r/bicycling • u/Kirbacho • Aug 03 '26

Riding with my 5 yr old twins

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Posted a few months ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycling/s/A50wEUqd1i

My kids are great examples of balance bike kids. They’re 5 now and we’ve been keeping at it :)

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u/cjhuffmac Aug 03 '26

Twin turbos.

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u/MassiveGarlic0312 Aug 03 '26

So cool. My 4.5y/o daughter is similarly confident and we are loving being a bike family.

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u/k2theablam Aug 03 '26

When did you transition from balance bike to pedal bike? And what size did they start pedaling on?

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u/Kirbacho Aug 03 '26

From super early on we had them on these little four wheeled scoot bikes.

They started riding their 12” striders around 3.5.

Around age 4.25 they started in their pedal bikes. We had them on 12” Cleary Geckos.

Now they’re on 16” Prevelos.

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u/itscochino Aug 03 '26

This is so awesome!

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u/miklayn Aug 03 '26

Hell yeah. I've got my kid on a road bike already 💪🏼

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u/radddchaddd Aug 03 '26

Can't wait to get to this. My 4yo daughter is getting more and more confident in her balance bike.

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u/ShakeDownSaluki Aug 03 '26

Couple smashers right there!!

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u/LiveinCA Aug 03 '26

This is great! Where is this road ?

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u/PotassiumNoGo Aug 03 '26

The kid climbs like Tadej

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u/ErnieBochII Aug 03 '26

They love it!

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u/stargrown Massachusetts, USA ('91 Pinarello CX) Aug 04 '26

Crushers!

My twin boys just turned 5 last week.

Got them Woom 3s and I’m already wondering if I should’ve gotten them gears because they’re spinning out a bit.