Strider 14x Balance Bike

I bought this for my three year old who is absolutely feral. He breaks everything. If it has wheels or moving parts he’s testing it to the limit. But this bike has held up so well and it has quickly become his favorite thing. It is super sturdy and really well made. He flies around the yard on it and it still looks brand new. I love that it can grow with him too. It was really easy to put together and he figured out how to use it right away. The balance feature gives him so much confidence and I can already tell it will make transitioning to pedals way easier. If you have a wild little one who needs something that can keep up with them this is the bike. Worth every penny.

The Strider 14x is very high quality, super easy to assemble, adjustable for growth and lightweight. The bike has excellent geometry that promotes stability and builds confidence quickly. After a season of "striding", I added the pedal kit and watched my 4 year old granddaughter ride away under pedal power on her first try!

Bought this floor my daughter, it was easy to assemble! Only took a few minutes. She quickly got the hang of it. I love that it had the option to add pedals later! She is becoming a trickster on this! She’s tall for her age so it is a little on the smaller side, she won’t get as long out of it before she completely outgrows the frame.

My daughter loves this bike. She's 3 years and 3 months old and 36.6" tall and she learned to pedal this bike in a day. It didn't all happen in a day, she's been practicing on other bikes (read on for more), but she's super happy and proud of herself to put it all together and start riding a real bike with pedals. This review is a personal account of lessons learned getting here. We started off with the Strider 12 balance bike (to learn to balance!), then added a Diamondback Lil Impressions 12" pedal bike with training wheels (to learn to turn the pedals), then finally moved to the 14X without pedals at first, then added the pedals (putting it all together). This is the lightest weight pedal bike I could find anywhere, weighing in on my scale at 15.6 lbs including the pedals. For comparison, the smallest Strider balance bike is significantly lighter at 6.6 lbs on the same scale, while her Diamondback Lil Impressions comes in at 20.0 lbs with training wheels. For a 32 lbs child, the extra 4.4 lbs made a big difference in how quickly she was able to climb, balance, push, and pedal the bike with confidence. The seat is closest to the ground, compared to other bikes with pedals that we've tried. One of the great features of the smallest balance bikes is how early kids can get on it. We got the Strider 12 when she was about 18 months, and she has been practicing balancing for quite a long time, and became quite proficient. The only reason it has taken this long to move to a pedal bike is because she was just not tall enough to reach the floor. On the lowest setting, the top of the Strider 14X seat is just about 15" off the ground. For comparison, the Strider 12 was about 11", while the Diamondback Lil Impressions was a horrible 18". For a 36" tall kid, these 3" are big difference. This height meant that she couldn't reach the ground from the 14X seat until very recently after her last growth spurt (and who knows when she'll reach it from the Diamondback...). The removable and narrow pedals are absolutely brilliant! She was pretty confident on the smaller Strider 12 balance bike, so we started off on the 14X without pedals and spent an hour just getting comfortable balancing this new, bigger bike. Then we came home and added the pedals. The first instinct she had was to try to pedal from a cold start, the same way she's done with her Diamondback. The next thing she tried was to just push the bike with her feet like a balance bike. This is where the narrow pedals shine, because it allowed her legs to reach the floor even with the pedals on and push it like before. Then as she picked up speed, she naturally just tried putting one foot on a pedal. Then the other. Then turning them. Finally, it all came together and she was able to bike around like a champ. So here's some free, unrequested advice, and basically my own advice for our second child who is not even a week old yet. Learn to balance on a balance bike as soon as you can comfortably reach the floor from the seat. Learn to turn the pedals on anything that has a pedal (ideally, something lighter than 20 lbs!). Then as soon as you can reach the floor from a seat that's 15" high, get on a Strider 14X! It's awesome, five stars. PS: and my advice to myself (and other parents) -- the best you can do is encourage the little one to practice, and cheer them on! (i.e. don't try to push them or balance them with your hands, you're probably just distracting them)

Stylish and literally the best outdoor toy I’ve ever bought for my kids. I wish I had known about it sooner. Within days, my son (2.5) went from walking to gliding to cruising. He rides fast AND turns corners while lifting his feet off the ground; he goes over bumps and down hills with ease. It’s incredible watching him challenge himself. He absolutely LOVES this bike, and everyone can’t get over how good he rides it. We get double takes all the time because he is THAT good and at such a little size. I bought the pedal conversion kit and love that we will get many years’ use. It’s built very well and should also last as a hand-me-down. If your kid doesn’t care for the tricycle or fears training wheels, a “strider“ balance bike is exactly what you need (I obviously can’t speak to other brands as I’ve never owned them). I guarantee you won’t regret this purchase!

This has been a great purchase. My 3 (almost 4) year old was ready for a pedal bike, but was too big for a 12 inch and seemed too small for a 16 inch even though we went to several bike places that told us that was the right fit. She is on the smaller side (32 lbs, 39 inches), so all the 16 inch bikes we tried just seemed too heavy. This bike is perfect and extremely light weight which I liked. We kept it as a balance bike for a couple of weeks just to have her get the hang of it. We switched it over to a pedal bike and it took her maybe 30 or so minutes and she was pedaling, with no help from us and her just figuring it out. I think a major part of the success was the ability for her to still give herself a running start same as if she was on a balance bike. The back pedal brakes has been harder for her to understand, but seeing as she will move on to hand brakes, I am not soo concerned about this. The one thing that did make it slightly hard is the pedals themselves are about half the size of a regular pedal. That was one of her 1st comments was that they were too small for her to be able to put her foot on it. She has figured that out as well, and I imagine they are like that so kiddos still can balance if they need to, so they won't get in the way. Overall, I am very happy with this purchase and think this is really a great transition bike before they get to the much heavier 16 inch bikes that are found at most bike stores.

Easy to build. Good bike. Much bigger than the original model. My son is learning to adapt to it.

Excelente bici, la calidad de la marca es muy buena, mi hijo paso de la más chiquita a este tamaño sin problema alguno a pesar de ser mas pesada. Próximamente le agregaremos los pedales. El vendedor con una muy muy buena atención, los recomiendo ampliamente, tuvimos un detalle con la fecha de entrega por las fechas navideñas con estafeta pero el vendedor me ayudó a solucionar y que llegara en fecha, lo cual les agradezco muchísimo ya que era de santa el regalo.

Muy fácil de armar una vez que la recibes, práctica para transportar y cargar en caso de que el niño se canse de usarla

My 3 year old grandson loves his new Stride bike .. It was a great choice because we will eventually put on training wheels. The height is perfect for him and made well …

Love this bike! We started with a used version of the regular 12" version, but it was just too small for my tall 3 year old, and she was struggling. Literally the first time on this bike, she was gliding and balancing. We have a friend with the blue one, and I have to say that the colours of these bikes are also really beautiful. I also love that the handles and seat adjust. The only thing that would make this bike better would be hand breaks. We are going to go through a few pairs of shoes this summer.