Is it possible to pick the best kids bike?  I certainly wouldn’t like to have to select just one children’s bike, as what’s the best bike for a 3 year old is going to be very different to what’s the best bike for a 13 year old mountain biker, or a 9 year old cyclocross racer! It also depends a lot on your budget and how often the bike is going to be used.

However, I’m totally fed up seeing articles which are entitled “Best Kids Bikes” which select a range of fairly average (or worse, rubbish) bikes that:

a) the author has never tested and
b) are only recommended as they’re the best selling kids bikes at a retailer the host website is getting commission from.

So, in an attempt to set the record straight, here’s my list of the very best kids bikes for all ages of child.

We’ve reviewed these bikes here on Cycle Sprog and have the photos to prove it!  

Some brands we do have affiliate relationships with, but many we don’t. It’s basically a list of brilliant children’s bikes we can vouch for and have been happy for our kids to ride.

Take a moment to GRAB YOUR FREE KIDS BIKE BUYING CHECKLIST which will help you record all the information you need to find the perfect bike for your child. 

UPDATE ON BUYING KIDS BIKES - January 2022

During lockdown 1.0 the nation went mad for cycling and all the kids bikes sold out, and many brands and retailers are still struggling to restock again (add in the issues with Brexit, shipping costs and the Suez canal hold up and it's not surprising really).  This means that there aren't as many quality kids bikes as usual at the moment, BUT there are a few to be had.   

We've kept all our usual recommendations at the end of this article (especially useful if you're buying secondhand), but this shorter list are the current places we're recommending who have stock ready to dispatch. 

QUICK LIST OF WHERE TO CHECK FOR IN STOCK KIDS BIKES:

If you're in a real hurry, just check these places that should have quality kids bikes in stock and ready to dispatch.  

If you're not sure what makes a great kids bike take a moment to download our FREE kids bike buying checklist, so you know what you're looking for and don't get tempted by a dodgy deal.  Don't forget a lightweight, well made bike will be LOADS more fun to ride than a heavy, poorly made toy bike, that has a tendency to fall apart - I'm not joking - check this out!) 

Tredz - new bikes arriving regularly

Tredz stock a good range of quality kids bikes, and we really like that they are honest and upfront about how long delivery should be before you place your order.

To be extra helpful Tredz even have an "in-stock now" button which is a real timesaver and saves so much frustration.  This is especially  handy if you need a bike in time for a birthday. 

They have bikes from a wide range of quality brands, including Forme, Frog, Squish, Cube, Giant, Orbea, Cannondale, Puky, Specialized, Scott and Saracen.   

If you can't find what you're looking for elsewhere it's worth checking back at Tredz quite regularly as they are getting new stock in all the time. 

 Check Availability at Tredz 

The Bike Club - bikes back in stock

The Bike Club is a brilliant way to get a great quality kids bike for your child without the upfront cost.  It works like this: you sign up to their membership scheme and select your chosen bike, which they send out to you in return for a monthly payment (so you do have to pass their credit checks).  When your child gets too big for the bike you send it back and upgrade to a bigger bike. 

So with the Bike Club you get peace of mind that your child is riding a really great quality bike at a bargain price, rather than a really cheap bike. 

They only stock Cycle Sprog recommended brands such as the brand new Forme Bikes as well as Squish Bikes and Frog Bikes.

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Chain Reaction Cycles

CRC sell the great value Vitus Kids Bikes and the popular Commencal range (which is more suited to off road riding).  Stock has been appearing on their website  (although they are selling fast!)

They also have an "In stock" button on their website which saves so much time. 

 Check Availability at Chain Reaction Cycles 

Best Kids Bikes – 2022

For those of you who are in a rush, here’s a list of the brands (in alphabetical order) that we or others we trust have reviewed and recommended as building some of the best kids bikes in the UK.  Most are available second hand or to rent if you’re on a budget. As they are all quality children’s bikes its well worth considering these options, rather than a cheaper new alternative.

• Black Mountain Bikes – innovative bikes for ages 2.5 to 8.5 year olds that grow with your child, reducing the number of times you need to buy them a bicycle (and the amount you spend) – useful at this time when we don’t know what’s happening with future availability
• Cube Kids Bikes– so many choices, aimed at different price points with reliable German engineering, including top of the range mountain bikes for older kids
• Forme Bikes – brand new range available to rent via The Bike Club
• Frog Bikes – virtually every type, size and colour of kids bike – all brilliantly made
• Giant ARX Range – lightweight bike range from one of the world’s largest bike manufacturers
• Hornit  Range – some of the lightest starter bikes and balance bikes available
• Hoy Bikes – after their 2018 revamp these are some of the lightest children’s bikes around
• Islabikes – the original kids bikes – and quite possibly still the best!
• Lena Toddle Bikes – for tiny Cycle Sprogs too small for a balance bike!
• Specialized Jett range – a new range of lightweight kids bikes which come with an online bike fit tool to ensure you have it set up correctly
• Squish Bikes– a cheaper alternative to some of the bigger names, often available in independent local bike shops
• Vitus – a very competitively priced range of kids bikes providing great value for money
• Woom Bikes – an interesting continental alternative to the bigger names, particularly good for commuting
• Worx Junior Bikes – only for kids who want to cycle very fast!

On a limited budget?

The bicycle brands featured in this post produce some of the best kids bikes but we understand that not every family can afford, or wants, to spend so much.  If this is the case, then check out our other post on the cheapest kids bikes – they’re all really great, safe bikes that your Sprog will love riding, just at a lower price than the ones in this article.

It’s also worth checking out The Bike Club for monthly rentals – they only stock quality kids bike brands, so you know you’ll be getting a decent bike without the upfront cost.

If you’re tempted to buy a REALLY cheap bike (say under £85 new) from a superstore or catalogue, then check out our post on why we don’t recommend buying a really cheap kids bikes.

The 2 rules for buying the best kids bikes

If this is your first time buying a kids bike, remember the two questions to ask yourself:

1) Can they pick the bike up? (some cheap steel framed bikes are too heavy for most children to pick up, or ride up hills etc)

2) Can they operate the brakes and gears? (all the brands featured in this post have child specific brakes and gears – you can imagine the consequences if they can’t operate them on a poorly designed bike)

Take a moment to GRAB YOUR FREE KIDS BIKE BUYING CHECKLIST which will help you record all the information you need to find the perfect bike for your child. 

The best kids bikes

Apart from those specialising in just balance bikes, all the brands featured do kids bikes in lots of different sizes, and we’d be happy to recommend their entire ranges, whatever size bike your child needs.  Don’t forget we’ve got LOADS of other articles to help you find the best bike for your child, whatever their age, which are listed at the end of this article.

Black Mountain Bikes – 3-in-1 bikes that grow with your child (from £349)

Cycle Sprog reviewed and recommended brand

Black Mountain EPOK Series key data:

Price: £350 – £650
Wheel Size: 14″ balance bike to 20″ wheel mountain bikes – all with the ‘growing frames’
Age range: 2.5 years to 8.5 years
Types of bike: Balance, First Pedal, Hybrid and Mountain Bikes
Available colours:  Orange, blue, green, purple
Where to buy:  Directly from Black Mountain Website
Warranty: 3-years on frame and forks; 2-years on non-consumable components. Warranty can be passed onto new user if you sell on (must inform Black Mountain of change of ownership)

Black Mountain is a Welsh based brand taking the kids’ bike market by storm with their innovative new “growing” bikes. The smaller bikes start off as balance bikes and can be converted to pedal bikes when your child is ready.

With all sizes of their bikes the frame can be extended as your child grows, to cover the same time period that you’d usually need two pedal bikes for. They may be a bit pricier at the start, but you’re getting either 2 or 3 bikes in one, saving you money, time and hassle over a longer time frame.

At the current time, this also provides peace of mind. There’s been such shortages of kids bikes over the past few months so having a bike that will grow with your child is very useful.

There are four different sized bikes in the range, from the smallest PINTO (14″ wheels) through to the 20″ wheel HÜTTO which has gears and the option to add disc brakes and suspension.

You can read how our reviewer got on swapping from a much cheaper and heavier bike with stabilisers to one of these lightweight bikes. 

BUY NEW – Black Mountain kids bikes are only available direct from their website

Buy secondhand:  As Black Mountain are such a new brand, and their bikes are designed for last your child a long time you won’t find very many available second hand at the moment

Cube Bikes – German engineering in kids bikes

Cycle Sprog reviewed and recommended brand

Cube Kids Bikes Key Data

Price:   £150 – £1,900
Wheel Size: 12″ to 27.5″ wheels
Age range:  2 – 13+ years
Types of bike: Balance, First Pedal, Hybrid, Mountain, E-bike
Available colours:  Various depending on model
Where to buy:  Local Cube Bike stockists, Online retailers and secondhand from Ebay
Warranty: Frame 6 years; rest of bike 2 years

Cube are a German brand with a large range of kids bikes.    From 20″ wheel bikes and larger there various options to choose from depending on the type of cycling your child is doing.  So you can get step through city bikes with racks for panniers, all round hybrids, entry level mountain bikes, serious full suspension MTBs and kids size e-bikes.

We’ve been lucky enough to have tested out some of their top of the range mountain bikes and were really impressed with how much confidence they gave our boys on the trail.    If you’re looking for a “proper” MTB for a keen mountain biker who is on the cusp between a kids bike and an adult bike and have the cash to spend, then Cube junior mountain bikes are an excellent choice.

One thing to note about some of the small wheeled, single speed Cubes is that they come with rear coaster brakes (where you need to back pedal to stop).  These are very common on the continent and the USA, but don’t tend to be found on bikes in the UK, so check to make sure you know what brakes are fitted on these smaller sizes.

BUY NEW:  Cube Bikes

BUY SECONDHAND:  Cube Bikes are so well made they make a good secondhand buy

Forme Bikes – brand new lightweight bikes

Cycle Sprog reviewed and recommended brand

Forme Bikes Key Data:

Price:  £9.50 – £12.90 per months
Wheel Size: 14″ to 26″ wheels
Age range:  3 – 12 years
Types of bike: First Pedal and Hybrid Bikes
Available colours:  Red, Pink and Blue
Where to buy:  Currently only available to lease from The Bike Club. Coming to bike shops later in the year
Warranty: Lifetime on Frame

Forme Bikes are an established adult bike manufacturer who have recently launched a quality kids bike range. 

We've been sent a couple of the new Forme Bikes to ride and review - here's our first impressions review of the two bikes in the range - the Forme Cubley and Kinder.

Not only were we impressed with these bikes, so were The Bike Club, and if they’re happy to have them in their fleet they must be a robust and well designed bike! 

If you’ve not heard on them, The Bike Club rent out quality kids bikes on a monthly membership basis.  When your child has outgrown the bike you send it back and upgrade to the next size.  They service the bike and hand it onto the next rider.  They therefore need their bikes to be really robust and able to be ridden by many different kids over a number of years.

Forme are a Derbyshire based brand, and their bikes are all linked to local routes.  The smaller Cubleys are named after an ancient Derbyshire village which appears in the Doomsday Book, and the larger Kinders are named after the iconic Kinder Scout in the Peak District.

Rent now: Forme Bikes from The Bike Club

Buy online:  Buy new online

Buy local:  Find your local Forme Bike dealer

Buy used: As these bikes are so new there aren’t any avaialble secondhand just yet

Frog Bikes – kids bikes in every size, shape and colour

Cycle Sprog reviewed and recommended brand

Frog Bikes Key Data 

Price: £170 – £670
Wheel size: 10″ balance bike – 26″ wheel bikes
Bike Types: Balance,  First pedal, Hybrid, Mountain, Road and Track
Typical age range: 18 months to 13 years +
Colours available:  Red, green, orange, blue, pink, white, black, spotty, Union Jack, USA Stars and Stripes, yellow (Tour de France limited edition), Team Sky (now discontinued – only available secondhand).
Where to buy: Local Frog Retailers, Online Retailers, Secondhand on Ebay and lease from The Bike Club
Warranty: 2 years - extended to 5 years for frame if you register the bike within 28 days of purchase

Frog Bikes make some of the most popular and best kids bikes around. They cover virtually every type and size of kids bike, from three sizes of balance bikes for toddlers through to mountain, road and track bikes for older kids.

Frog Bikes are sized by the inside leg measurement, so for example the Frog 44  pictured above is designed for a child with a minimum inside leg of 44cm (roughly the 4-5 year age group).

We’ve reviewed a wide range of Frog Bikes over the years, including their first pedal bikes, hybrid bikes, mountain bikes and road bikes, and always been really impressed with them.

Given how popular and robust Frog Bikes are there’s usually a lot available secondhand, and they’re also available to lease via The Bike Club. 

If you've got an old Frog Bike that's been outgrown and needs selling get your Used Frog Bike quotation here. 

Frog Bike Update January 2022 - Please note that at the moment Frog Bikes are having significant issues with their production / distribution and most places are out of stock of new bikes.  When they do come back into stock they tend to be selling very quickly indeed. 

RENT NOW – Click here to lease a Frog Bike

BUY NEW – Click here to buy a  Frog Bike

BUY SECONDHAND:  There are always so many used Frog Bikes to choose from on eBay, due to how well they are made and how many are sold. Some very savvy parents are able to buy secondhand, have their child use it, and then sell on the same price (or even more!)

Giant ARX Bikes – from one of the world’s biggest bike brands

Cycle Sprog reviewed and recommended brand

Giant ARX key data:

Price range: £295 – £379
Wheel sizes: 16″ – 26″ wheel bikes
Bike Types: First pedal and Hybrid Bikes
Typical age range:  4 years to 10 + years
Colours available: Purple, Blue, Green, Red, Yellow, Orange 
Where to buy:   Local Giant Shops and Online Retailers
Warranty: Frame - lifetime, Forks - 10 years, All other components - 1 year

Giant are the world’s biggest bike manufacturer and the ARX is their premium kids bike range.

As you’d expect, the range has many of the same features as the majority of the quality kids bikes we’ve already featured.  However, in a sign of how confident they are with the quality of their bikes, Giant offers a lifetime warranty on their frames, plus 10 years on forks. Your child will have grown out of the bike long before then!

Our reviewer really enjoyed riding the Giant ARX 20 she was sent to test and Dad was impressed too!  It’s a great looking bike, with grown-up styling at a good price.

BUY NEW: Giant ARX kids bikes

BUY SECONDHAND:  The ARX range is still quite new so they don’t tend up become available secondhand

Hornit bikes

Cycle Sprog reviewed bikes

Hornit Bikes Key Data:

Price: £129 – £369
Wheel size: 12″ – 16″
Bike Types: Balance Bike and Starter Bikes
Typical age range: 18 months to 6 years
Colours available:  Red, yellow, white, blue, pink & turquoise
Where to buy: Online only
Warranty:

Lifetime on frame and forks

Hornit have been around making horns, helmets and bike storage for a long time, but they’ve just branched out into children’s bikes. 

They’ve got an incredibly lightweight balance bike called the AIRO, which we actually thought they’d forgotten to send to us as the box was so light!  (Read our review of the Hornit AIRO balance bike here).

In August 2021 they followed this up with the HERO range of starter pedal bikes. 

They have very light weight 14″ and 16″ models which are fitted with a belt drive rather than a chain to reduce maintenance and the chance of oily fingers or clothing.

Read our first impressions review of the Hornit HERO 14 to find out what we thought for this innovative new range. 

Hoy Bikes – designed by an Olympian!

Cycle Sprog reviewed and recommended brand

Hoy Bikes – key data:

Price range: £110 – £550
Wheel sizes: 12″ balance bike – 26″ wheel bikes
Bike Types: Balance, First pedal, Hybrid, Cyclocross and Mountain Bikes
Typical age range: 2 years to 10 plus
Colours available: Red, pink, blue, black and yellow;
Warranty: Evans Cycles website says "All products ordered from Evans Cycles come with a full warranty which covers manufacturing faults and defects in workmanship."

The Hoy range of children’s bikes has been recently relaunched, and they’re now some of the lightest weight kids bikes available in the UK.

The range is all named after places in Scotland that Sir Chris Hoy rode whilst a child or early in his racing career.  The Napier is their balance bike, the Bonaly is their “Go Anywhere” bike, which is equally at home on road or on the trails (with the larger sizes have disc brake options),  and the Meadowmill is the cyclocross / road bike option with drop handlebars.

We’ve tested out the 16″ single speed Bonaly 16 and the larger 20″ wheel Bonaly 20, which is the smallest of their geared bike offerings.  Our two reviewers loved these lightweight bikes and were zooming around in no time!

BUY NEW: Hoy Kids Bikes

BUY SECONDHAND: Hoy Bikes were totally revamped in 2018 so most of the bikes available on eBay will be the older model. This was a very good bike, and was used by British Cycling for their Go-Ride coaching – the sign of a hardwearing and reliable bike! 

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Islabikes – the original quality kids bikes

Cycle Sprog reviewed and recommended brand

Price:  £200 – £1,000
Wheel size: 12″ – 27.5″ wheel kids bikes plus adult bikes
Bike Types: Balance,  First pedal, Hybrid, Cyclocross/Road and Mountain Bikes 
Typical age range:  2 – 13 years
Colours available:  Teal, Orange, Pink (and Charcoal for larger bikes)
Warranty: 5 years on frame and forks and a 2 years on parts

Islabikes are the original quality kids bike.  They blazed a trail over a decade ago when everyone thought their founder Isla Rowntree was crazy for thinking parents would be willing to spend big bucks on a bike for their child.  They’ve proved what a difference having a lightweight, properly sized bike makes, and all the other brands listed in this article have come in their wake.

Islabikes are specialists (and obsessives) in kids bike design, so if you buy an Islabike you’re paying for all those years of expertise.  Yes, they’re more expensive than virtually all the other bikes on this page, but there is a good reason for that.

We’ve been lucky enough to test their range as our Sprogs have grown, and each bike has proved why Islabikes continue to lead the way in kids bike design.   Recently we’ve reviewed their larger wheeled Beinn 27, which look our reviewer onto larger wheels earlier than he would have been able to with other brands.

And our boys have loved riding their Islabike Creig mountain bikes over the years – they’ve been on many adventures and coped with everything they were asked to ride over.

Plus the Islabikes Luath got so much use as a road bike – it really ate up the hills around where we live on the edge of The Lake District, and also got tried out on the local track too as well as going a bit of off road cyclocross type racing too in our local GoRide races.

Buy new: Islabikes are only available direct from their website

Rent now:  The Bike Club has a small but growing number of Islabikes to lease

Buy secondhand:  Because Islabikes are so well made they continue to get passed down through many children.   It’s sometimes possible to recoup your a large proportion of your cost when reselling on if you’ve maintained a bike well, so be prepared to have to spend too when buying secondhand. 

Advert:  If you've got an outgrown Islabike that you haven't got round to selling on, why not get a quotation today from The Bike Club? They'll even send a courier with a bike box to come and collect it from you. 

Lena Toddlebikes – perfect for tiny riders

Cycle Sprog reviewed and recommended

Lena Toddlebikes key data:

Price: £23
Typical age range: 18 months to 3 years;
Available colours: Red, pink, and blue

If you’ve got a toddler who is desperate to start riding a bike but isn’t quite ready for a balance bike, then the Lena Toddlebike (also known as the Lena First Scooter for some reason!) is your answer. It’s cheap, it’s lightweight, and it’s loads of fun – plus it will prepare them for the move to a balance bike when they’re ready.

You can read our review of the Toddlebike here.

BUY NEW – Click here to buy a  Lena Toddlebike

BUY SECONDHAND – These bikes are almost indestructible, and usually used for a short time so they are often passed on to friends and family. Due to their low cost not many make it onto eBay, but some do so try searching for the names Toddlebike and Lena Balance Bike as they’ve been sold under different names over the years. 

Specialized Jett Range – comes with an online bike fit tool

Cycle Sprog reviewed and recommended brand

Specialized are one of the world’s biggest bike manufacturers, but until 2021 they were lagging behind a lot of the smaller brands when it came to their kids bikes.  Thankfully they’ve rectified this with the release of the Jett range.  Our reviewer really appreciated the upright riding style of this urban orientated bike, and his dad had fun using the innovative online bike fit app to ensure that all the adjustments to seat, stem, pedals etc were correct. 

You can read our review of the Specialized Jett 20 here. 

Buy online:  The Specialized Jett Range

Buy local:  Find your local Specialized Dealer

Squish Bikes – an alternative to the established names

Cycle Sprog reviewed and recommended brand

Squish Bikes Key Data 

Price range: £140 – £530
Wheel sizes: 12″ balance bike – 650B wheel bikes
Bike Types: Balance,  First pedal, Hybrid and Mountain Bikes
Typical age range:  2 years to 10+ years
Colours available:  Each size bike has two different colours available
Where to buy: Local Squish Retailers, Online Retailers, Secondhand on Ebay and lease from The Bike Club
Warranty: Frame and Forks - 3 years; components - 1 year (excluding wear and tear)

Squish Bikes are a good alternative to some of the more established kids bike brands. They’re made by Birmingham based Tandem Group Cycles, who own a variety of different bike brands.  Since launch they’ve been steadily expanding their range to include bigger wheel sizes and mountain bikes.

We’ve reviewed the single gear Squish 18 which our 6 year old reviewer loved, and she moved confidently onto a bigger bike when the time was right for her.

We’ve also tested out the Squish MTB 26, which performed really well on the varied terrain it was ridden on.

RENT NOW – Squish Bikes from The Bike Club

BUY NEW – Squish Bikes

BUY SECONDHAND: Squish Bikes have been around just about long enough for them to start coming up on E-bay in small quantities. Expect to see more over the coming years as they become a more established brand.

AD:   Got an old Squish Bike to sell on?  The Bike Club have made it hassle free - click here for your valuation and to arrange a courier to come and collect your old Squish bike.  

Vitus Bikes – great value and good to look at

Cycle Sprog reviewed and recommended brand

Vitus Kids Bike Key data:

Price: £45 – £530
Wheel size: 12″ balance bike – 26″ wheel bikes
Bike Types: Balance,  First pedal, Hybrid and Mountain Bikes
Typical age range:  2 – 12 + years
Colours available:  Silver, Red, Purple/Pink
Available from:   Chain Reaction Cycles and Wiggle (new) and Ebay (secondhand)
Warranty: 5 year frame and forks, 2 year components

We’ve been really impressed with the Vitus Kids Bike range as a low cost competitor to some of the more established brands on this page. We’ve met the designer of these bikes several times and he’s really obsessed with getting the design and geometry absolutely correct as well as making a really good looking bike.

Vitus do a full range standard hybrid kids bikes which are great all round choices which will handle most types of cycling.  We’ve reviewed several of their off road bikes, including the wide tyred Vitus 20 plus.

Our Sprogs have been lucky enough to ride some really expensive, top of the range junior mountain bikes, but we can confirm you don’t need to spend huge amounts to get a quality kids MTB.   Our 10 year old Sprog spent an entire summer riding the Vitus Nucleus 26 around the trail centres of Wales and absolutely loved it.

BUY NEW: Vitus Kids Bikes

BUY SECONDHAND:  Vitus Kids Bikes are starting to become available secondhand

Woom Bikes – incredible quality Austrian bikes

Cycle Sprog reviewed and recommended brand

Woom Bikes key data:

Price: £195 – £540
Wheel size: 12″ balance bike – 26″ wheel bikes
Bike Types: Balance,  First pedal, Hybrid and Mountain Bikes
Typical age range: 2 – 14 years
Colours available:  Blue, Green, Purple, Red, Yellow, (and Black for Mountain Bikes)
Warranty: 2 years

If you’re looking for a kids bike for urban or gentle off road riding that’s a little bit different, then Woom Bikes are a great choice. They’re an Austrian brand who are well established on the continent, but are still fairly new to the UK (but gaining in popularity all the time).

They are available in a range of sizes from balance bike (Woom 1) through to 26″ wheel (Woom 6) plus they’ve recently brought out a range of Mountain Bikes, called WOOM OFF..

We’ve reviewed a couple of the smaller single speed Woom Bikes and were really impressed with the quality.  Even after being ridden to school every day for months they looked like new!

BUY NEW: Click here to buy Woom Bikes from The Little Bike Company who are the only stockists in the UK

BUY SECONDHAND: As Woom Bikes are still relatively new in the UK there’s not that many available secondhand yet, but they do sometimes come up so it’s worth a quick check on eBay, just in case.

Worx Bikes – for kids who want to go really fast!

Cycle Sprog reviewed and recommended brand

Worx Junior Bikes key data:

Price:  £595 – £845
Wheel size:  24″ – 700c
Bike Types: Road / Cyclocross and All Purpose race bikes
Typical age range:  U8 – U14 riders
Colours: Black/Blue
Available:  Only from Worx direct – call them to discuss your requirements
Warranty: Check with supplier

If you’ve got a Lizzy Deignan or Tao Geoghegan Hart in the family, then they’re going to want a serious bike to pick up some speed.  There’s not a huge selection of kids race bikes around, but the Worx Bikes are some of the fastest there are.

They range in size from 24″ to 700c wheels and there is a drop handle bar road / cross specific option plus a flat handlebar all terrain option for those wanting to try their hand at a mix of cyclocross and cross country racing.

Note – these bikes aren’t for nervous riders – we should know as our 12 year old reviewed the Worx JA700.  He’s ridden it in both road and cyclocross mode – suffice to say I couldn’t keep up with him in either! 

BUY NEW:  Worx Junior bikes

BUY USED:  Worx are rare bikes, but they occasionally come up secondhand

Need more help finding the best kids bike?

We hope this article has helped you find the best kids bikes.  If you need more advice and inspiration, these articles will be of help:

• 12 things you need to know before buying a kids bike
• Why you shouldn’t buy a really cheap kids bike
• Where to buy the cheapest Frog Bikes
• Cheaper alternatives to Islabikes
• Cheapest Kids Bikes

To find the best bike for your child, then these age-specific guides will help: 

• The best balance bikes
• Is my kids bike the right size for them?
• The best 12″ wheel pedal bikes for ages 2 and over
• The best starter bikes – 14″ wheel kids bikes
• The best 16″ wheel starter bikes for ages 4 to 6 years
• The best 20″ wheel hybrid bikes for kids aged 6 to 8
• The best kids 20″ wheel mountain bikes
• The best road racing bikes for kids (with 20″ wheels)
• The best kids 24″ wheel mountain bikes
• The best road racing bikes for kids – 24″ wheels
• The best kids 26″ wheel mountain bikes
• Cheap but quality 26″ and 27.5″ kids mtb’s for around £400
• Best kids road bikes

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