Kids Bike

The Puky Steel 12 is first kids pedal bike (with an upright riding position) aimed at young riders aged 3 to 5 years old, and is available in a green or pink colour.

The Steel 12 features Puky’s well-known pneumatic tyres, providing excellent grip and comfort for the rider. The bike is stabiliser compatible, so if your child is struggling to keep their balance, stabilisers can easily be attached to give a helping hand.

We normally wouldn’t recommend a 16″ wheel kids bike this heavy (9.5kg) but the Puky Steel 16 is an exception to the rule.

The very low step-through frame makes this a bicycle worth considering if your child has mobility issues that mean they can’t swing their leg over the crossbar of the majority of kids bikes.

Also, Puky are a renowned German kids bike company, so whilst you’re getting a quite heavy steel frame, this bike is equipped with much better quality components than the vast majority of cheaper heavy steel framed kids bikes with 16″ wheels.

Plus the Puky Steel 16 has Puky’s own impact-resistant paint, meaning the bike will continue to look good, even in the hands of a rough child!

The Cyke 24-8 features a lightweight aluminium frame, Shimano 8-speed gearing.

An integrated lighting system using a Shimano hub dynamo with automatic LED lighting.

SKS mudguards fitted as standard, perfect for the school run.

A low step-thru aluminium frame features on the Puky Skyride.

Intergrated front and rear lights.

7 speed Shimano Nexus hub gears.

The Hornit HERO 24 is well worth considering if you’re not really into bike maintenance.

The bike has a belt drive and an internal gear hub rather than the more common bike chain and external derailleur found on kids bike in the UK.

This means there’s less to go wrong, and less oily bits to transfer onto clothing.

The three speed gears make it really easy to change gear – something many children struggle with.

We’ve not reviewed this particular bike, but we have reviewed the smaller Hornit HERO 14 and were very impressed.

Even better news is the HERO 24 is currently reduced and they now offer Klarna 0% which lets you split your purchase into 3 interest-free monthly payments.

We like the Hornit HERO 20 for it’s simplicity.

With just 3 easy to use gears, your child only has to remember uphill, downhill and flat.   Much easier than the 6 plus gears most kids bikes have, and the gentle introduction to changing gear that some kids need.

This bike also has a belt drive rather than a chain.   This means it’s maintenance free so you don’t need to worry about oily or rusty chains, something we know many parents are too busy to deal with!

The lightweight frame means this bike will be easy to manoeuvre – both for your child and you (if you need to get onto roof rack etc).

We’ve reviewed the smaller Hornit HERO 14 and were very impressed.

Hornit offer payment by Klana – allowing 3 monthly installments.