Early Rider Bonsai 12" Wooden Kids Balance Bike 2-4 Years

The Early Rider Bonsai is a stunning combination of wood and metal that's built for purpose. Get them riding early, build cognition, coordination and confidence. Super light at just 3.75Kg with quality parts throughout. Minimum standover height is 33cm.

Horizontally laminated, marine grade birch plywood frame provides a stable platform with natural vibration dampening properties. Mounted to an aluminium headset with reassuring Ritchey bar and stem and a familiar height adjustable seatpost. Wheels are Early Rider's own 12" lightweight aluminium offering with smooth sealed cartridge bearings and proper pneumatic tyres. Early Rider Bonsai utilises Superply™ marine grade horizontal plywood which is weatherproof and can stand up to the rigours of childhood adventure.

We trust Early Rider balance bikes to get your children riding because they're what our children learnt to ride on. Every trip to the park or family walk soon becomes a new riding adventure. Push push... glide and skid to a stop. The fit for purpose design and quality components ensure children can make the most of every ride. Hone skills, gain confidence and most importantly, have fun.

Learning to ride without "learning" to ride. Early Rider are one of the pioneers of the balance bike movement, now widely accepted as the best way to teach children to ride a bike before they're ready for a pedal bike. 

• Lightweight responsive frame
• Suitable from around 2-4 years of age
• Marine grade weatherproof plywood
• Ritchey bar and stem
• Sealed cartridge bearings for smooth rolling wheels
• Pneumatic tyres for a supple and grippy ride
• Lightweight at just 3.75Kg
• Height adjustable seat
• Minimum standover height 33cm
• Perfectly scaled geometry

Full specification

• Weight - 3.75kgs
• Frame - transverse laminated grade a birch veneers
• Fork - transverse laminated grade a birch veneers
• Rear tyre - 12.5*1.75 Innova-2603
• Headtube - Al6061
• Headset - 1 1/8” conventional
• Stem - Ritchey OS forged AL6061, 60mm reach
• Bars - 400mm Ritchey OS double butted AL6061, 20mm rise
• Grips - ER soft touch mushroom
• Saddle - brown rivetted faux leather 
• Seat clamp - ER bolt seat clamp, 25.4mm
• Standover height - 33cm
• Steerer tube - AL6061
• Wheelset - ER 12", pneumatic, sealed cartridge bearing
• Hubs - CNC’d AL6061, cartridge bearing, hollow AL7075 axle
• Rims - 20h anodised AL6061, black
• Seat post - AL6061, 22.2mm
• Front tyre - 12.5*1.75, Innova-2603
• Responsibly made in China
• Valve caps - Due to safety regulations valve caps are not supplied with bikes suitable for children under 3 years

*every effort has been made to ensure accuracy throughout this website. However, early rider reserves the right to change prices and bike specifications without prior notice*

Key Product Ethics: Early Rider make quality bikes fit for purpose. Their focus on quality components ensure unrivalled longevity and thus resale value too. The importance of cycling cannot be overstated and ensuring children have the right tool for the job is paramount. When cared for Early Rider Charger can last many many children with replacement tyres, tubes and parts readily available. Early Rider Bonsai is made from sustainable wood sources, at end of life wooden parts can be recycled / composted, metal parts can be recycled.

About Early Rider: Founded in 2005 by Andy Loveland who built the first Early Rider wooden balance bike in his shed. Since then Early Rider have been dedicated to getting children out riding bikes and connecting with their surroundings. They believe riding bikes shouldn't be a milestone or simply a means to get from A to B but a vehicle for adventure, a reason to shun screen time and inactivity. The kids bike industry is full of marketing waffle, genderisation, baskets, tassels, cartoon characters. Early Rider reject this path simply building awesome bikes.... in kids sizes. Motivation is precious when it comes to children, in making bikes fit for purpose, age appropriate and fit for the environments children will be riding in Early Rider aim to inspire confidence at every stage. There's no better way to connect with the world around us than to get riding a bike.