Mongoose Skid Bike, 16 Inch Bike for Kids Ages 3-7, BMX Style, Adjustable Seat Grows with Your Child, Mag Wheels, Training Wheels, Rear Coaster Brake, Training Bicycle for Kids

We got this for our almost 5 year old for Christmas and he loves it! I love the bright orange color and chrome wheels.

Bought in December 2019 for my 4 year old; he loved it! Transitioned to no training wheels and kept going. Passing it on to neighbor with a 5 year old; still in excellent shape after 5 years!

We started off with the training wheels attached, and that definitely helped him get used to the bike. The training wheels don't have a lot of adjustment, so they kind of just go on at the height designed, which means these training wheels are only a couple of inches off the ground. That's OK if your kid really doesn't have good balance, but you'll quickly realize that these are a hindrance in their ability to progress (the training wheels are touching constantly).Fast forward a couple of months, and it was time to take the training wheels off. The bike is a 300% better product now, and rides great. My son zooms around on this bad boy all afternoon with his buddies. Without those training wheels it rides so much better - they were creating so much drag.The bike doesn't come with a kickstand, which I think is a huge miss. Once the training wheels come off, it just gets laid down on the ground with not in use. I searched online for the replacement part from Mongoose, no such thing. Mongoose doesn't even sell the kickstand.When searching for kickstands, there are lots of newer age versions that attach to the rear frame, but I wanted a classic center mount (which this bike is setup for). It was hard to find one, but I finally did. I shouldn't have had to spend another $20 for the kickstand given the price of this bike.

File this one under "you get what you pay for". The quality of this bicycle is shockingly poor. The wheel hubs are the cheapest plastic, they're not even close to being true and they barely spin on their bearings. This doesn't even fulfil the basic requirements for a bicycle and I wasn't about to let my son ride it.

Great birthday gift

Got this bike for my 5 yr old. Everything seemed to work well at first until my son one day said his back hurt and couldn't pedal the bike anymore. We thought this was very strange but we stopped the bike ride and i rode home to get my truck and go pick them up. When I got the bike home i decided to inspect the bike and the wheels didn't want to spin. I was a little puzzled, checked the brake, checked to see if the nuts were too tight and everything looked good but still wouldn't roll right. So i took the tires off and checked the bearings and come to find out there was no grease on the bearings. Greased them up and put them back together and everything worked fine after that but everyone check the bearings before you put it together and save your little ones back and legs. Just a heads up

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Got this for my 5yo for his birthday. Orange bikes are hard to find- which is his favorite color. It was easy to put together. He loves it!!