Wooden balance bike

What could be more fun for such litle kid?

-- Ivan, Croatia, Wooddicted

Wow wow! Excelent. Like a lot. Are really very bussy!! Thank for share.

-- Disfruta tu trabajo (enjoy your work) (Bandera, Argentina)

Certainly looks like Felipe approves !

Nice job !

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My son loved his when he was three – I bought one, but he was so short I had to make a custom lowered seat so he could ride it. And they work – kids with balance bikes seem to get onto regular bikes a lot faster.

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What a great thing to do for your young one. Letting him paint it himself is a wonderful idea. Might consider one of these if my sons ever get off their duffs and give us some grandkids.

-- Joe - I am not entirely worthless, I can always serve as a bad example.

I made one for my daughter since I couldn’t find one small enough. I used an old hinge for the pivot, just popped out the pin and used a long threaded rod. I had a hard time sourcing wheels, eventually got some used ones from a bike shop.

She went straight from a balance bike to a pedal bike, no training wheels since they already learn balance from the wood bike. Wish they had these when I was 2

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Looks like fun for a happy boy!

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Very nice, are there any plans out there?

I like it. Good to see kids on bikes.

Great looking bike! Felipe looks really happy!

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Excellent, something the little one will remember in years to come.

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What a great build. I’m sure it will be used for some time. Congrats on top 3

-- Larry in Hawaii,

Thanks all for the nice comments!

Ropelie: I don’t have plans, but some free hand sketches and a couple of templates in cardboard. I transfered the templates to the plywood sheet and that’s it. I’ll try to make some plans when I have some time (though I’m no expert on CAD… maybe just a freehand drawing)

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wow… I never expected to get a top 3, I thought that was for real woodworkers.

Thanks again to all of you for the comments and inspiration, I may not comment on every project but silently steal (ehem… borrow) ideas from here and there ;)

Cheers

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Nice work and it looks like it would be a fun project.

helluvawreck aka Charles
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