Do you look back to those halcyon days of our childhood with fond memories of summer holidays spent bombing around on your bike with friends and family? Teaching your child to ride their first bike is an exciting milestone for any parent, and most of us can’t wait to get our kids pedalling away […]
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The Easy Way to Teach Your Child to Ride a Bike
Nothing quite compares to the simple pleasure of riding a bike. The wind in your hair, the freedom of movement, and the sheer joy of exploring the world on two wheels. And what could be better than sharing this experience with your family? Family bike rides are not just a fun activity but also a […]
Read MoreHow to Choose the Right Size Bike for Your Child
How to Choose the Right Size Bike for Your Child As parents, we’ve all experienced the relentless march of time as our children seem to grow faster than we can keep up. One day they’re comfortably riding their bike, and the next, they’re complaining that their shoes are too tight. It’s a familiar scenario, and […]
Read MorePlease Don’t Use Stabilisers on Your Child’s Bike
At The Little Bike Company, we don’t offer stabilisers with our bikes, as we firmly believe they actively prevent children from learning how to ride them. In recent years this has become a lot more widely acknowledged by many parents – although many bike manufacturers continue to fit them. We are still often asked by […]
Read MoreBuying a Children’s Bike For Christmas
Lots of families love to give their children a bike as an extra-special Christmas present. At this time of year, with so much choice and cut-price deals to tempt us, it can be confusing to work out what to pick. The Little Bike Company has been selling kids’ bikes at Christmas time (as well as […]
Read MoreTariffs on woom Bikes
We are sorry to have to announce an unexpected price increase on woom bikes as a result of new tariffs charged by the UK government because we import them from Austria. This came as a nasty shock when we discovered it in the middle of January. The euphoria we felt after the Christmas Eve deal […]
Read MoreWhy Our Shop Is Still Closed To Customers
Whilst our physical shop in Hertfordshire has remained open for deliveries and despatches throughout lockdown, we took the decision to close it to other visitors. This remains the case. The shop is pretty small, especially when it is full of bicycles, so it is difficult to safely maintain the kind of social distancing with which […]
Read Morewoom Bikes Two Years On
woom Bikes Update We started selling woom’s range of lightweight children’s bikes in the summer of 2017 in a fairly limited way. We have, we’re pleased to say, expanded the range and sold a lot of woom bikes since then. The range spans one of the smallest and lightest balance bikes available through to top […]
Read MoreFrog Bike Sizes – First Pedal Bikes
How to understand Frog bike sizes and choose the right first bike Frog Bikes offer 2 sizes for a first pedal bike. To understand Frog bike sizes, you simply use the number of the pedal bike model. This number denotes the minimum inside leg measurement of the rider in centimetres. So the Frog 43 (the […]
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