14" - my 5/6 year old with a bit of growth room yet for her
16" - my 8 year old...similarly a bit of growth for him
Unless they're very tall for their age...
meatpie613
15 Feb 16#6
ordered . but my kids are 3 and 5 . they are both the same height . will this be too big
mumofthree1982 to meatpie613
16 Feb 16#9
my daughter is 4 and 1/2 and son 6, both got recommended of 16" in "smyths toy" there height is different but my son's legs r short than upper body.
so it is different for every child. better to take them to some bike specialist and check size before order online.
ourdave
15 Feb 163#5
I've got 3 kids, I had the first 2 on stabilisers and it took me ages (not to mention a long time with backache) to get them off stabilisers. They were 7 and 6 respectively before they'd ditched stabilisers.
For the 3rd, I got her a balance bike - after a few months on that, the first time she went out on a bike with pedals (at 4 years old) and she nailed it.
I appreciate a 16" bike might be for kids that will feel daft scutching round on a balance bike...but if you can, I'd get a balance bike for them to play on then go straight up to a bike without stabilisers.
sowotsdis
15 Feb 16#4
I have the red version and its very good but beware the nuts come loose all the time especially the stabilizers
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14" - my 5/6 year old with a bit of growth room yet for her
16" - my 8 year old...similarly a bit of growth for him
Unless they're very tall for their age...
so it is different for every child. better to take them to some bike specialist and check size before order online.
For the 3rd, I got her a balance bike - after a few months on that, the first time she went out on a bike with pedals (at 4 years old) and she nailed it.
I appreciate a 16" bike might be for kids that will feel daft scutching round on a balance bike...but if you can, I'd get a balance bike for them to play on then go straight up to a bike without stabilisers.