A Strider PREBike lets the little kids rip it up on ramps and at skate parks and off road, totally in control, totally at their own speed.

When kids are having fun and engaging their brains in challenging activity, they are more likely to continue playing and being active.  This keeps them outside and off the TV/ video games.  We love seeing video of strong, healthy little kids outside tearing around on Striders!  Keep the videos coming!

This one is from Chase Brown:

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the Strider Running Bike offers some wonderful advantages. First of all, it’s very small; so very young children can start learning long before they would comfortably fit on even the smallest standard bikes. Also, the bike is so lightweight that young toddlers really don’t need much strength to push themselves along. Learning to balance is really the key activity. I also like the “stiffer” steering that comes standard with the bike. This makes is easier to handle. But as the bike is ridden more, the steering loosens up. Very ingenious!

You can read the complete review here.

“I have twin 3 year old boys and we just bought Striders for them about two weeks ago. It is the best money we have ever spent on them! These bikes have changed the way we spend our evenings and made exercise a part of every single day for all four of us. I have attached three fun videos. It is obviously not Christmas but I think it speak volumes about the excitement kids feel about your bikes that one of my boys made up a song “I got a new bike for Christmas!” just because he felt so much joy over getting it!

Thank you for this wonderful product, I recommend these bikes to everyone I know. I first saw them on The Good Stuff Guide recently…”

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Here are just a few of the comments submitted on our site and you can read more and become a fan on our Facebook page:

“We bought a Strider bike for our 2 year old son in october and 7 months later at 2 years and 10 months old he is now riding a two wheeled bike – no training wheels. He absolutely LOVED his Strider bike and it made it so easy for him to transition to the pedal bike. Thanks for such a great product.” – Alyson Miyose

“Hands down the best investment we have made on an item for our son. He was riding his by the time he was 18 months old. We were so happy that the bike fit him. He is now 3 1/2, the bike still fits him and he still loves to ride it! The transition to a pedal bike was seamless. We love this product and can’t say enough wonderful things about it! Thank you for creating such an incredible product! We can’t wait to pass it on to our youngest” – Amber Tjeerdsma

“I never write reviews but I couldn’t resist this one. I set out less than two months ago to buy my 2 1/2 year old son a bike (with training wheels). I discovered the Strider online and ordered it thinking that with the money back guarantee, we had nothing to lose. He’s been riding it for the last 6 weeks, not even every day. Three days ago we put him on a two wheel bike, no training wheels! Check out the video taken yesterday on his third day riding a “big boy bike”. Trey will be 2 years, 9 months old tomorrow. And he’s riding a bike with no training wheels! Amazing–thank you!”

“My daughter has a been a very happy rider of her Strider bike for the last year. Now, I am shopping to get her a pedal bike.

This makes me realize how grateful I am for Strider bikes and how I wish you offered a pedal bike also.

I am particularly put off my the different color schemes for “girls” and “boys” bikes, except the Strider, and even the differences in frames. I am the first to admit that girls and boys are often very different but at 3 years of age? Give me a break!

i will shoot myself before I let my daughter ride a pastel bike with white tires and a white chainguard. But I will have to settle for red, I guess, there are no purples or oranges in pedal bikes since I guess those are neither boy or girl colors.

Anyhow, thank you for not contributing to the madness.

-Mom of a happy rider of a lime green bike
(not a girl’s bike or a boy’s bike, but just a bike, for crying out loud)”

Joan Bartlett

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This year marks the tenth annual 5-O mountain bike race in the Black Hills.

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‘Teach Your Toddler To Ride’ This Father’s Day – And You’ll Both Remember the Experience a Lifetime

Toddlers across the country will mark Father’s Day by riding along with dad on their very first bike ride. The “Teach Your Toddler to Ride” association with Father’s Day is the brainchild of outdoor recreation enthusiast Ryan McFarland, father of two and founder of Strider Sports International, Inc.

Rapid City, SD June 15, 2010 — Father’s Day 2010 inaugurates the first annual “Teach Your Toddler To Ride” celebration, in which dads across the country will join their toddlers on their very first bike ride.

Successful dads and their kids are invited to post photos or videos of their father-son and father-daughter bike adventures at http://www.facebook.com/StriderPREbike. (Just click the “Like” button and then upload to share.)

The goal of the “Teach Your Toddler To Ride” national event is to cement the annual celebration of fatherhood into the lifetime memories of dads and kids alike. Along the path, families can establish an annual tradition of fun, active, outdoor father/child activities on this special day.

Few childhood events are as momentous as when a boy or girl is able to take control of a bike for the very first time. Almost all of us remember when and where we accomplished this early right of passage.

The “Teach Your Toddler to Ride” association with Father’s Day is the brainchild of outdoor recreation enthusiast Ryan McFarland, father of two and founder of Strider Sports International, Inc.

McFarland, whose training bike company receives dozens of testimonials each month from beaming fathers reporting on their toddlers’ first solo ride, reasoned that it makes perfect sense to facilitate and coordinate the joyous experience on behalf of dad’s all across the country.

“What did you do on Father’s Day 2005?” McFarland muses. “Most of us have no recollection.”

But, McFarland observes, ask proud Dads about their toddlers’ first time gliding off on a bike under their own power, and the fathers will surprise you with their clear recollections. Indeed, as McFarland well knows, YouTube is overflowing with home videos of cheering, crowing, whistling and clapping dads as their toddlers head off along their first sidewalk or bike trail.

Each year, thousands of American toddlers launch their first solo bike ride on McFarland’s Strider PREbike, a light-weight, pedal-free training bike that he invented to empower his then 2 ½ year old son, Bode, to ride along with him.

Strider PREbikes have become a quiet rage among parents of toddlers, as The Associated Press noted in a feature article earlier this month. What makes Strider PREbikes so popular is that they are durable, virtually maintenance free, and designed for the shorter leg-lengths and less-developed muscle power of toddlers. Many children are able to master the balance and coordination necessary to propel a Strider PREbike at 18 months of age!

“Why skip a Father’s Day family bike ride because you have toddlers or settle for towing your kids along in bike caddies when they can coast right along with you and your older children on their own PREbike?” McFarland asks.

McFarland says he personally has witnessed hundreds of toddlers setting off on their first family bicycle outing and he can’t really say who is more thrilled, the kids or their parents.

Most tots take to Strider PREbikes right out of the box. While some toddlers might move haltingly the first couple of days, usually within three or four days they are gliding along. One Strider PREbike enthusiast interviewed by The Associated Press, Phil Busching, described how his youngest son began on one of McFarland’s PREbikes when he was still 18 months old. “It was an immediate hit,” Busching said. “He was coasting it 30 feet within two weeks.”

Strider PREbikes are a breeze to assemble. They weigh only 7 pounds and are available directly from Strider Sports (http://www.stridersports.com/running-bikes/) as well as a nationwide network of dealers and bike shops.

If delighted Dads do get their toddlers started this Father’s Day on their first solo ride along, what will fathers do for an encore next year?

McFarland observes that children who develop the necessary balance and coordination skills on his PREbikes have demonstrated an amazing ability to transition to two-wheel pedal bikes at surprisingly early ages – well ahead of kids who rely initially on training wheels or tricycles.

“The formula is simple,” McFarland says. “It’s PREbike with your kids for Father’s Day 2010 and they’ll likely be ready to solo on a two-wheel pedal bike for Father’s Day 2011.”

In both instances, McFarland promises, the experience will be unforgettable and the start of a cherished new American family tradition.

Here’s the comment they sent in…

I am sure you have heard this before, but every parent should get one of these bikes for their kids . i have 4 kids under 5 years old. they started using the strider bikes as soon as their legs were long enough to touch the ground over the strider seat (around 18 months or so). they had the balance ride a pedal bike by the age of three because of the strider bike. they actually enjoy riding the strider more than the pedal bike up to about 5 (my oldest always grabs her pedal bike now before the strider). My 3 1/2 year old won;t let me go anywhere unless i have her strider bike and pedal bike in the car. she loves them both. awesome product. my 20 month old can coast 50 feet with her feet up on the strider already . she won;t let anyone ride “her” strider either .