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It also has real rubber wheels which seem to grip the pavement better then plastic ones. My soon to be 3yr old can pedal but not very fast and we have lots of hills in our neighborhood. The only complaint I have is that the handlebar needs to be tightened quite a bit as it can come loose. Taking a walk without a pushing rod turns a 30min walk into a 2 hour ordeal. The cheaper tricycle's have plastic pushing rods/frames and those do not hold up for very long. Other parts need to be re-tightened about once a month. Otherwise it is a very good tricycle and I recommend it to anyone looking for something better then the cheap plastic ones.
My husband assembled very quickly. Very durable. My daughter only wished she could guide the trike, granddaughter only 2 so needs to learn.
My kid didn't like it that much. Wish there is a strap on the pedal especially for training the little one. Hard to manuever sometimes. My kid was able to remove the handle bar if was not tighten enough.
Well, I bet they did it right; it's just a design flaw. The problem is that only Lou Ferrigno, in character, would be strong enough to tighten those handlebars so that they don't jump out of alignment the minute a toddler turns the wheel. It's cute, but there is a major flaw: the handlebars are supposedly secured by a bolt that squeezes the base so tightly that the handlebars won't move. One might be able to fix it by adding washers (I have yet to try that) or by drilling into the metal and putting a bolt or screw through the handlebar mount and base so it can't move. I am a 40-year-old man generally regarded as VERY strong, and I tightened the bolt with all my strength; but the handlebars still jump out of alignment when my son turns the wheel. I've seen from these reviews that some grandmothers and teenagers are putting these together and saying they might not have done it right. Or, as one reviewer said, by going to a bike store to see if they can fix it. But is that what you expect to have to do with a brand new toy.
I think radio flyer was once called 'the american classic' or something like that. Well I bought two of these for my twins and I can tell you that the parts are poorly made, difficult to assemble properly, and feel very cheap. Spend the extra money and get something more solid than this, these are horrrible.
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