Recommendations for a bike for a 4 year old?

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We are thinking of getting DD a bike for her 4th birthday. Is this too soon to learn to ride a bike (with stabilisers)? Does anyone have any recommendations for a good, simple, comfy, easy to ride bike please? Thanks.

Can't give you tips on girlie bikes but we got DS1 a bike for christmas he will be 4 in april. Most of his friends have bikes already but we held out for christmas.

We went and looked round halfords - when he is going to have a bike for longer we will go to a proper bike shop but as he is going to have it for such a short period of time we didn't think it mattered.

We got DS a bike from Decathlon for this 4th birthday - here's their girlie pink version. When we were comparing them to Raleigh etc the Decathlon ones seemed much lighter, therefore easier to pedal, and also came with proper bike bits - apparently the brakes can be different and therefore less effective on some kids bikes, and the chain is completely covered. We just hauled around various places and let DS try them out, as the key thing is that they can actually make it move - some were too heavy, and some were too big/small, even though they were theoretically the same frame height.
Hope this helps!

Thanks so much for the tips!

i'd say get a likeabike or similar (lightweight bike without pedals or stabilisers, you can get posh ones or cheapo ones, tchibo occasionally have them) -- they teach a child to learn how to balance, so you don't need to bother with stabilisers at all

If you get a PUKY bike you can take the pdals off and use it as a balancing bike (aka Like-a-Bike) while she lerns to balance and use her weight to turn corners. That is the BIG difference, apparantly, between stabilisers and without.
But make sure you get a bike that has plent of scope to increase eat and handlebar height. Get a 'proper' bike, not a 'toy' bike if you want her to learn to ride on it. 4-5 not too young to learn, I think.

sorry - pedals. then you put the pedals back on and they zoom away immediately!

Without a doubt, and I speak from the pos of cycling club member (and soc sec) please please go to www.islabikes.co.uk/
proper good bike for little people, decent components and they dont weigh a ton!

Just wanted to say that my ds1 is 6 and has been on 2 wheels since he was 3. We ride to school each day about 4 miles and last year he did the local bikeathon of 13 miles-4/5 definitely not to young to learn to ride.

Thanks for all the website links. I must say, I did think a bike that you could learn to balance on first would be a good idea. She's a bit timid so have to take baby steps....