlebike, it doesn’t move well with her on but she gives it a good go anyway, she tries to lift her feet up to roll off but the bike just stops. Esme seems to be at the other end, not quite tall enough, her feet barely touch the ground and this means she can’t move herself around on it as she should so gets bored very quickly. I like this bike and think in a few months it will get a lot of use.
Louise writes:
The Toddlebike is said to bridge the gap between slower ride-on toys and balance bikes for toddlers who aren’t quite ready yet for balance or pedal bikes. As the mother of a two and a half year old and a four year old I didn’t realise this was a gap that needed bridging as my four year old has generally been happy with both, though looking back, his first ‘bike’ was more of a pushalong trike than something he could ride himself, so maybe he could have done with this!
The kids love it, I’m not so keen, so I’ll try to offer both sides! They love the fact that it’s light, fast and brightly coloured and argue about it all the time, despite Felix being much too big for it. When we first received it it ended up in the cupboard a number of times because they refused to share it. It’s certainly a lot better than the rather cumbersome ride-on toys that tend to precede it and I can really see how it would appeal to this age range.
I do see the appeal in it but am not overly keen on it. For such a light toy it’s really noisy and I feel that at 2 and a half my daughter is too big for it. With regards to it bridging the gap, I can see that being the case when it comes to speed but not so much balance, as it’s more like a basic trike in this sense. The price is really good though, I do think it looks a little cheap but it seems robust enough and like it would last a while.
Available for £19.95 from Toddlebike.co.uk
