Geometry Chart cm/ degrees | Little Balance Bike | Big Balance Bike | Pedal Bike |
Min Saddle Height (cm) | 37 | 47 | 51 (or 47 with short seatpost fitted) |
Max Saddle Height (cm) | 45 | 55 | 55 |
Top Tube Length (cm) | 34 | 39 | 39 |
Head Angle degrees) | 66 | 70 | 70 |
Seat Angle (degrees) | 78 | 70 | 70 |
Wheelbase (cm) | 69 | 67 | 67 |
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LittleBig Convertible Balance Bike
For kids aged 2-6, LittleBig easily converts from balance bike to pedal bike, guiding every step of your child’s journey to cycling with confidence.
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Key Features
- 2-6 Years Old
- Lightweight Frame: 4.3-4.9 Kg
- Kids Specific Components
- Smooth 14 Inch Wheels
- Converts To Pedal Bike
- 5 Year Warranty
- 30 Day Returns
- Personal Service
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The Best of Both
LittleBig Easily Switches from Balance to Pedal Bike
Little Bikes
Big Love
LittleBig Helps Your Child Learn To Cycle With Confidence
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Lightweight
Alloy Frame
The lighter the bike, the more easily it can be pushed along, steered and lifted which will help your child cycle with confidence.
The LittleBig frame is made from 6061-T6 aluminium which is commonly used in road and mountain bikes due to its light weight and durability. In short, the frame is carefully designed to give your child the best start on two wheels.
Fast Rolling
14 Inch Balance Bike
The LittleBigs 14 inch balance bike wheels gives a stable ride and glides over a range of terrain with ease. Forest trails, school rides, BMX track, pump track, these tyres can handle it all.
The air-filled rubber tires are comfortable and grippy while still being durable and long lasting. The lightweight alloy rims roll on sealed cartridge bearings which are quiet and will run smoothly for years.
A Real Bike
Not A Toy
LittleBig is hand-assembled in Ireland with proper parts, including a lightweight pivotal saddle, alloy riser handlebar and forged alloy BMX-style stem. These are all adjustable to ensure the bike is the perfect fit for your child, allowing them to push their limits and explore new adventures.
V-brakes front and rear ensure your little one can stop quickly and safely. Short-reach alloy brake levers work with little hands.
Both A Balance Bike
And A Pedal Bike
The LittleBig convertible balance bike easily transforms into a pedal bike. When your little one is ready to begin pedalling, just add the pedal kit and off they go!
Having learned to balance first, your child’s transition to pedalling will be easy, and usually only takes a few short goes.
Parts And Accessories
Additional information
Weight | 4.3 kg |
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Dimensions | 85 × 19 × 30 cm |
Colour | Flame Red, Apple Green, Electric Blue, Sparkle Pink, Brushed Edition |
Saddle height range | 37cm to 55cm |
Frame | Lightweight and rust proof 6061 Alloy with LittleBigs unique growing frame design |
Fork | Red, Blue, Green, Pink LittleBig, Hi Ten Steel |
Wheels | Red, Blue, Green, Pink Balance Bike with 14 inch wheel, Innova pneumatic tyres, cartridge bearing hubs and silver alloy rims. Laced with 20 spokes. |
Brakes | Kids short reach brake levers with alloy V brakes front and rear |
Cockpit | Alloy stem and riser bars with soft rubber grips. Velo pivotal saddle with alloy seatpost. Velo grips with mushroom safety ends. Smooth rolling ball bearing headset. |
168 reviews for LittleBig Convertible Balance Bike
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Frequently Asked Questions
What sets our design apart is that the unique frame gets bigger as your child grows. And when they are ready to start pedalling, LittleBig can be transformed into a proper pedal bike. More information can be found on our sizing guide.
Even though it starts as a 14 inch balance bike, the LittleBig has a similar saddle height to many 12 inch balance bikes. These unique features allow it to be used for up to 4 years and take the place of at least two bikes. For more information check out our in-depth balance bike guide.
We hand assemble each bike here in Ireland using qualty parts such as kids specific short reach brake levers that ensure your child can stop quickly and safely before progressing to pedals. Proper air tyres roll on smooth cartridge bearing hubs leading to an effortless ride. In short, we've considered every aspect of the LittleBig bike so your little one can learn to ride with confidence.
A convertible balance bike means that your child can progress from learning to balance to learning to pedal, all on the one bike. This gives them confidence when starting to pedal, having already mastered their balance on the balance bike mode.
For parents, it means that your child can have a simple and safe transition to pedalling. And it saves having to buy separate balance bikes and pedals bikes, which is better value and more sustainable.
We sell the balance bike and pedals separately so customers can choose to purchase the balance bike by itself if preferred.
Purchasing the pedal kit with the bike means you will have them ready for when your little one wants to begin pedalling and you save yourself the cost of posting the pedals separately at a later date.
We would not recommend using stabilisers (known as training wheels in the USA) while your child is learning to pedal. Starting on a LittleBig balance bike, your child will naturally learn the core cycling skills of balancing, steering and braking. So when you add the pedals to their bike, the transition to pedalling will be easy! You can read more information on our posts balance bikes vs stabilisers (training wheels), which is best? or Ten Reasons Not TO use stabilisers on your kids’s bike.
The LittleBig is great for kids age 2 to 6. For more information read our sizing guide.
With the growing frame and the option to add pedals, LittleBig lasts longer than any other balance bike.
Yes, we can deliver the LittleBig to the United States with our national post service AnPost who works with USPS. Delivery costs $39 USD is fully tracked door to door and takes approximately one week. At only US$39 per bike it’s the best value possible to get a pretty big bike box to you!
Your order excludes tax, but you may need to pay your local sales tax on arrival to your country, which the delivery company arranges.
We will set the brakes up in the standard United States style, with the front brake on the left brake lever, and the rear brake on the right.
We offer free delivery to the UK which takes approximately 2-3 working days with DPD couriers. If the item is in stock, we aim to dispatch orders the same or next working day.
Customers in England, Scotland and Wales
DPD couriers will text you to pay UK VAT at 20% of your order value, plus a £5 admin fee. This equates to approximately £40 for the convertible balance bike or £50 for the balance bike and pedals.
Northern Ireland Customers
VAT is paid on our website, and there are no further taxes are charges. What you see on the website is the final cost to you.
Customers outside the EU will not be charged tax on our website, but you may need to pay taxes when the bike is imported to your country.
The delivery costs do not form part of the tax payment, they are specifically for delivering the package to the destination. See our shipping page for more information.
We want to make the best convertible balance bike that will allow kids to learn to cycle with confidence.
As a team of bike nuts, we adore bikes and want to give kids the love of bikes too by starting them off on the best foot (or pedal!).
Our LittleBig bike is designed to give kids the best start on two wheels, first by using the balance bike mode, then easily transitioning to pedalling.
Learn more about us including our aims, founding story, and green ethos.
Morgan Thiriet –
So this is another great evaluation, but you deserve it so much !
Great bike ! It’s very well designed, easy to assemble and with very good quality parts.
My niece loves it. She’s still a bit too short to ride alone (she’s not 2 yo yet), but another 1 or 2 month and it will be ok ???? So for now, she mount on the saddle (alone), grab the handlebar and we push her, or sometimes she walks on tiptoe and we have just to help with balance ????
About the order itself, it was really well handled despite the actual situation (Covid-19).
I highly recommand this bike :)
Sara Hopper –
I purchased a LittleBig Bike last fall for our now 5 year old son after doing a LOT of online research. He had outgrown his smaller Strider bike, and wanted pedals, but I didn’t think he was quite ready. I didn’t want to go right to a pedal bike and have it be too much for him, nor did I want buy a larger balance bike and then have to get yet another bike within a year, so this convertible bike was perfect. It is solidly made and looks that way — it is also really cute! :) We’ve gotten a number of compliments/questions about it. More importantly, it’s worked great — he was able to graduate from a smaller balance bike to this slightly bigger one, get used to that, learn how to use the handbrakes, and when it was clear he was ready (riding down curbs, doing little circles, etc.) we used the video on the website to convert the bike to big bike mode and put the pedals on. Easy. He learned to ride in about 5 minutes! Honestly, this bike is great — can’t say enough good things. Also the company’s customer service is outstanding — we are in the US and had a minor issue related to shipping and the company was immediately responsive, respectful, and offered a couple different options re: how to fix it.
Karl –
I bought a LittleBig bike for my first daughter a couple or years ago. And as other mentioned, the move to pedals was seemless and within a few minutes she was flying around with total confidence. It is now time for her younger sister to have a bike but there’s no way my older girl will part with hers, so there’s only one thing to do… buy another one. Great quality, easily assembled and thoroughly enjoyed by my girls.
Pauline Agha –
We’ve ordered pink bike for our 3 year old daughter.
Straight away after opening the box we just knew that this bike is built from best quality materials, which was so important to us and is just beautiful with every single detail (from colour to leather seat).
The best lite bike I’ve ever seen.
Our little one had real fun trying to ride on it for the very first time.
We couldn’t be more happy with our choice and service is 10 out of 10.
Erez Shermer –
Exceptional bike. Bought these for my daughter when she turned 4 after she grew too big over her Strider. She felt at home right away with the “little” mode, gliding and braking at ease. When it seemed like she’s ready (and after many requests from her), I turned the bike “big” and attached the optional pedals.
To our amazement, she learned to pedal within one hour. The experience was seamless and completely natural. A week after putting on the pedals she’s riding like she’s been doing it for years. Great success!
I think this experience speaks for itself, but the great build quality and ergonomics are worth a mention of their own. Overall, though not the lightest on the market (especially with pedals on), these bikes definitely deliver on the promise of a seamless transformation from a little balance bike to fully capable bikes, ready to grow at the kid’s pace.
Jennifer Stahl Draper –
We are VERY HAPPY with the bike.
harley white –
great bike, well designed and constructed. our three year old loves it.
Bruce Smith-USA –
I found Little Big Bike through an RTE program on new inventions/products. I have ordered two, for each of my grandkids. Ordering was easy through their site. Both were shipped to the States and arrived perfect. Bike was nearly complete on assembly and only took a few min. to finish. Included tools made assembly very simple. Bikes are for Christmas so there actual use will be happening after Santa arrives. Bike is built to some the the best standard I have ever seen. I found the design very interesting and innovated Will be recommending to friends where to buy them. Could not recommend more than I feel.
Katie Siwy –
We love these bikes! We ordered all the way from the U.S. My twins just turned 5 on 4/3 and we used the bikes for a year with no pedals. We put the pedals on for the first time on their 5th birthday and off they went! It was amazing! Great quality product! You definitely get what you pay for.
Donna –
The children love the bike and it’s a pleasure to watch them learn to ride them and gain confidence.
The bikes are first class and easy to assemble.
Thank you