where in Dublin stock balance bikes (for small kids)?

joker77

We're looking at getting some kind of push-along or pre-balance bike for the nipper for his 1st birthday - just wondering where in Dublin stocks these?

Have been looking at the Puky stuff like this or this, and I know there's an Irish site, but would really need a shop to try them out

ThisRegard

Cycle Superstore now stock (or did last time I looked around the kids section) some Rebel Kidz bikes. We got one from Chain Reaction last year and it's pretty cool

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/SearchResults.aspx?Search=rebel+kidz

doozerie

Nimble Fingers in Stillorgan (across the road from, and on the N11 side of, the shopping centre) sell the Strider brand of balance bike. It's a great shop for kids stuff generally actually, it's hard not to come out of there with something or other. We bought a Scuttlebug (3-wheeler which folds up) for our daughter in there for her 2nd birthday which she loved and she still uses it a year later.

AltAccount

Try dutchbikeshop.ie too, they're in Marlay Park every Saturday if you want to test drive.

seven stars

We got our lad a nice looking wooden balance bike for about €80 (can't remember where), but the wheels eventually developed problems and more or less fell apart. Overuse I reckon - the youngster was mad about it. We didn't fancy forking out the same again, so we took a chance on this little yoke in Tesco, which was about €20 as I recall. Unbelievable value. Great little thing, and he still flies around on it even though he's been on a proper bike for over a year now.

Andy-Pandy

Ive seen them in fitzcycles in Stillorgan as well

joemc99

www.striderbikes.ie, its my neighbours business....great little bikes, probably the best balance bikes. I had a wodden one for my daughter, but this is much better. Bablance bikes are great, 1 year on the balance bike and my daughter is no riding a pedal bike, at 3.5 years.

lochdara

here are some

http://www.toys.ie/Search3/Shop_Product_Search.aspx?Profile=Euro&query=balance%20bike

JMcL

Recently got this one from Decathlon, and find it excellent. Super value at £30. Our eldest girl is flying on it, and will probably be graduating come birthday time. It has a brake as well, which not many balance bike do. Not in Dublin I know so you can't try it, but they do deliver.