Watch This Bike Grow

Put the neighborhood on alert: there’s a new driver in town. And their little bike is made to grow with them.

From Radio Flyer, this little bike – yes a bike, not a trike – lets you skip the tricycle stage (and save some cash) thanks to a small set-up made to fit kids as young as 18 months.

With the training wheels already built in, it’s a bicycle that is easy for little tikes to handle, allowing them to get used to the feel of a two-wheeled bike without all the fear that comes with a bike up high in the air. When their legs grow, just pop a small switch, and the telescoping rod stretches out so you can make this last until they’re in the pre-school years.

The Radio Flyer quality is apparent with this sturdy little bike – although beware again that this is a BIKE, and slight tipping is natural. The bike comes already assembled, saving parents the hassle of putting it all together, and it earns extra points for the price (just $39.97 plus free shipping from Amazon).

I was disappointed that you can’t remove the training wheels when they become more confident – they’re welded straight to the frame. But with kids who are past the training wheel age generally also ready for a bigger bike, that may be less a design flaw and more a sign that the kids have grown past their Grow N Go bike.