Comments on: LIKEaBIKE Forest: It's Like a 'Real Bike,' Only Better!

By: Marie Ange

Marie Ange — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:31:47 +0000

Firts I love this web site.
I wanted to buy the likeabike, on google I find another bike, the bugabike, finally we buy the bugabike pink, and my daughter uses it every day. An fantastic idea.

By: anna

anna — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:50:51 +0000

@David
As others have mentioned before, the original Like-a-Bike was (re-)invented in Germany in 1997 and is still being built there.
Here’s an article about it’s history:
http://xinkaishi.typepad.com/a_new_start/2008/07/ft-bike-power-without-the-pedals.html

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:30:24 +0000

We have a Skuut – which is exactly the same and costs $100.

By: Gini

Gini — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:27:50 +0000

Like-a-bike is the original, invented (or re-invented for kids) and manufactured in Germany. It’s true, every child seems to have one of these or a knock-off here, including ours. They are about a third of the US price though. One big disadvantage of this original model in my opinion is that the handle bar doesn’t turn in a full circle, so that when the kid falls it might stick out and hit the child in the stomach. That’s why we chose a different, aluminum version by the German brand “Puky” (yes, they might have to reconsider their brand name choice for international sales). We’ve been very happy with it and our son was able to ride a real bike without training wheels literally right away.

By: David

David — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:56:25 +0000

Like-a-Bike are not more from GERMAN but from china. http://www.maukilo.com/brands/kokua-like-a-bike-92/jumper-white-aluminum-push-bike-6616.html

By: Julie

Julie — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:19:57 +0000

I just bought now Likeabike of Bugabike, colors pink, traveling with my daughter every constituency and every day. My son loves him so much. I think now we'll buy a new bike blue for him. The design is beautiful.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:03:04 +0000

We've had our Like-A-Bike for over 2 years now and my son loves it. Yes, it was an investment but rather than him getting a ton of presents for his birthday, we had everyone pitch in a bit of money towards the bike. He got one great present that he still uses almost everyday. It is one of the best purchases we have ever made.

By: twinsathomemama

twinsathomemama — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:42:04 +0000

We bought a knockoff last year at Target for $50 (called a Balance Bike, I think). It is not as sturdy as the actual Like-a-Bike we tried at a friend's house, but it absolutely gets the job done! My then 5 year-old daughter zoomed up and down the sidewalk for a week before asking us to take the training wheels off of her bike. She was riding her bike within about 15 minutes. My daughter is a cautious kid who even with training wheels had been very intimidated by her bike, so this was truly amazing. Now one of my almost 3 year-old boys has been using it for the last 6 months. He can balance for 2 yards or so without putting his feet down. We are reasonably sure he will be riding a 2 wheeler before he is 4.

I want to add that my daughter commented that once we took off her training wheels, she felt like her bike was much more stable. This experience really turned me off training wheels, and we plan to go from Like-a-bike directly to two-wheeler this time.

For those really looking to save $$ I have heard there are instructions on the net for taking the pedals off a bike and making some other adjustments to make something similar to a Like-a-Bike. I do agree that the limited turning radius of the Like-a-Bike and its knockoffs are a great safety feature, and make the bike more manageable for little ones. I'm not sure you could do that if you try to make your own.

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:35:21 +0000

Must be nice to be rich! $300 pays half my mortgage. And I have twins, I'd have to buy two of them. Ridiculous.

By: heather

heather — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:24:04 +0000

Both my children LOVE the LIke a Bike -- my daughter is 8 and STILL loves to ride her little brother's bike. She learned to ride a "regular" bike with wheels in about 10 minutes, after spending hours on the Like a Bike. I also really like the safety features, particularly that they can't turn the wheel so sharply as to make them fall and crash! Although expensive, it's some of the best money we've ever spent, and one of their most well-used "toys."