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It also has real rubber wheels which seem to grip the pavement better then plastic ones. Other parts need to be re-tightened about once a month. 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. Otherwise it is a very good tricycle and I recommend it to anyone looking for something better then the cheap plastic ones. 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.
My daughter only wished she could guide the trike, granddaughter only 2 so needs to learn. My husband assembled very quickly. Very durable.
My kid was able to remove the handle bar if was not tighten enough. Hard to manuever sometimes. My kid didn't like it that much. Wish there is a strap on the pedal especially for training the little one.
Or, as one reviewer said, by going to a bike store to see if they can fix it. Well, I bet they did it right; it's just a design flaw. 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. 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. But is that what you expect to have to do with a brand new toy. 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. 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. I've seen from these reviews that some grandmothers and teenagers are putting these together and saying they might not have done it right.
Spend the extra money and get something more solid than this, these are horrrible. 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.
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