Got my little girl the Y-Bike for her 2nd birthday. She didn't really do the 'black bike' thing and came off a four wheel plastic 'car' thingey, so I wasn't confident she'd take to a pure balance bike (JD, Muna etc) right away - I wanted something less stable than a black bike but more stable than a pure balance bike at this stage. Enter the Y-Bike. It's very stable in a straight line but unsteady on the corners (as the two back wheels are together). My little girl has taken to it like a duck to water and roars around the estate at break neck speeds, with me running after her trying to keep up and shouting instructions - much entertainment for the neighbours! Our next step will be the Muna as per CPT. The Y-Bike will probably be short lived in terms of use by our oldest child, but our youngest (now 4 months) will use this earlier than our oldest started on it, so we'll get good use from it in the end. My thinking was all in for R1300 - R1500 (R400+R900) we'll have a Y-Bike and a Muna and both kids will get use out of them. I was concerned about the plastic 'tyres'/ wheels but as you can see in the photos below they're holding up well, having seen a fair bit of milage on pavers... Excuse my sense of humour...
