Kids Bike

The woom 6 is one of the lightest 26″ wheel kids bikes available, making it easy to manoeuvre. This is worth thinking about if your child is having to lift their bike up and down steps, or if you’re lifting onto a bike rack on a regular basis.

The gearing is well suited to riding up hills with an easy gear for climbing.

We’ve reviewed several of the smaller single speed woom bikes and were very impressed with the quality and performance – they handled the daily school run all winter and still looked as good as new. Check out our woom 2 review and woom 3 review.

The Austrian kids bike brand woom is a relative newcomer to the UK, with a range of very lightweight bikes that are proving popular with Cycle Sprog readers.

The woom 4 is their 20″ wheel offering, and at 7.7 kg it’s one of the lightest geared bikes on the market.

The woom 4 is a good choice for urban cycling, as you can add in an optional extra kickstand for ease of parking up when you’ve got where you want to go.

You can also fit the woom mudguards (which are available to buy separately) to prevent your child getting too much splashback when they’re cycling on raining days.

However, this isn’t just a bike for riding on road.  The woom 4 is fitted with Kenda Small block tyres, meaning you can confidently venture onto gravel and grass without any worries.

We’ve reviewed two single speed, smaller Woom Bikes and were very impressed – they did the daily school run throughout winter and looked as good as new at the end of it. Read our review of the woom 2 and the woom 3 review to find out more.

If you’re looking for a quality 20″ wheel bike with gears for general use then this bike is certainly worthy of consideration.

On trend “heritage styling” and step through frame make this bike suited to a relaxed, urban style of cycling. The Hartington 20 has high rise handlebars for an upright riding position, easy-reach brakes, none slip pedals, wicker basket and a choice of 7 gears.

Weight wise it’s heavier than many 20″ wheel bikes, which is worth considering if you child has to carry it up steps, or you’re planning to lift onto a roof rack regularly.

If your Cycle Sprog is looking for a city style bike that has more of a Dutch bike feel about it, then the Forme Hartington 24 could be the bike for them. 

It’s a stylish 24″ wheel bike with a step through frame and upright riding position, that is available in three pastel colour options.  It is equipped with mudguards and a kickstand as well as a basket.

The Forme Hartington is quite a lot heavier than many other 24″ wheel bikes, so is suited to a more gentle style of urban cycling. 

Giant are one of the world’s biggest bike brands, and the Giant ARX 16 has everything you’d expect from a single-speed kids bike.

It’s really light (great for when you have to pick it up and carry it) and is fitted with versatile tyres for cycling on lots of different surfaces, child-sized components and comes in a range of fun, bold colours.

As you’d expect from one of the worlds biggest bike brands, the Giant ARX 24 has all the features we’d expect to see on a quality 24″ wheel kids bike.

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!

We’ve reviewed the Giant ARX 20 which is the younger sibling to this bike, and were impressed with it’s quality and how it rode.