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No doubt a balance bike is an effective way to teach someone how to ride, but it also sounds like a way for bike companies to make more money. I taught my kids on normal bikes but with the seat lowered so that it was easy for their feet to reach the ground.

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You can get cheap balance bikes for a couple dozen bucks. But, of course, there's no upper limit.

When I grew up in Germany in the late 1980s, early 1990s, scooters were more common than balance bikes for young kids. They also taught some balance, I guess.

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