Early Rider Charger 12" Kids Balance Bike 2-4 Years

Get them riding early, the Early Rider Charger rolls with minimal fuss inspiring the confidence kids need. Low slung lightweight aluminium frame provides a stable platform and at just 3.4Kg it is super easy for little ones to handle. Minimum standover height is 31cm.

Early Rider utilise quality parts throughout to ensure your child can focus on the fun stuff. Perfectly scaled geometry gets kids riding quickly and confidently and the beautiful brushed aluminium frame keeps the tubing and welds on display. Sealed cartridge bearing hubs ensure reliable low friction rolling in all conditions while the pneumatic 2" Vee Speedster tyres make for a smooth, supple, fast rolling ride. Reassuring Ritchey bar and stem and a familiar height adjustable seatpost.

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. 

• Stable aluminium frame
• Suitable from around 2-4 years of age
• Ritchey bar and stem
• Sealed cartridge bearings for smooth rolling wheels
• Pneumatic tyres for a supple and grippy ride
• Lightweight at just 3.4Kg
• Height adjustable seat
• Minimum standover height 31cm
• Perfectly scaled geometry

Full specification

• Standover height - 31cm
• Frame- hand brushed AL6061, forged drop outs
• Fork - hand brushed AL6061, forged drop outs
• Steerer Tube - AL6061
• Wheelset - 12" sealed cartridge bearing
• Hubs - CNC’d T6 AL6061, cartridge bearing, AL6061 axles
• Seat post - AL6061, 25.4mm
• Rims - 20h anodised AL6061, black
• Weight - 3.4 kgs
• Brakes  Tektro 837a: 102mm arms (brake upgrade kit purchase)
• Levers   Tektro jl-352rs short reach (brake upgrade kit purchase)
• Front tyre - Vee Speedster 12x2.0" WB 27 tpi
• Rear tyre - Vee Speedster 12x2.0" WB 27 tpi
• Headset - 1 1/8” conventional, external cup
• Stem - Ritchey os forged al6061, 35mm reach
• Bars - 440mm Ritchey os double butted AL6061, 18mm rise
• Grips - ER soft touch mushroom 100mm
• Seat post - AL6061, 25.4mm
• Saddle - brown rivetted faux leather
• Seat clamp - ER bolt seat clamp, 28.6mm
• Made responsibly 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. 

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.