smokey26
06-16-2009, 03:19 AM
I know the Kettler concept has been beaten to death somewhat but there are some new models and I need help!
I have a 2 yr old and a 4.5 yr old. I waited too long (age 3) to get my 4.5 yr old a trike - and when I did, I went with the huge, heavy Schwinn that was such a great deal last year. It's a nice trike but I hadn't seen it before I ordered it from Amazon and when it came it would not fit in our car and we live on a big hill with no sidewalks. We partially disassembled it a few times to fit it in the car so she could ride at the park but it was such an enormous pain, we stopped bothering. I now have recently bought her a kinderbike in the hopes of getting her on the road to a two wheeler. It's small and she doesn't quite love it yet but for now it'll do, I bought it used so it's at least not too expensive.
In the meantime her little sister needs a trike. This time I am leaning toward smaller, cheapish Kettler. The Blossom seems to be discontinued and is now the pinker Alana. There is also the go Green folding trike. Folding appeals to me bc of trunk space but pink would probably be more to my 2 yr old daugher's liking. Has anyone tried the go green - is it an improvement on previous kettler folding trikes? How does it compare in size to the blossom/alana?
Many thanks for any insight - Julie
I have a 2 yr old and a 4.5 yr old. I waited too long (age 3) to get my 4.5 yr old a trike - and when I did, I went with the huge, heavy Schwinn that was such a great deal last year. It's a nice trike but I hadn't seen it before I ordered it from Amazon and when it came it would not fit in our car and we live on a big hill with no sidewalks. We partially disassembled it a few times to fit it in the car so she could ride at the park but it was such an enormous pain, we stopped bothering. I now have recently bought her a kinderbike in the hopes of getting her on the road to a two wheeler. It's small and she doesn't quite love it yet but for now it'll do, I bought it used so it's at least not too expensive.
In the meantime her little sister needs a trike. This time I am leaning toward smaller, cheapish Kettler. The Blossom seems to be discontinued and is now the pinker Alana. There is also the go Green folding trike. Folding appeals to me bc of trunk space but pink would probably be more to my 2 yr old daugher's liking. Has anyone tried the go green - is it an improvement on previous kettler folding trikes? How does it compare in size to the blossom/alana?
Many thanks for any insight - Julie