Best Cool Bikes for Kids
How do we define what is, or is not, a safe bicycle for the children in our lives? Is it price? Perhaps we can use cost as a measurement of safety. Or, maybe, we decide on the features we want in a bicycle and then purchase a model with those features.
Our definition of the cool bikes for kids is a bicycle that is:
Well constructed, including tires and wheels
Is properly matched to the age, size and ability of the child who will be riding it
Is properly matched to the terrain it will be ridden on
Has the seat adjusted to the proper height
Has the necessary and proper safety equipment installed
Comfortable for the child riding it, instilling confidence in the child.
We will be discussing all these attributes in the articles posted on this site. We hope to provide you, the consumer, with a one-stop starting point in your quest to buy the safest bicycle for the child in your life.
Here you will find the “straight skinny” on cool bikes for kids. No hype. No sales pitches. We will include links to sites like the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Specifically, to the pages that concern bicycle safety for kids.We also post information related to bicycle safety and safety products (i.e., helmets) and practices (i.e., wearing appropriate footwear). Some of what we publish may seem like common sense and it is. Unfortunately, many of the safety issues we will discuss are often overlooked.
For instance, if you already have a child with a bike, when was the last time you checked that the wheels were securely attached to the frame? Or the from fork was properly tightened?
The safest bikes for kids will only stay that way with proper care, maintenance and regular inspections.
it is our duty as caretakers of our children to purchase the safest and cool bikes for kids and keep them safe.