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Strider Shipped to Italy for Family Vacation

Ryan McFarland — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:12:25 +0000

Here’s one from our emails:

Nate in Alta Badia

Hi:

We don’t normally take the time to write testimonies, but my son has had so much fun with your Strider bike that we shipped it to Italy for our summer vacation, and it was the hit of the trip. We thought you would want to know that all the Italian kids watched with envy as my 3 year old rode through the streets of Florence, the hill towns of Toscany, and kids and adults alike were impressed as we rode the trails and gondolas in Alta Badia in the Italian Alps.

Also, you should know that we called once, shortly after we got the bike, to say that there was a bearing problem with the front wheel, and to our surprize someone answered the phone (on a weekend) and we had a new wheel shipped in a couple days without the hassles and paperwork you would normally expect.

Thanks,

Adam, Wendy and Nate

Learning to Balance on a Strider PREbike

Ryan McFarland — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:58:02 +0000

“Just wanted to send you this little video of my daughter who is not even 2 1/2. She loves this strider bike and learned to ride it on the first day she tried it. We originally bought it for my son when he was three and he only used it a month and learned how to ride a big boys bike. Even though he learned how to ride a big boys bike he still continued to use the strider. Now with my daughter using it, I am so excited that she feels like a big girl now! Thanks for such a wonderful product and great learning tool!”

-Jody Froeschle

Strider Riders… it’s Arena Cross time!

Ryan McFarland — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:37:30 +0000

This Saturday night is another Black Hills Arena Racing indoor motocross night at the Fairgrounds Event Center in Rapid City, SD. Come in through the doors on the east side. Doors open at 5:45pm. Strider riders take to the track immediately and can ride until motorcycle racing starts at 6:30pm.… There will be a free pass at the front door for any parent/adult with an accompanying Strider/Rider… one pass per rider. Come have some fun, eat some concession stand junk food and stay for some good race action. God Bless America!

Check out our latest video about the Strider / Motocross crossover…

Strider helps with Monster Energy Supercross Breast Cancer Fundraiser

Ryan McFarland — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:50:02 +0000

Strider PREbikes had a great opportunity to help raise funds for Breast Cancer Research. The recent Anaheim 3 Monster Energy Supercross race in California was awash in PINK as industry folks helped to generate money for this worthy cause.

anaheim supercross pit party

The fundraising effort was spearheaded by Shasta Johnson (the wife of a high school buddy of mine). She has experienced this terrible disease like few others… she lost her 29 years old sister to it and was also diagnosed herself. She battled and won… a cancer survivor! She now devotes significant effort to education and fund-raising. Visit her website at www.teamshasta.org. Here are photos from the Pit Party outside the arena… notice the Pink Strider PREbikes hanging from the tents. Visit Ebay and bid to win one of these special bikes autographed by Supercross Champion, Chad Reed … all funds go toward the cause. For more photos, videos, and information about this Supercross event, visit www.supercrossonline.com.

Poor, tricycle-less children missing out on fun… NOT!

Ryan McFarland — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:05:27 +0000

Check out these little kids, some only 20 months old, riding all sorts of fun, challenging terrain and having a ball! Their minds are engaged. Their whole bodies are involved. They’re getting great exercise and building muscle strength and gross motor skills… There are no lethargic, obese kids in Striderville!

Strider PREbikes to hit the MX track this Saturday night!

Ryan McFarland — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:59:05 +0000

It’s that time again… this Saturday night is another Black Hills Arena Racing motocross event at the Central State Fairground indoor event center and Strider riders are again invited to be pre-race entertainment. Doors open at 5:45pm and Strider riders can tear up the track until the first race starts at 6:30. There will be a free pass at the door for any parent/guardian bringing a Strider rider… riders get in free.

If you haven’t seen the video from the previous event yet, check this out… http://www.stridersports.com/blog/strider-prebikes-take-to-the-motocross-track/

We hope to see you at the track!

Ryan

PS… stay and cheer for Bode McFarland (the original Strider rider), now racing in the PeeWee 4-6 class. He’s riding the #85 KTM… and currently the points leader!

:-)

STRIDER(TM) PREbikes make the February issue of Dirt Rider magazine!

Ryan McFarland — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:06:22 +0000

This was a fun surprise for us… first phone call of the day was a dad wanting to order a Strider for his little boy and saying that he saw it in Dirt Rider magazine. We had no idea that the Strider would be in the Gear Bag section of the magazine. Later that day our subscription issue showed up at the shop, so we raced through it to find this…

Strider PREbikes featured in Dirt Rider magazine Feb. 2010 issue

Thanks Dirt Rider… you said it perfectly… if it’s got training wheels its not a two-wheeler!