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[โ€“] Avg@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Strider wasn't the first to come up with balance bikes for kids specifically, they have been around for decades and balance bikes themselves, for a few hundred years.

[โ€“] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Balance bikes were the OG bicycle so they have it backwards.

[โ€“] Elextra@literature.cafe 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Didn't know. Felt like I wasnt seeing them until recently

[โ€“] Avg@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

It certainly is a new thing in the US, but i saw plenty of these in Denmark a decade ago