Our 2 yr old dd had very good motor skills and is big for her age. Everytime we go to a toystore, she goes straight for the trikes and wants to hop on and ride through the store. We've decided to get her a tricycle for her second birthday (6wks away). But, wow, there are so many out there! I'm sort of turned off by the ones that you push. I've heard they are tricky to steer. Plus, we don't really go on family walks (we live on a windy road with lots of fast cars and no sidewalk) so she'll be riding in our driveway and patio. Maybe at the park sometimes. I was thinking about the Schwinn Roadster. It looks a lot sturdier than ones we've seen in the store. And we have a gift certificate for Toys R Us and I know you can order it there which makes it less pricey.
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Any experience, thoughts or advice? I hate to spend upward of $50 on a trike that's gonna fall apart or that ends up being too difficult to pedal.
and thought it would be cool to have something different from the neighbor's, so they could both enjoy playing with both, and because it looked like it would be more fun as she got older/for our older kids to play on--you can go really fast on it!) Â (By the way, I realize both of those are really expensive options, and neither we nor the neighbors paid anywhere in the *ballpark* of what they retail at--but if you keep an eye out, you can often find them used/cheaper--theirs came from a garage sale of another neighbor who worked at a bike shop, and ours was an "open box" model that was discounted more than 50%. Â I've also seen them on eBay for reasonable prices.)
