I got this email from a customer last week and it made my day!

-Ryan

Hi! We purchased our Strider PREbike this week, and received it in the mail today. I just wanted to tell you our story and share a video with you.

Our son, Garrett, is 5 and he has a form of autism. We recently took him to buy his first bike. At the store, all of the display bikes had the training wheels set so that the bike rocked instead of all the way down and stable. Due to the sensory issues that go along with autism spectrum disorders, he FREAKED OUT! Needless to say, we didn’t end up getting a bike.

We came home and started shopping online for bikes, thinking that if we just got him one and set it up with the training wheels in the all-the-way-down position, he would be fine. During that process, we found balance bikes. After more research, we chose yours.

We got the bike today and got it put together just fine. We captured his VERY FIRST ride on video for you. Keep in mind that this is a kid that flipped the last time he straddled a bike seat and had a good chance of either failing at this or only succeeding after lots of work. Check out the smile on his face!! He even wiped out on the wet pavement and got back up and kept going. I imagine he’ll be ready to give his Strider to his 3-year-old sister sometime this summer when he upgrades.

I’m going to make sure to tell his doctors about our success with this. More parents with special needs kids should know.

Thank you for your product and for giving us another option, from the bottoms of our hearts

Ryan and Heidi Johnson

From the video description: G has a form of autism. When we went to buy him a two-wheeled bike, all the display models had the training wheels set so the bike rocked and a FLIPPED. After some research, this is what we chose as an alternative to training wheels. This was his first attempt at it. He’s already picking his feet up. He should be riding a pedal bike in no time. Oh, and after the spill, he was fine. He turned to sharp on wet pavement. Oh, well. It happens!