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I've had this unicycle for almost 2 months now.

I got it as my first unicycle, and it was great to learn on. Assembly was easy.

While learning, the only problem I had was if I had a significant fall and the seat hit the ground, it would get knocked out of alignment, even if the seatpost clamp was very tight. This could be solved by having a double bolt clamp, but it was more of an annoyance than a real issue.

Later on, one of the cranks became squeaky and loose. I solved this by taking it off (you'd need a crank extractor tool), greasing the axle, and putting the crank back on VERY tight. It hasn't come loose yet, but if it does I might use loctite.

The saddle is okay as long as you don't do any really long rides, if you really want comfort you'll need a better saddle.

The tire tread doesn't last very long, but 24" tires are pretty cheap.

Overall, I am satisfied with this unicycle given the very low price I paid for it. The problems I mentioned are easily fixable, and hopefully the makers of Avenir will take note of them for the next unicycles they make. If you want a first unicycle or just want a beater, this thing's a good bargain.

Update 3/21/12: I've stored the unicycle outside under shelter for about 2 months now, and the rim's gotten super rusty! Still rides fine but I'm amazed at how fast it rusted and I'm nowhere near saltwater. You get what you pay for I guess.

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No instructions in bag, but that was not a significant problem due to its simplicity. The tire would not hold air out of the box, so i had to fix the valve stem. As soon as i tightened the seat down enough that the seat would not slip down when sit upon, the bolt stripped out. Could have been a major problem had i not had access to a metal saw. Afterwards i had to buy a replacement bolt at the hardware store. One pedal crank continually comes loose and i have yet to find a solution. I would not recommend this product.

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Got this for my husband as a fun new toy. No put-together instructions, but pretty self-explanatory. Husband is 5'9" and it just fits him, so consider the smaller size if you are shorter than that (or if, say, you are going to share the experience of learning to ride with your nephew). Have Fun!

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(Some background: I used to ride a unicycle in my now long distant youth, and recently on a whim thought I'd get one again. I'm about 6' & 180lbs/80kg.)

So, I ordered the Avenir 24", assembled it, and rode it for literally about two minutes. I rolled into a hover and after about fifteen seconds the hub sheared such that the pedal axle spins inside the hub.

The overall build quality seems reasonably OK, probably on the skimpy side but for $80 I'd let that pass. But, I definitely cannot let the hub design pass: it's some kind of pressed/bonded arrangement and as a main load bearing point it's asking for problems. Reluctantly, since I'll have to spend more money most likely, I opted for a refund since I can't imagine this build quality resulting in anything other than disappointment.

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As a beginner, I purchased the Avenir 24" bike to get started. It arrived in a few days, assembly was easy and the quality of the parts seemed good for the price ($79.99). I watched some you-tube videos on how to ride and started practicing with the basic balancing. Within a couple of hours (over the course of a few days) the crankset spool twisted off the wheel hubs. It appears the spool/crank assembly is press fit with the hubs. It could be repaired by welding the assembly. I almost did that but since it was new I returned it and received a new one, Amazon return service was excellent. I assembled it, and within an hour or so the same failure occurred. this time I will get a refund and go for a SUN or something different. One note, I am 6'3" and 220lbs. Maybe this was made for little people. However these things should be able to handle it. I've seen people riding with someone on their shoulders or flipping through the air (just you-tube)so my pedaling four or five feet should be okay. Also I am not going to give up learning how to ride (I'm 58 years old)and I'll find the bike for me and do a review at that time.

Cheers,

Wags

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Our daughter's always been tall & thin for her age. She received this ride-on just before she turned 1. She could take steps on her own but was not yet walking. She immediately loved this ride-on. She has enjoyed it for the last 2 years. She is currently 38 mo., 30 lbs., 38.5 inches tall. She still rides the bike with ease and enjoys it in the house. She pedals her Kettrike outside just fine and has done so for at least 8 months. THIS is a SUPER durable, cute, functional, fun, long-lasting ride-on with great value for the money. It turns with ease and rolls well over area rugs. We have found it goes fastest on hard floors, but is ok on carpet as well. FUN, FUN ride-on!

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I bought this trike as a replacement after a plastic trike broke. My daughter LOVES it. It's really sturdy, well built, and fun. She is 2 now and has just as much fun riding it as she did when she was 1. Even my 5 year old rides it around the house and it holds her as well. It is so much better than the other "classic trike" they have with the high handle bars...that one tips over and falls apart. Get this one for sure. It's worth EVERY penny!

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This was a gift from my inlaws for my 1 1/2 year old son at Christmas. We had bought a similar sized plastic trike made by another company for Christmas. My son rode both and ended up riding the Radio Flyer almost exclusively. The other trike sat there for a few months. Occassionaly, my son would get on the plastic one, ride for a few seconds, and then get on the Radio Flyer. I finally put the plastic trike in the closet. Once, when he was too rough on the trike, the little red retaining hub popped off and he couldn't ride it. I couldn't find the hub so I retrieved the plastic trike from the closet for him to use and began looking for the missing piece. After a week, I found the piece and reattached it with a good whack with a mallet. When I showed the repaired bike to my son he went over to the plastic one (he is now 2), grabbed the handle bars, said "Here," and got on the Radio Flyer. He loves to ride it around the house and on the back porch and side walk. The wheels roll more easily over a variety of surfaces, the seat is fairly comfortable, and it is very light weight. We love this product!

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The Quality of the trike is excellent. How ever it is real small.

I bought this for my son how was 1 year old and loves it. I say it's small because he can barely ride it. His legs are always totally bent and he cannot make a descent stride due to rear wheels always hits the back of his shoe. It kinda looks like he's squating to ride. I only reccomend this product if your child is very small or you dont plan on using it for a long period (more than 6 months) due to size. This is a very excellent product just wish they would build one alot bigger. I hope your child will enjoy this as much as mine has. Thank you

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This toy was a gift from my father for my son's first birthday and he could have cared less. At about 18 months, he started to pay good attention to the toy, and by 20 months, we have had to re-tighten the screws from all of the use! He glides down the hall and across the family room. The rubber wheels haven't left a mark on our hardwoods! The wood has cracked in under the handlebars, but doesn't seem to affect the over all performance. I say this thing would be better for 2 year olds and maybe just a few months before, but not a good 1st birthday gift.

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This tire lever is made of steel and has a practical spoke latch. It reminds me of the one I hade 35 years ago. I Ike having three in the bag even though two are often all that are needed.

The only draw back is that they are heavier than the plastic ones. I have never had a steel lever break or heard of one breaking. Some plastic levers come with steel cores and are much cheaper. I have a set. I think it great to have at home.

I am not in a hurry, the bikes I ride are made of steel. If going light is super important these may seem heavy.

When on the road I want the ones I can trust. I know that these will work.

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Cheap Kenda Kiniption 26x2.3 Black/Black Wire Tire

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This type of steel beaded tire is not to be folded for any reason because of the potential of breakage of the wire ,visible or not visible, from inside the rubber rim of the tire. Kenda confirmed that this tire should not be folded, and that they ship these tires flat to business owners (for sale to the public). The tires shipped to me from Xtreme Bike & Sports were shipped to me folded up which caused permanent damage to the wires inside the tires. The owner of Xtreme Bike & Sports refused to accept responsibility that their shipping practices can or will cause damage to this tire and the potential of causing serious physical injury to an unsuspecting customer from a blowout or immediate flat tire while riding along heavy car traffic or crossing streets on a regular bike or electric bike at a faster speed. All other sellers to their customers should heed this warning as a matter of public safety. I will not do business again with the seller mentioned above for knowingly failing or refusing to accept responsibility for selling damaged tires and its unreasonable shipping practices, including refusing to issue a return shipping label or refund or replacement. It should be noted that the Kenda tire in and of itself is a good tire for any bike, especially an electric bike (which requires a steel beaded tire for safety purposes), so this complaint is not against Kenda, rather an advisement to not use it if it has previously been folded.

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I am very happy with these tires. These were/are the highest pressure,(mine say 80 PSI) fattest tires I could find. They look awesome and they perform great. Very low rolling resistance and tough enough for urban assault. I have 2 sets of disc wheels for my mountain bike with the same cassette on each rear wheel. I just switch from my dirt wheels to my street wheels and go.....

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bought these for my little nieces hopeing they would like them as little hair bonnets i guess. now my little girls look like thugs. look at the size and dimensions. i have learned.

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Very cheap. I dont know what else to say about this. nit a good product at all. dont buy it.

Buy Strider ST-3 KTM Balance Bike

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Anyone looking into a stride bike knows the value of them developmentally for their children. My son is no exception and is doing phenomenally on the bike. The concept of a stride bike is not in question here as any pedal-less bike like this is in business to take advantage of this fact. the issue is this particular bike's construction. For the most part it is great and works like you'd expect. My one ISSUE with the Strider Bike design is the handlebar mount. As you can see in the photo, it is secured with a quick release style clamp so you can raise and lower it to fit your kid. The problem is that the developing rider is going to take an occasional tumble and if he/she goes down on the handlebars (which happens 87% of the time with my son), they get skewed and no longer line up with the front wheel. Sure it is a relatively easy fix, but still is a pain and a design flaw. I have the quick release clamp tightened so it is scoring the metal and scraping the paint off so this is not an issue with owner incompetence either.

All things considered, it still is a good bike. If I had to do it all over again, however, I would have researched other companies instead of buying on name recognition alone.

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This was super easy to put together and my baby loves riding it! I would recommend this balance bike to anyone. It's very lightweight and durable. My 4 and 6 year old mess around on it too and use it like a scooter. Great buy.

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This bike is just what we wanted. It is a very cool color, easy to assemble, light and well made.

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I'm a frugal guy and often get the generic brand of things but we got the Strider brand bike for our daughter. I thought about just buying her a pedal bike and stripping down the cranks and chain. We also looked into some of the balance bikes that were half the price of this one but ended up going with Strider because it has a number of advantages.

A) Weight: They all weigh almost nothing when picked up by an adult, but a toddler learning the basic mechanics of balancing on two wheels and steering weight is everything. The lack of weight allows them to focus on riding and not on muscling the bike back upright when it starts teetering to the side. It just simply gives them confidence.

B) Height Adjustment: This model has a quick release seat post clamp which makes it super easy to adjust the height of the saddle. The saddle also goes way way down (or you can completely remove it at first, see below). It also has an adjustable steerer tube to change the height of the handlebar (also a quick release clamp).

C) Foam tires: No tubes, no flats, no need to add air. It's always ready to go.

D) Retains value: We looked around for a long time locally to find a used Strider. The best price I found was 85% of MSRP. I have no doubt I can sell this in less than a week for almost what I paid for it. The lifetime cost of the bike will effectively be less than the cheapest knock-off option depending on the condition it's in when she outgrows it.

A Few Pieces of Advice

1) Keep it fun and don't pressure them.

2) Expect you toddler to simply straddle over it and stand there smiling the first five times you try it out. Depending on age, it will then be a couple months of walking with it. They gradually get faster and faster then start coasting. Refer to #1.

3) Buy a bike bell. Refer to #1

4) Buy a really cool helmet and use it even if they are just straddling it. It's not for safety at first, it's to form a habit and make it fun. Refer to #1.

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This bike was awesome. My son received it for his second birthday and loves it. The seat lowers more on this bike than other brands. Its really great quality and easy to put together. The only problem we had with the bike was that it was missing one plastic bolt cover. There are supposed to be four, one on each side of the wheel. I think they are supposed to help protect against scratches. We use it mostly outside and the look didn't bother us so we didn't bother getting another.

Review of Sunlite Bicycle Tube, 20 x 1-3/8 (451 x 32) 32mm PRESTA Valve

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Good product! Paid more than I would have if I had noticed how expensive the "shipping and handling" was, but this seller hooked me with the posted cost...I'll pay attention to the details next time. What can I say...they're bicycle tubes...they're rubber...looks like the valve stems are attached and the only one I've used so far has held air. Arrived quickly. Packaging acceptable for product.

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Buy Fisher-Price Grow-With-Me Trike

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My 2 1/2-year old was so excited when he received this tricycle. Assembly wasn't too difficult & was complete in less than 10 minutes. My son is tall for his age, so he can reach the pedals just fine when the seat is on the highest setting. However, he is so used to using his feet/legs to push himself on these types of toys, that he doesn't yet understand the concept of the pedals & doesn't want to be shown. I'm sure that will come with time. For now, he's enjoying it just the way that he wants to, and that is fine by us. The only down-side (that doesn't change my rating) is that his feet sometimes bump into the back wheels while he pushes himself. This of course will be remedied once he figures out the pedals.

Like the other reviewers, I'd say this trike would probably be more appropriate for a 3or 4-year old. It is sturdy and well weighted, but might be a little too big for the lower end of the recommended age of range 2-5 years. The adjustable feature of the seat will be handy over time, and the price is great when compared to similar products.

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I think the seating position does not allow shorted kids to comfortably use it. Would be possibly fun for ages around 4 yrs.

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Bought this for our three year old grandson. His father said he loves it! He is able to manuever it and ride without any difficulty. The seat makes it easy to adjust to his size and as he grows. I would recommend this to and "new" drivers!

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I chose two of these for our twin girls aged 2 1/2 years. They were so excited when they saw the trike boxes and even more so when we had built them! The trickiest part was the wheel nuts and the stickers supplied have been peeled off already. For the price these are great toys for youngsters to gain confidence and balance, have fun and learn how to coordinate the pedals before using a two wheel bicycle

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Super fast shipping, easy assembly. My 2 year old had to grow a little to fit pedals. Loves it now.

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I bought the front and rear of this tire months ago for my 2012 Honda CBR1000rr and have not regretted this purchase one bit! It handles amazing in the dry as well as the crazy Florida rain. They grip great in curves and straight roads. When this tire first hit the scene, tons of people were skeptical about it saying since it is more of a sport touring tire that it will be dangerous or sketchy in turns. I couldn't DISAGREE more, these things are a 2CT compound and they allow me to lean my bike so far over on the street that I can rub my gloves or drag knee with little effort. They love to dive into the turns and give a great feel for the road leaving you with extreme confidence. These were way better than my previous Dunlop Q2 tires I had on a previous bike. My front and rear Pilot Road 3 tires have 8500 miles on them and have NO flatspots. These will easily last me 10k+ as they look brand new still! One these eventually wear out, I WILL purchase them again! Thanks Amazon for the great price!!!

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I love these tires. Ijust replaced a set of Pilot Road 2's with these (Pilot Road 3 replaces the PR2). They get amazing grip right off the bat (not even broken in yet, and will be better when broken in). The handling is predictable and immediately familiar. My PR2's gave more than 8,000 miles, and they only gave out because I neglected the air pressure (check your pressure regularly, I wore a strip in the drive tire sidewall in just a weekend of commuting). I look forward to high mileage out of my PR3's as well. Installed on a 2002 Suzuki SV650. Ride safe!