Posts Tagged ‘prebike’
Monday, September 19th, 2011
Strider had a great time at this years Interbike show in Las Vegas! As part of the fun there were some epic adult races that took place during the demo days.
Each rider donated $5 to
IMBA for the opportunity to race. Strider added $45 for each racer to bring the total IMBA donation to
$450.
Moto 1:
1st – Greg Peters
2nd – Josh Tonnissen
3rd – Jason Reser
Moto 2:
1st – Blake Peters
2nd – Gene Oberpriller
3rd – Marty Sanders
Moto 3:
1st – Greg Swartz
2nd – Christa Zielke
3rd – Laura Drexler
Main Event:
1st – Blake Peters
2nd – Greg Peters
3rd – Gene Oberpriller
4th – Josh Tonnissen
5th – Greg Swartz
6th – Christa Zielke
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Tags: Adult races, IMBA, interbike, Las Vegas, prebike, Pump Track, strider
Posted in Adventure Striding, News and Information | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
Strider World Cup – Laguna Seca – July 24th
Pre-Registration DEADLINE:
Friday July 22nd at 8AM MST!!
Hurry!! First 50 Pre-Registrants Receive
2 FREE Sunday General Admission
MotoGP Tickets!! ($100 Value)
Tags: balance bike, early childhood development, Laguna Seca, learning to ride a bike, Mazda Raceway, NBL, pee wee motocross, prebike, running bike, strider prebike, Strider World Cup, toddler bike
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Monday, July 18th, 2011
Striders are being propelled by little legs all over the world! It is always fun to get notes from Strider dealers in parts of the world far away from Striderville. Some dealers have more hurdles to jump over than others…here’s a great story of last minute success in South Africa!
“It was a heroic effort but we pulled it off in the last hour despite so many hurdles. After discovering Friday (the 24th) afternoon that our lost 3 boxes containing two Striders and accessories were located and waiting for us at the post office, we rushed to book one of the last small booths for the large annual Harare fair on Sunday. Friday night was spent throwing together a video but the main workday was Saturday: off to the fabric shop in the morning to get anything colorful to decorate the booth with.
Came back home ONLY to find out the electricity was switched off – a practice called “load shedding” by our government in efforts to save electricity. No power to work on rest of video or flyers, so got mom-in-law and my two girls together to help paint a plain white tablecloth into a ‘checker-flag’ style. The power FINALLY came back at 8PM!! Scrambled to finish the video and whipped together a flyer design and printed 500. Managed to print some Strider circle logos to pin around the fabric when…we ran out of printer ink at midnight. No time to design posters nor ink to print them, so we cut the boxes, edged them with black electrician’s tape and...instant posters!
Up at 6am Sunday to load the truck and get to fair to set up before gates opened to public at 9am. Had more challenges with the electricity: there was none supplied by the fair organizers so we got a friend to bring an invertor and car battery and Dave MacGyver’d some power up to the computer to play on 3 screens. Huge victory when it worked! This video was the crowd generator as soon as the music started pumping. Tons of people crowding around to view the Strider in action…our 2 girls were stars, handing out flyers to all the families walking by and roping them in to see the Strider up close.”
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Tags: balance bike, early childhood development, learning to ride a bike, prebike, South Africa, strider prebike, toddler bike
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Thursday, June 30th, 2011
The Strider chatter has begun over at www.StriderLife.com! Have you joined in on the conversation yet? The forums are heating up, Strider TV is filling up with fun media, and the Events calendar is growing with Strider events for July and August!
For all of our faithful blog readers who aren’t signed up for our newsletter yet (send an email to ssblog@stridersports.com to get on the newsletter list) there is also a contest for contributors to win a free Strider handlebar pad to snazz up your child’s bike! Read here to find out more…Stride On!
Share your Strider success stories, photos, video and interact with other Strider enthusiasts at our newest centralized social media outlet www.StriderLife.com! Join the Strider conversation on our Facebook wall!
Tags: balance bike, early childhood development, first bike, International, Japan, learning to ride a bike, NBL, prebike, running bike, strider, strider prebike, Strider World Cup, StriderLife, toddler bike
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Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
If you understand that formula you can quit reading now…If you looked at that formula and scratched your head like we did then keep reading!
There is an old maxim in the biking world; “A pound off the wheels = 2 pounds off the frame”. This is due in large part to the rotational weight of the tires and wheels and is especially important for the littlest riders. Weighing in at 1 lb 14.7 ounces for the pair, the Strider Ultralight wheels with durable EVA Poylmer tires on a Strider are the perfect combination of light weight, no hassle and long lasting.
When the EVA Polymer and plastic wheel is swapped out for metal rims and pneumatic tires the weight gain is almost double. This makes it harder to start and stop. The philosophy at Strider, since the beginning, has been to get the bike down to bare bones! Focus on balance and FUN! Older Strider riders will get used to the weight difference and will love having knobby tires, but for the littlest Strider rider EVA is the way to go!
What Fog? We didn't even notice! Off-roading on EVA!
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Tags: balance bike, early childhood development, EVA Polymer, Facebook, first bike, learning to ride a bike, Physics, prebike, Rotational Weight, strider, strider prebike, StriderLife
Posted in PREbike Science | No Comments »
Saturday, June 25th, 2011
Mamy nadzieję, masz wielki Striderday!
We hope that you are having a great Striderday. Hopefully (depending on when you’re reading this) you’ve already spent most of the day outside or you are getting all of your gear together to head outside for some fun!
We found this really fun “old school” video on YouTube that we thought would be a great way to start or end your day. We’re pretty sure that there was some digital manipulation to this, but we can’t be %100 positive.
Join the Strider conversation on our Facebook wall! Head over to our new/centralized social media site (www.StriderLife.com) and let us know your Strider success stories or upload videos, photos and more!
Tags: balance bike, early childhood development, Facebook, first bike, learning to ride a bike, Old School, Poland, prebike, running bike, strider prebike, StriderDay, toddler bike
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Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Custom Strider modifications have really taken off in Japan. Today’s blog entry is a video that one of the “Team No Pedals” parents made showing how to put on a stem and handlebar combo that will make your Strider rider feel cooler than they already do!
This can be completed at home with some relatively simple additions of a: head tube shim, an expander plug, a top cap, a stem (the shorter the better) and handlebars (not too wide!), which you should be able to pick up at your local bike shop.
This is also a great way to ensure that your child’s Strider doesn’t get confused with anybody else’s when you’re out on the town or having an impromptu Strider M.O.B. session at the local dirt park!
Strider Sports International is expanding it’s social media reach! We’ve recently started www.StriderLife.com as a way to connect with fans, Strider Riders and parents at a deeper level. Continue to “like us” and interact with us on Facebook, but head over to Strider Life (bookmark it) and join in the ongoing conversation there!
Tags: balance bike, early childhood development, Facebook, first bike, modifications, prebike, running bike, Strider Japan, strider prebike, StriderLife
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Monday, June 20th, 2011
We’ve been getting a lot of questions lately concerning the different levels of skill for riders. When my daughter first got her Strider as an 18 month old she mostly spun the wheels with the bike laying on the ground. At the time I kept wondering if she would ever ride it. When she did straddle the Strider most of her time was spent walking with her butt off the seat.
Nine months later I can barely believe how competent she has become. She wants to ride ALL the time and when there are other Strider riders around she is cruising right along with them. She’s still working on balancing with her feet off the ground for extended distances, but now I know that it is the next step in her Strider progression and it will happen soon enough!
Here is a great video that comes out of Germany where the generic term for balance bike is ‘laufrad’. We like this video because it shows an 18 month old Strider rider taking his first steps with his new Green Strider. Hopefully this video will give you an idea of the beginning process on a Strider. Good luck and happy Striding!
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Tags: balance bike, early childhood development, Facebook, first bike, Germany, International, laufrad, learning to ride a bike, prebike, running bike, strider prebike, toddler
Posted in Around the World, PREbike Science | No Comments »
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Babble Best “Big Bike” Preparation goes to….(drum roll)…Strider! Of course if we had put the article together we would have been best pick in all the catagories! If you get a chance drop by and give a thumbs up “I like this” on the Strider PREbike entry.
Best "Big Bike" Preparation...and Sooo Much More!
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Tags: Babble, early childhood development, first bike, learning to ride a bike, prebike, running bike, strider prebike, toddler bike, training wheels, tricycles
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Strider Sports International, Inc. is growing again! We started with a simple website to showcase our product in 2007. We started adding ‘Social Networks‘ shortly thereafter…YouTube, Flickr followed by Facebook and Twitter.
The next large piece of the Strider puzzle was Strider Cup with all the usual social network sites for that as well! YouTube, Flickr, Facebook and Twitter are all alive and kicking for StriderCup as well.
These are all great ways to connect with the growing numbers of Strider fans all over the world. Strider Life will be a central meeting place for families to talk about their Strider success stories, Share videos, post photos and ask questions. It will also be a great place to connect with other Strider riders/parents in your area and get together for group rides!
Go on over, check it out and let us know what you think.
- StriderLife: A Central Repository For All Things Strider!
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Tags: balance bike, early childhood development, Facebook, first bike, Forums, learning to ride a bike, prebike, running bike, strider prebike, StriderLife, toddler bike
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