As my daughter has outgrown her Seeker 16" I decided to get her this one as successor. Blown away by Seeker 14" and 16" I expected nothing less on this one.
Long story short everything is just as fine as I thougt it would be: quick delivery, nice frame, well working brakes, belt. The belter even has the my preferred MTB stye pedals now, which make sure you stay on your bike like glued on and don't slip off in wet conditions.
The only downer was as I already read in other reviews on this and other sites the preload of the internal gear spring. Just like in other comments the load is way to high for kids to shift the gears on the ride (on the ground with both hands it might be possible though).
I realize this aspect refers more to the hub manufacturer Sturmey Archer than Early Rider.
For my part I reduced the spring preload from originally 180° to 90°. Now my daughter is happy with the new bike and shifts the gears effortless.
Nevertheless I needed special tools to dismantle the hub to work on the gear spring and not everyone got the tools or is dedicated to open the hub.
So for this price and and the manufacturer Early Rider beeing an expert for childrens bikes everey feature and not at least the gears should work for kids.
I am not too disappointed by that so I´d still recommend the bike to my friends.
On the other hand I could work on the hubs of my friends´ bikes as well.
If you would not like to do that it would be a great pity for having such a great bike and the…