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| | | Description: | | Skuut balance bike | | | Features: | |
• Wooden balance bike with no pedals or training wheels
• 12-inch pneumatic rubber pressurized tires
• Length: 33 inches; height to handlebars is 21 inches; seat height at lowest is 13 inches; seat height at highest is 16.5 inches
• Recommended for ages 2-5 years old
• Body is 100 percent birchwood; coated with non-toxic lacquer
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 33.0 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 21.25 inches | | Product Weight:
| 12.0 pounds | | Package Length:
| 29.3 inches | | Package Width:
| 14.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 6.9 inches | | Package Weight:
| 9.55 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 40 reviews |
| | | | Customer Reviews: | |
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26 of 26 found the following review helpful:
Great bike but not the best qualityMar 22, 2010
By ARB
My son loves his bike. He rides it like no other kid I've seen. He got it at 2 and has taken gliding to a whole new level. I think this bike is the best at teaching your son/daughter how to balance. My only problem is that the bike is not made very well. We had to replace the first one. Both tires exploded when filled with air after they went flat. the handle bars split and the vinyl on the seat wore off a bit. On the second bike the tires started to crack after only riding for a few months. The reason I gave them such a high rating is that the bike when it is in good condition is great and each time they responded promptly and always fixed the problem.
15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
 Inconsistent QualityJun 04, 2011
By Mama3
We ordered one of these at my parents' place and one to reside at our house. The one at my parents' place arrived in good order, and my 3 year old LOVED it. She rode it daily, and I think the concept is great. I like the wooden aesthetic and the light weight. Some mold did develop after leaving it outside for a few days in the carport, but that was in the south, where everything develops mold. We just started keeping it inside.
I ordered the second bike to "live" in Oregon. This one arrived with the front wheel very un-true, or wobbly, to the point that it affected steering, and my toddler couldn't make the bike go straight. This was REALLY disappointing, as we had to launch "project return item" right after assembling it, and my toddler is now waiting...
Project "return item" is ongoing, but there is a steering pin that gets assembled, and once in, can't be removed, so there is no way to put this thing back in its orginial box. I contacted the manufacturer, and am waiting on a response, but to me this is just something that is now eating up my time, and my toddler is missing out on sunny riding days (something we treasure in Oregon).
So, I think it's great if you can buy one of these from a store and inspect it first. Buying it online, while cheaper, is a gamble, and the manufacturer needs to step up their Quality Control.
13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 20 months and skuuting!Dec 28, 2009
By Jon Hruska
Our son loves his skuut! We didn't even have to show him how to get on and ride, he just mounted it and started walking. We purchased this as a Christmas present for our 20 month old and feared he wouldn't be tall enough to sit on the seat and have his feet touch the ground so we flipped the frame (so the logo is up-side-down) per the recommendation of a review here and it works great! SUPER easy to assemble and looks cute too. Good buy.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Amazing ConceptMar 28, 2011
By Auntie
My 2 1/2 year-old son has taken to this bike. He can go three miles on it easy. We bought it for his 2nd birthday and he did not get it at all. Then we got it out again right around the time he turned 2 1/2 and in a week we were going on family bike rides. We took it to the zoo and it was like I was in a rock star entourage. Everyone stared and made comments to their families about this little boy on a bike. He can glide the distance of two houses now. A woman stopped me and said her grandson had the Skuut and he was riding a regular bike without training wheels by 3 1/2.
We had bought our son the Radio Flyer Deluxe Steer and Stroll trike and my son did not take to that at all. We couldn't get him to pedal and his foot would just slide off when we tried to teach him.
We do check the bolts frequently to make sure they are tight and check the tire pressure. Even through the steering is limited, you wouldn't know it the way my son rides. It gives him plenty of opprotunity to make sharp 90 degree turns like coming down a hill and then making a sharp right onto the sidewalk that tbones the hill. The seat pad is getting a little worn so I am sure we will just replace it ourselves when it wears through. i.e. use the old vinyl piece as a pattern to cut out a new leather one and attach with staples - maybe add some padding, too. We are so glad we made this investment.
Update: I blew out the back tire adding air. I had read so many reviews saying people couldn't get parts or replacement tires for this. This bike uses tires and tubes made for electric scooters (i.e. moped). I went to a scooter shop and they had exactly what I needed. The first tube we tried had a bent valve that would not go through the wheel so we had to try another one. You need a bent valve or it will be difficult or impossible to put air in the tire. The new tire and inner tube is a lot heavier than the original. It also took them 1/2 an hour to get the tire back on the wheel so know if you buy one off the internet, you may be taking it to a bike shop if you can't wrestle it on. It cost me more than half the price of a new bike so it might be worth it in the end just to buy another one if your kid loves it as much as mine.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Perfect for my son who was terrified of training wheelsSep 11, 2010
By Mom of boys
My son is nearly 5 and desperately wants to ride a bike but turns out to be terrified of the training wheels (I think they make the bike tip too much and he feels like he's out of control). Anyway, we bought the Skuut for my YOUNGER son but my 4 year old is the one who fell in love with it. He races all over in it and is much more aggressive and adventurous than he ever was with a bike on training wheels. We've decided this is a great pathway to a real bike and that when the time comes, we'll just skip the training wheels and go straight to the 2 wheels. He can definitely balance - thanks to the skuut, and he's so much happier than he was with his little bike and training wheels. BTW, the skuut assembled in minutes and has held up very well, so at this point (a month or so after purchasing) I have no complaints and in fact would recommend it to everyone.
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