Kids' bikes - do you get what you pay for?

[Artechim]

I think that you do get what you pay for. DS had an $80 12 inch bike which served it's purpose but it is way heavier than the brand name ones and after two years we had replaced the peddles and a few screws here and there. He got a Mongoose 16 inch for his 5th birthday and I expect it will last him at least a couple of years because he isn't that big. DD got a mongoose 12 inch and it is much lighter than DS's first one.

[feeb]

Our boys are getting bikes for Christmas and we are getting mongoose, they felt more secure and better quality pushing around the shop and not wobbly and dodgy like the target and toys r us ones we looked at.

[Gigi]

good topic, i bet many people will be wondering the same thing, lead up to xmas etc.

[Trillian]

Honestly, I'm not sure that you get what you pay for. I've seen repco brand bikes in Bigw and they are cheaper, but they still look just as good a quality as the repco bikes we have paid nearly $300 each for from an independent toy shop. If they are growing out of them pretty quick, the cheaper ones would realistically be the better option because though cheap, they still aren't going to wear them out quicker than what they will grow out of them and when they are a lot older, then spend the big $$ on a bike.