Our neighbours kids and ours have 4 early riders in total. We/they love it.
But, there is a but.
Our neighbour bought the Belter 20, and their big 7 year old boy could’t shift gears. Going down in the gears. He had to stop, and use two hands.
We were in doubt about buying the Belter20 and asked the support.
They replied with this answer:
Early Rider® EU
Hi there, to be honest we sell a large number of Belter 20 bikes and the number of problems we have is proportionately very small. The vast majority of riders don't have a problem using the shifters, unfortunately those with a problem who write a review make it sound like a bigger problem than it is!
Ok, we ordered it, and wrote as a comment if they could check/loosen the spring in the gearshifter. I know - a little optimistic.
We got the bike. Lovely bike!
But… The gearshifter IS way too hard. Our 7 year old boy has to stop, and use two hands to shift to lower gears.
And no answer on our request to check it.
So now we might also make it sound like a bigger problem than it is - but a problem endeed.
Greeting from Denmark
Thomas Balslev Hansen