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

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.

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.

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.

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.