Royalbaby Bike 12 Inch EVA Toddlers

Update Feb 2024 With snow on the ground this little guy isn't striding with his bike yet but he pushes it everywhere, and weather permitting can keep him occupied for a very long time. Another daughter-in-law aid that their son pushed his like that for several months before getting up on it to stride, so I'm not worried at all. It is fun and that was the main point anyhow. ****************** My 3 year old grandson is really enjoying this 12" glide balance bike from Royalbaby. I got the RanRule aluminum frame model as it was much lighter than a steel frame and it is very nicely finished in white paint. That little guy is really enjoying this new bike. His excitement easily gets him going faster than I like to see at the moment but he is learning. My only disappointment is that there isn't any hand brake on this model. I believe one is needed for safety now, as well as to help young minds learn how to use it before they advance to a faster paced pedal bike. Another of our 'grandson' families with three bike riding boys ( the fourth isn't yet old enough) have learned to stride and ride a similar bike but that model has a hand brake. Not sure it gets used much but it is there for learning and use if necessary. That is a better option than without a brake where the only option for slowing down is to drag their feet or just tip over. Neither of those are very safe nor good. At this point I would appreciate just being able to get the brake as an "add on option" but there doesn't appear to be any option for that. Since they just got 18 inches of snow this past week I expect outside riding will be curtailed for a few months since it will probably be at least a couple of months before the snow is gone it has warmed back up enough for any outside riding. Time now for sledding on their long snowy 30 foot dropping driveway. You know, the one I should have considered more when I got this brakeless stride bike. This bike was pretty simple for us to put together. Even the grandson helped because he loves to be in the thick of it and working with anything that goes together, usually because he wants to take it back apart. Just be sure to tighten the seat securely. It's very smooth and easy ride and "stroll" with. Very easy to learn with and 'balance with'. No training wheels in this setup because they simply deter kids from learning how to balance, ant that is really the first key to riding. He's riding up and down the hallway.  His sister is tracking him on her new in-line skates and it's quite a racket but they're happy!