Children’s bike size

The enthusiasm for cycling is literally put into the cradle of many. The first steps for this can be done in early childhood: With scooters and balance bikes, the toddler can already develop a feeling for maintaining balance. Children’s bicycles with deliberately simple cranksets offer the child the most important entry into mobility. So that the child can also enjoy it, it is extremely important that children Bicycle is ergonomically adapted to the child, i.e. the size of the child. This contributes significantly to the child having fun cycling and being able to act safely. A frame that is too large is equivalent to a bad purchase; much more: you risk the health and safety of your child in traffic! How do you know which ones children’s bicycles the size match your child? How do you do that Determine size or to calculate?

Two important factors

To at one children Bicycle the fitting Determine size To be able to, you have to orient yourself on two decisive factors: the height of the child and his inner leg length, also known as stride length. Because everyone has different proportions and is built differently – if you only measure your height, you may make a mistake when buying a bike. Incidentally, this also applies to adult bikes.

How do you find out the stride length? The child stands with his back against a wall. Make sure that the child is not wearing shoes and is standing upright. Then you take a book, which the child presses between his legs, as if he were sitting on the book like on a bicycle saddle. Finally, measure the distance from the floor to the top of the book.

The saddle of the children’s bike should be set so low that its height corresponds approximately to the stride length of the child. It is sufficient if the child can touch the ground with his legs straight from the bicycle saddle. If the child’s bike is too big, the child will have problems with balance, especially when standing, starting and braking suddenly.

Table for Determine and calculate the right one size one children bicycle:

Please note that these are only guidelines! The safety of the child is very important to us. Therefore, it is always important that the purchase of the children’s bike is tailored to the child.

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