Our Guide To Kids Bicycle

This little beachy cruiser is an awesome bike. I wish it was bigger – I would ride it myself. The color is great. It was easy to put together. It is really sturdy. And excellent purchase.

Shopping for a new bike for my daughter, I was very disappointed by my local retailers. Their inventory was limited and over-priced. This Diamondback was the right size, best looking and best priced bike I found in a two-week search. The purchase via Amazon was typically flawless, and the bike was delivered faster than expected.

Easy to assemble, the tools needed are provided in the box; I had the bike operational in 30 minutes. On the first ride, my daughter got all kinds of comments about how cool her bike was!

However, there is an issue with a bearing in the rear wheel (this is pre-assembled) that I have yet to have repaired. There is a sound of metal rubbing inside the wheel. I suspect the foot brake mechanism is not properly seated (it’s been a while since I took one of these apart, but I remember that aspect of reassembly was a little tricky). The effect is this metal rubbing sound when the bike is coasting. But it is absent when braking (works fine) and peddling.

I need to check my warranty and repair options and that will decide whether my final review will be 2 stars or 4 stars….

I took the bike to a local retailer who also sells this bike. The warranty issue took a little longer than I expected, but a Diamond Back tech in the area came by and fixed the bike to my full satisfaction.

THIS IS NOW 4 STARS.

This seat is really great! Putting it up front is such a good idea, and it turns biking into an interactive activity rather than basically another car seat. My daughter and I can interact. She says hi to everyone, points out the dogs and squirrels, screams “weee!!,” checks out the flowers I point out to her along the way – really, really fun. If you have a baby/toddler (over 1 year, obviously), and want to be able to spend lots of time riding your bike, I think this is the way to go. She also seems very comfortable in it.

A few imperfections (to warrant the 4 stars….) –

1. My knees do bump it a bit, and so do my husband’s when he tried my bike, but not on every peddle or enough to change the way I peddle. It seems like it’s mostly a problem while turning. I know other people have said theirs don’t bump at all, so it might be my bike. It isn’t enough to bother me, except it might on a longer ride. I have a very upright style of hybrid bike.

2. While it was very easy to attach the ’stinger’ to the bike, it was almost a no go getting the bike on. I had to jiggle jiggle jiggle and it still barely fit. There are two holes for the pin that holds the seat in place, and mine almost didn’t make it to the first hole, and then I had to use a hammer to get the pin through because it was such a tight fit – so I’m probably going to leave the bike seat on the bike, or end up not using it much. I wanted to post this (in a overall positive review) because after reading everyone’s rave reviews I was disappointed when I had such a hard time getting it on my bike, and when I realized it wouldn’t be super easy to switch between my bike and my husband’s. Again, I think it’s probably the shape of my handle bars that was the problem – just be aware that it may take more work than you expect to get the seat in place!

If you buy this seat, happy peddling to you and your little one!

I’m sorry but this is simply not a safe option to carry your child. I cant even believe it is on the market.

Just think of what happens when you crash your bike. All of your momentum is moving forward. And with this carrier you put your child right between your heavy body and the handlebar, or pavement, or another vehicle or bike if you run head on into someone!!!! I can just imagine someone jamming on the brakes, the bike and child stopping but momentum carrying the bikers chest and body right down on to the top of their child’s head. I shudder to imagine the injury and trauma this might cause. Come on! Would you strap your child’s car seat to the front bumper of your car? When you are piloting a bike your first priority is to operate the bike, not making goo goo ga ga faces at your child!

Since your baby won’t be able to speak up I will….DONT PUT THEM IN THIS DANGEROUS POSITION.

As far as what to buy: Consider one of the tow behind the bike carts that has a full cover, a big ol orange flag so people see it, and a mechanism that keeps the cart upright even if the bike falls over. Also, your child has to have a helmet, they have to be able to hold their head up with the helmet on, and the helmet cannot fit sloppy on their head. If you cant find a helmet that is small enough to fit your toddler its because they are too small for a helmet!

The product arrived on time and was a better quality than we had expected.
They are strong and well built.

Happy with this in all respects except that the curved cut out on the bike frame bracket is too small to fit snugly against the tubular, horizontal portion of the bike frame. The final assembly is still very sturdy and fully functional, but it’s obvious that the bracket doesn’t fit as designed and, as a result, there will be more scratch marks on the frame once the bracets are removed.

So far this basket has been awesome, although the fact that it is held onto my bike with velcro makes me nervous, because I think someone might steal it (since it’s so awesome).

I was looking for a basket for my daughter’s beach cruiser, and came across this. I thought for the price, I couldn’t go wrong! It came & I was so excited. It is the perfect size, fits her bike perfectly and she loves it. She goes for rides and is able to easily take it on and off for picking flowers or taking her little puppy for a cruise. The handle is great also, she loves to carry it around. We have personalized it with adding some flowers to the front. It is perfect for a child, but would not reccomend it for an adult size bike.

If you need to mount these on a 20″ bike, do not bother unless you like training wheels that are ineffective and do not go down to ground level.

For smaller bikes these are probably fine, but the assembly is a bit wonky and may not properly fit the bike.