My kid didnt have a balance bike and learned to ride a 2 wheeler in about 10 mins when she was 4. You Woom people are crazy ( or made of money)

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Anonymous wrote:My 4 year old literally learned to pedal bike in one minute on Christmas morning with the Woom3. We showed him how to squeeze the hand brakes, adjusted the seat height, and he pushed off...and stayed up. He had a couple of wobbles in the first minute but was solidly balanced after that (that’s after a couple of years with a Strider bike). I consider the WOOM a magic bike, seriously.

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I don't think it's the WOOM that's magic..... It would be magic if a kid could learn in one minute after no prior bike experience. The key is getting your kid really comfortable on a balance bike then transitioning to a bike that fits right and is easy to handle. Both our kids learned how to ride a pedal bike in less than five minutes after mastering a balance bike. And we did not get them a WOOM. Their first pedal bike was from a company called ByK. Check them out. They still aren't cheap, but I think a lower price point than WOOM.

Anonymous wrote:My 4 year old literally learned to pedal bike in one minute on Christmas morning with the Woom3. We showed him how to squeeze the hand brakes, adjusted the seat height, and he pushed off...and stayed up. He had a couple of wobbles in the first minute but was solidly balanced after that (that’s after a couple of years with a Strider bike). I consider the WOOM a magic bike, seriously.

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My 4 year old literally learned to pedal bike in one minute on Christmas morning with the Woom3. We showed him how to squeeze the hand brakes, adjusted the seat height, and he pushed off...and stayed up. He had a couple of wobbles in the first minute but was solidly balanced after that (that’s after a couple of years with a Strider bike). I consider the WOOM a magic bike, seriously.

Anonymous wrote:My 3.5yo is a rocket on his balance bike and really wants a pedal bike for Christmas. He is tall, though, which means he’s either near the top of the height for the Woom2 or at the very bottom for Woom3. Has anyone had a kid learn to pedal on the Woom 3? I don’t want to spend $400 on a bike with relatively short lifespan, but also don’t want to set him up for failure on a bike that may be too difficult (with hand brakes, etc) for him.

I'm not sure I understand your question - the Woom 2 has hand brakes. 3.5 is fine - my girls (twins) had just turned 4 and it took them six days to move from a balance bike to riding around at full speed on the Woom with no issues.

We got the Woom 2 for our then four year old girls for their birthday and now we're trading up for the Woom 4 and signed up for their upcycle program. You send the old bikes back and get 40% of the purchase price of those back. We couldn't be happier with the Woom 2 and even though they're expensive I can't see us getting them a different bike.

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Anonymous wrote:The woom is crazy expensive. There are plenty of bikes that don't have just hand brakes that don't cost that much.
I loved the look of the woom until I saw how much it was.

It’s not just that it has hand brakes. It is the lightest kids bike out there, had a lower center of gravity, and has a skinnier profile for the pedals, which makes it substantially easier for a very small child to balance. The hand brakes are also designed for very small hands, whereas many other bikes just put on regular adult sized hand brakes.

So, I need to sell the Woom3 in order to have $$ to get the Woom4. Anyone want to prove its resale value to me?

People are looking for Wooms all the time on the DC family biking facebook group. Try selling it for 50-70% of value.

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Anonymous wrote:The woom is crazy expensive. There are plenty of bikes that don't have just hand brakes that don't cost that much.
I loved the look of the woom until I saw how much it was.

It’s not just that it has hand brakes. It is the lightest kids bike out there, had a lower center of gravity, and has a skinnier profile for the pedals, which makes it substantially easier for a very small child to balance. The hand brakes are also designed for very small hands, whereas many other bikes just put on regular adult sized hand brakes.

So, I need to sell the Woom3 in order to have $$ to get the Woom4. Anyone want to prove its resale value to me?

Don't they have a buy back program where you can get a credit to the next size up, or something like that? Worth looking into...

Anonymous wrote:The woom is crazy expensive. There are plenty of bikes that don't have just hand brakes that don't cost that much.
I loved the look of the woom until I saw how much it was.

It’s not just that it has hand brakes. It is the lightest kids bike out there, had a lower center of gravity, and has a skinnier profile for the pedals, which makes it substantially easier for a very small child to balance. The hand brakes are also designed for very small hands, whereas many other bikes just put on regular adult sized hand brakes.

So, I need to sell the Woom3 in order to have $$ to get the Woom4. Anyone want to prove its resale value to me?

Just get him a 16 inch bike without training wheels.

The woom is crazy expensive. There are plenty of bikes that don't have just hand brakes that don't cost that much.
I loved the look of the woom until I saw how much it was.

My oldest learned on a Woom 3 when he was 4yo. He’s getting the Woom 4 for his 6th birthday next month. (shhhh!)

I absolutely loved the Woom3 for our 4 year old. He had no problem with the hand brakes and started riding immediately after a couple of years on the balance bike. We still have it at 6 now and are ready to get the next one up. It was a huge splurge but totally worth it to have him be pedaling immediately on a Christmas morning.

We have a woom 3. My 4 year old was at the very bottom of the height range as well when we bought it, and she's had no issues with it. She literally just started pedaling away from us. Now, we do have to remind her to brake instead of dragging her feet, but i really do believe coaster brakes inhibit her ability to balance.

My 3.5yo is a rocket on his balance bike and really wants a pedal bike for Christmas. He is tall, though, which means he’s either near the top of the height for the Woom2 or at the very bottom for Woom3. Has anyone had a kid learn to pedal on the Woom 3? I don’t want to spend $400 on a bike with relatively short lifespan, but also don’t want to set him up for failure on a bike that may be too difficult (with hand brakes, etc) for him.