ByK E-450

So many issues with this bike, would not recommend – I did a fair bit of "research" on a bike before getting a new one for my 6 year old but it turns out the reviews I read were essentially promotional material disguised as research and there was no way of commenting or adding to these reviews so essentially only positive reviews were seen. I really liked the bike when we first got it, it is light and I thought could grow with my daughter for few years. Within 5 or 6 rides of taking it home from the bike shop who proferrionally assembled it, the pedal came off while she was riding it- we thought that was odd as it's never occurred with any bike any of us had ever owned and it was a new bike but we just screwed it back on as tight as we could and din't think much of it. Today it happened again and this time she got quite hurt as she fell off the bike - it's just not acceptable for a product to be made so badly and unsafely. She's only ridden the bike about 10 times since we secured the pedal back on. Not only that, but the alignment of the rear brake is off all the time due to her not always being as gentle as she could be putting the bike down (she's a kid!), but she might just plop it down, that's all, she is not rough with the bike at all - but even this keep causing the rear brake to misalign and to drag and requiring constant adjustment by us. I have seen her friends throw their bikes down on the ground and never have an issue. So I would avoid this bike, I'm so disappointed that we got it. It was fair bit more expensive than other models, which I don't mind if it's well made but sadly this is not the case.

Awesome bikes for young cyclists – My kids (5 and 7) love to ride with me and I wanted to get them some nice bikes, so we combined our Christmas money with both sets of grandparents and bought my daughter the ByK E-450 x3i. These bikes are basically flat bar road bikes for kids. Lightweight alloy frames (not heavy steel), low centre of gravity for stability, big wheels for fast smooth rolling, and this model has 3 gears operated by a handlebar grip shifter. Gear 1 is for hills, 2 is for cruising and 3 is for going flat out.

Riding casually on weekends and after school, we've done over 60kms on them in the 8 weeks since Christmas and the kids love them. As you'll hear, ByK is what bike riders buy for their kids :-) They're not cheap, but they are top quality in the kids market.

My daughter's bike weighs 10.2kg which is 1kg lighter than her last (hand me down) bike, which had a smaller frame, smaller wheels and had just the one gear.

These bikes are not cheap, but they do hold their value very well and are highly sought after on the second hand market. The local bike shop we bought them from said ByK is the ONLY brand parents come in asking for second hand.

My full video review is available on Youtube if you search for "byk review".