{"id":897,"date":"2009-12-05T16:33:16","date_gmt":"2009-12-06T00:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rockgrrl.com\/blog\/?p=897"},"modified":"2010-05-19T20:26:24","modified_gmt":"2010-05-20T04:26:24","slug":"start-em-young-mountain-biking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rockgrrl.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/start-em-young-mountain-biking\/","title":{"rendered":"Start ’em Young – Mountain Biking?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ok, not exactly mountain biking, but a bike that can get kids biking a bit earlier than when I started (I think I started around 7).<\/p>\n

I went to an art show curated by a friend of mine the other day and the subject of kids and outdoor activities came up, apparently she’s got her 4 year old already biking and she told me how it was all because of a German neighbor friend she had. This neighbor taught her kid to ride a bike by first introducing them to a pedal-less bike on which the kid could learn balance without training wheels. After the kid got the balance and steering down they graduated to a full fledged regular bike, completely skipping training wheels.<\/p>\n

At that point the neighbor passed on the bike to my friend.<\/p>\n

So I happened to look at the REI catalog today and saw the very bike my friend told me about, it’s called a Skuut and it’s made out of wood! I thought maybe my sister might be interested in one since my nieces are 2 years old and according to the catalog the bike is for kids ages 1.5 – 3 years old “who need to learn the balance, steering and coordination necessary for bike riding”.<\/p>\n

Here’s a pic with my REI referral link (click the picture to get to more information and the REI buy page):
\n\"Skuut<\/a>\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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