The Best 26 Inch Bikes for 11 year olds to Teens

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Children’s bike sizes

As soon as children can walk, they will enjoy moving about on a Balance Bike (with small wheels and no pedals), a or on a 12 inch or 14 inch wheel pedal bike with stabilisers. Pedal bikes with stabilisers are great for teaching kids how to pedal and steer, whereas balance bikes help develop essential balancing skills early on and have become popular in recent years for helping early development.

For getting to school or for family outings on the bike, children are more easily carried in a child seat (up to about age 3) or trailer or tag-a-long (up to age 4/5) until they are able to safely ride a two-wheel bike.