Woom 3 Pedal Bike 16”, Ages 4 to 6 Years

Love this bike - really lightweight, and my son was riding solo after less than an hour and half of 'practice' (cumulatively over a few days). He asks to go riding everyday. He loves that it has a freewheel, and he can pedal backwards "just like Daddy!". If we were using a regular big box store bike, I couldn't imagine him learning to ride without training wheels for some time.This bike is light. SUPER light. Our 4 year old has no trouble carrying it around. The little scoop/ledge on the back of the seat made helping him ride a breeze, because we didn't have to hold onto the handlebars with him.Minus one star for a couple reasons - for what we paid, I was expecting a little better quality. The logo on the front of the bike halfway peels off every other day. The back brake will not stay tight. The slipping brake has resulted in a couple big tumbles. We check it now before every ride. The brake levers are pretty carved into now, and the front reflector broke off. When you're 4, the reflectors are a big deal. He loves the bike, so that's all that matters! Issues aside, we won't hesitate to upgrade to the Woom 4 when he outgrows this one.

This is the second Woom bike that we have purchased for our son. He started riding when he was 2 with a Strider bike, when he was 3 we got him a Woom 2 and for Christmas this year we got him a Woom 3 (he's 4). These bikes are great, very easy for him to ride and we never have an issue with them. I've seen some of the other bikes that the neighborhood kids have and none come close to the Woom. They are all too heavy for the kid, aren't made as well and just don't have the attention to detail that the Woom does.They can stand up to a beating too! The weight rating is 125lbs! The only issue that we ran into is one when we purchased the bike. On Amazon it says that the Woom 3 comes with a kickstand and bell (when we purchased the Woom 2 it came with a kickstand and bell, so that was what we expected with the 3). When I unboxed the bike there was no kickstand or bell. I couldn't find how to contact the seller or Woom on Amazon so I had to leave a review about the issue. I went onto Woom's website and purchased a kickstand (I pulled the bell off of the Woom 2 bike and moved it over). I was contacted by Woom a few days later and they explained that the bikes don't come with kickstands or bells anymore and that the Amazon description was incorrect (they are waiting for Amazon to update it). They refunded me the cost of the kickstand too. Great customer service to go along with a great bike. I highly recommend buying, you won't regret it!

I really like the Woom bikes. There are however two things I dislike. Firstly, the stem does not have a cap and there is no mechanism to preload the headset. This is totally stupid. I bought my first Woom 2 in Europe and I was told by Woom Austria that there is a special tool for this. Whatever this tool is, it should come with the bikes.Secondly, if you buy this bike here, you actually do not get the same bike as from Woom Austria. I bought the second Woom (3) from Amazon and it comes from Woom USA and it is a different bike. The frame design is different and so are some of the components. You actually get a nice and light bike, but it is not the pictured bike! Most details and parts were actually nicer on the European version of the Woom 2 in comparison to this Woom 3 from Woom USA. The main differences were on the frame: Tubeset and tube diameters (differently butted and larger on the smaller Woom 2), dropouts, gussets etc. The small differences related to saddle, seatpost, brakes etc. were actually not so bad, but the new frame was a little disappointing. Woom USA never responded to my inquiries! Amazon did. In the end I kept the bike and my children are happy.

Even after doing all the research I still agonized a bit before plunking down adult size money for a kid size bike. I considered the usual caveats: one can get a decent kids bike for half as much; would a kid really be able to tell?, etc. Actually what made me go finally ahead was the weight -- not so much because a lighter bike is a better bike, but more because I thought it would be easier for my wife to carry if my 4.9 year-old wouldn't ride it!One week later, absolutely zero regrets. Quite the opposite, actually. Before this bike, my kid had a small balance bike, then graduated to a street-found "princess" bike sans training wheels. On that bike, literally a day before we got the Woom, she could manage maybe 15-20 feet or so between wobbly stops. When we took her to the schoolyard with the Woom, suddenly there was no stopping her. She was not only doing laps, but doing them fast. My heart skipped a bit when saw her wobble a few times at that speed, but thats where the advertised "low center of gravity" seems to really make a difference as she simply recovered and kept going. A week later, yes, she's had some spills, but she rides with amazing confidence. This past weekend when she was stopping to let another kid ride it, she actually did a rolling dismount -- totally blew my mind!As for the technicalities, yes the bike is amazingly light. But the bearings are also amazingly smooth, so the bike just glides. The other parts of the bike are all extremely well done: the stem the seat, the wheels, the paint, just, everything! And best of all, my kid loves it. And in case this review seems a bit over-effusive, I must disclose I paid FULL PRICE for the privilege of writing this review. Thanks WOOM!