The Balance Bike is a gentle and fun start to biking, and a great way to develop a child's sense of balance and coordination before introducing pedaling. With its low step-through design, it's easy for toddlers to mount and enables independent riding more quickly than with training wheels. The children propel themselves by pushing their feet against the ground in a scooting motion. Contact with the ground gives the child a safe and easy start and imparts the confidence to do more. They intuitively learn to balance, turn, and steer while feeling less likely to fall. It is said that children who start on balance bikes make an easy transition to pedal bikes, and feel more confident on them too.