How will I know when my child is ready to move from a Strider PREbike to a regular bicycle?
When you see your child coasting down hills with his/her feet up, going over and around obstacles, and speeding along with forceful strides, you will know that they have mastered the necessary techniques of balance and steering to begin riding a pedal bike. The transition will be quick and easy. However, you will discover that even though your child can ride their pedal bike without stabilisers, they will continue to ride their Strider PREbike bike for pure fun. On the Strider PREbike, a child is confident enough to continually push to higher levels of expertise. Eventually, these higher thinking, higher level skills are transferred to their pedal bike. At this point, the child may ´hang up´ the Strider PREbike. However, we have found there is usually a one to two year overlap when the child rides both.
