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This seems as good a thread as any to ask.
Should Balance bikes have brakes? Just got one for my nephew and starting to wonder if I should've got one with brakes instead?
I imagine not as the brakes on these things are often awful and too hard for little hands to pull.
What is the consensus. Brakeless hipster kids or nodder kids with brakes?
FYI: I got the bike from Halfords. £20 in the sale at the moment. Rubber tyres, no bearings (plastic bushings in headset). Sounds terrible but its actually quite good (no maintenance, although I put grease on the steering when I put it together recently) and only needs to last a year. Hoping to have him on a proper bike (12" wheel) by next xmas.
http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/balance-bikes/indi-adapt-balance-bike-with-stickers-10