Is the Woom bike worth it?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This would be for a 2nd grader who is outgrowing his heavy Walmart bike. I'm a weakling and the idea of a lighter bike for transport is appealing to me. Is the Woom 5 worth it in your opinion? The other I'm looking at is Guardian. I have not seen either in person.

Get that kid some steak and muscles. Poor kid.
And no, at that age stick to cheapo used garage sale or pawn shop bikes, not even fancy new WalMart bikes.

I've looked at used near me and Marketplace, but people still want $150-250 for a bike. And not knowing anything at all about bikes I'm wary that we'll take it based on a short test drive and then a week later have the brakes stop working or find out the chain is messed up. And then we'll have to put more money into repairs (which can cost a lot). At that point, I would rather we'd have just bought a new $300-400 bike.

A new $300-400 bike is one thing, but Woom bikes that will fit a second grader are going to be $650-900. Seriously overpriced. Go to your local bike shop and look at Trek and Specialized kids bikes- you’ll find bikes in the $400 range and they’ll be available to perform maintenance on the bike as needed.

[Anonymous]

My autistic son learned to ride at 5. He couldn’t with a Huffy and it is just so much lighter and I definitely recommend getting a Woom for kids who struggle with riding.

[Anonymous]

REI shops have some in person.

Woom was worth it for my then 3 year old who wanted pedals, as there was nothing else small enough.

They are nice bikes, and now that he’s mastered riding on a woom, it’s gonna be hard to match that with a cheaper bike.

I’ve heard good things about guardian & the Rei brand ones too.

[Anonymous]

Woom is absolutely worth it.

[Anonymous]

My kids love their Woom bikes. No regrets there. Except once they were big enough for a Woom 6 they preferred the Trek FX3 which is a sportier, terrific all around adult bike. I even ride it myself.

[Anonymous]

We have three kids so we buy them and hand them down. They’ve been very good for our oldest who has adhd and some motor planning challenges. He learned to ride a woom bike -no training wheels - at 4!