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Segway Ninebot: KickScooter Air T15 $300, 14" Kid's Bike w/ Training Wheels
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Woot! has Select Segway Ninebot Bikes and Electric Scooters from $89.99. Shipping is free w/ Amazon Prime or is otherwise a flat $6 per order.
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- 14" Segway Ninebot Kid's Bike w/ Training Wheels (Pink or Blue) $89.99
- Segway Ninebot Electric KickScooter Air T15 $299.99
- Segway Ninebot F25 Electric Kick Scooter (Refurbished) $299.99
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- Valid through 02/19/2023, while supplies last
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Woot! has Select Segway Ninebot Bikes and Electric Scooters from $89.99. Shipping is free w/ Amazon Prime or is otherwise a flat $6 per order.
Thanks to Community Member mtsaver for finding this deal.
Example Deals:
Thanks to Community Member mtsaver for finding this deal.
Example Deals:
- 14" Segway Ninebot Kid's Bike w/ Training Wheels (Pink or Blue) $89.99
- Segway Ninebot Electric KickScooter Air T15 $299.99
- Segway Ninebot F25 Electric Kick Scooter (Refurbished) $299.99
- & More
Editor's Notes
Written by StrawMan86 | Staff- About this deal:
- Valid through 02/19/2023, while supplies last
- About this store:
- You can view Woot's Return Policy here.
- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
- Additional Note:
- Please refer to the Forum Thread for additional discussion regarding this deal.
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I am a big convert to balance bikes and I dislike training wheels: I personally don't think of them as "training anything", rather a cheat & bad habit that you will be hard-pressed to break free from, because what they teach your kiddo to do is not to trust their own balance or to put their feet down etc, rather lazily lean on one or the other side as if they were riding a quad...if you want your kiddos to enjoy pedaling around like this, get them a trike =)
Now, the 18" has a couple of gimmicky things (like the front disc brake or the pseudo sus fork) but otherwise it is a OK bike. I don't think you will be able to find something better for $99, unless you are super-into used deal hunting in CL or offerup.
That said, if you can find a deal on the Guardian Ethos 20, I'd think of it as a better deal, because their braking system is working fabulously for kiddos that are beginner riders and shouldn't be troubled with separate front/rear braking.
Kids often pickup sports and they love them "hard" for a few months then they lose interest, especially if there is no sibling or friend(s) to "compete against. If they are the "worst" in their circle, they might get dissapointed fast, if they are the best or "close" to that, their peers don't care to compete / conseed so again, they lose interest because their Ego says "king of the world, nothing more to see here".
I got semi lucky by being a used bike market nerd + being favored by the pandemic situation and got to buy & flip his bikes as often as I wanted w/o it being the money sink it could be. And even if we wouldn't change bikes every 12mo, we would @ 24...
So play it safe, settle for "good enough". If indeed he outgrows the 18", so be it, money well spent. Most likely you can re-sell it for a good % of what you've paid for it "new" or re-newed. Don't over-think it.
Some people advocate in favor of buying a pedal bike and removing the cranks/chainring/chain to have your kids work it as a balance bike for a brief period and gain confidence this way. YMMV, especially if you are not into wrenching and/or have the tools for removing the cranks or figure out the chain-guards etc.
What is important is to spend time with them and be patient. They will figure it out, but they often need lots of positive reignforcement.
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I stand corrected. A pedal powered or Flintstones Tesla.
I got my daughter a Jetson Bolt - it looks pretty cheesy and not great components. The bike is near impossible to pedal if you're not using electric assist. Reminds me of bikes with those crappy light generators from the 80's, friction is incredible.
Bike was well made, with decent welds on a non-traditional frame that lacks a bottom tube but it is also kinda of a step through: this is an asset with toddles that don't really know how to mount or be very "elegant" knowing what to do with their legs when they are stopping or trying to push the bike while seated etc. IMHO the frame is superior in design to a Woom 2 or equivalent "high end" kid's bike.
Bike is relatively light: It was definately lighter than his Schwinn 12" Steel Balance bike. Again, might a tad heavier vs. a Woom 2, but closer than not.
My kiddo learned well on that balance bike - aparently: he managed to pedal the bike away within 5min of him getting on it. I had him "balance kicking himself forward" and nearly seconds after I told him "pedal when you feel ready", he accelerated away, never to "look back"...my jaw was on the ground, just like his mom's & granpas' & granmas'. (Foo Fighters Everlong plays in the background of that life movie "The only thing I'll ever ask of you: You've got to promise not to stop when I say when" - aka terrified proud dad, cannot wait for teenage years).
The only thing that is not "top shelf" with the bike is the lack of a rear hand brake and perhaps of angled valves (getting to inflate these tiny wheels with a forest of spokes and tight clearances, is not always easy).
The Ninebot 18" doesn't look too bad either, but I got a good deal on a "still-in-box" Guardian 20" Ethos "Small" that had much lower stand-over height and that is what he graduated into.
Now he is on a REI Coop Rev 20" that was on a big sale about a year ago (kiddo just turned 6). Also a good bike, I had to upgrade to a trigger shifter as the supplied grip shifter was not intuitive for him. Could not find a 6-speed indexed shimano shifter during the pandemic shortages (don't think there is one still?) so I upgraded the Freewheel to a 7-speed and paired that with a 7-speed shifter that worked fine. Total cost was $35-40ish(?), no regrets, shifting is NOTABLY easier and the 7-speed fw was a "megarange" that has a bail-out Low gear that we use often on SoCal single & double tracks. I recently got a MT200 brake kit for him and installed that too, now that prices are coming down fast (about $40 off ebay, prebled, although I've shortened the hoses to keep it clean and had to re-bleed them).
Bike was well made, with decent welds on a non-traditional frame that lacks a bottom tube but it is also kinda of a step through: this is an asset with toddles that don't really know how to mount or be very "elegant" knowing what to do with their legs when they are stopping or trying to push the bike while seated etc. IMHO the frame is superior in design to a Woom 2 or equivalent "high end" kid's bike.
Bike is relatively light: It was definately lighter than his Schwinn 12" Steel Balance bike. Again, might a tad heavier vs. a Woom 2, but closer than not.
My kiddo learned well on that balance bike - aparently: he managed to pedal the bike away within 5min of him getting on it. I had him "balance kicking himself forward" and nearly seconds after I told him "pedal when you feel ready", he accelerated away, never to "look back"...my jaw was on the ground, just like his mom's & granpas' & granmas'. (Foo Fighters Everlong plays in the background of that life movie "The only thing I'll ever ask of you: You've got to promise not to stop when I say when" - aka terrified proud dad, cannot wait for teenage years).
The only thing that is not "top shelf" with the bike is the lack of a rear hand brake and perhaps of angled valves (getting to inflate these tiny wheels with a forest of spokes and tight clearances, is not always easy).
The Ninebot 18" doesn't look too bad either, but I got a good deal on a "still-in-box" Guardian 20" Ethos "Small" that had much lower stand-over height and that is what he graduated into.
Now he is on a REI Coop Rev 20" that was on a big sale about a year ago (kiddo just turned 6). Also a good bike, I had to upgrade to a trigger shifter as the supplied grip shifter was not intuitive for him. Could not find a 6-speed indexed shimano shifter during the pandemic shortages (don't think there is one still?) so I upgraded the Freewheel to a 7-speed and paired that with a 7-speed shifter that worked fine. Total cost was $35-40ish(?), no regrets, shifting is NOTABLY easier and the 7-speed fw was a "megarange" that has a bail-out Low gear that we use often on SoCal single & double tracks. I recently got a MT200 brake kit for him and installed that too, now that prices are coming down fast (about $40 off ebay, prebled, although I've shortened the hoses to keep it clean and had to re-bleed them).
I am a big convert to balance bikes and I dislike training wheels: I personally don't think of them as "training anything", rather a cheat & bad habit that you will be hard-pressed to break free from, because what they teach your kiddo to do is not to trust their own balance or to put their feet down etc, rather lazily lean on one or the other side as if they were riding a quad...if you want your kiddos to enjoy pedaling around like this, get them a trike =)
Now, the 18" has a couple of gimmicky things (like the front disc brake or the pseudo sus fork) but otherwise it is a OK bike. I don't think you will be able to find something better for $99, unless you are super-into used deal hunting in CL or offerup.
That said, if you can find a deal on the Guardian Ethos 20, I'd think of it as a better deal, because their braking system is working fabulously for kiddos that are beginner riders and shouldn't be troubled with separate front/rear braking.
Kids often pickup sports and they love them "hard" for a few months then they lose interest, especially if there is no sibling or friend(s) to "compete against. If they are the "worst" in their circle, they might get dissapointed fast, if they are the best or "close" to that, their peers don't care to compete / conseed so again, they lose interest because their Ego says "king of the world, nothing more to see here".
I got semi lucky by being a used bike market nerd + being favored by the pandemic situation and got to buy & flip his bikes as often as I wanted w/o it being the money sink it could be. And even if we wouldn't change bikes every 12mo, we would @ 24...
So play it safe, settle for "good enough". If indeed he outgrows the 18", so be it, money well spent. Most likely you can re-sell it for a good % of what you've paid for it "new" or re-newed. Don't over-think it.
Some people advocate in favor of buying a pedal bike and removing the cranks/chainring/chain to have your kids work it as a balance bike for a brief period and gain confidence this way. YMMV, especially if you are not into wrenching and/or have the tools for removing the cranks or figure out the chain-guards etc.
What is important is to spend time with them and be patient. They will figure it out, but they often need lots of positive reignforcement.
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I am a big convert to balance bikes and I dislike training wheels: I personally don't think of them as "training anything", rather a cheat & bad habit that you will be hard-pressed to break free from, because what they teach your kiddo to do is not to trust their own balance or to put their feet down etc, rather lazily lean on one or the other side as if they were riding a quad...if you want your kiddos to enjoy pedaling around like this, get them a trike =)
Now, the 18" has a couple of gimmicky things (like the front disc brake or the pseudo sus fork) but otherwise it is a OK bike. I don't think you will be able to find something better for $99, unless you are super-into used deal hunting in CL or offerup.
That said, if you can find a deal on the Guardian Ethos 20, I'd think of it as a better deal, because their braking system is working fabulously for kiddos that are beginner riders and shouldn't be troubled with separate front/rear braking.
Kids often pickup sports and they love them "hard" for a few months then they lose interest, especially if there is no sibling or friend(s) to "compete against. If they are the "worst" in their circle, they might get dissapointed fast, if they are the best or "close" to that, their peers don't care to compete / conseed so again, they lose interest because their Ego says "king of the world, nothing more to see here".
I got semi lucky by being a used bike market nerd + being favored by the pandemic situation and got to buy & flip his bikes as often as I wanted w/o it being the money sink it could be. And even if we wouldn't change bikes every 12mo, we would @ 24...
So play it safe, settle for "good enough". If indeed he outgrows the 18", so be it, money well spent. Most likely you can re-sell it for a good % of what you've paid for it "new" or re-newed. Don't over-think it.
Some people advocate in favor of buying a pedal bike and removing the cranks/chainring/chain to have your kids work it as a balance bike for a brief period and gain confidence this way. YMMV, especially if you are not into wrenching and/or have the tools for removing the cranks or figure out the chain-guards etc.
What is important is to spend time with them and be patient. They will figure it out, but they often need lots of positive reignforcement.
So how you like the balance bike for kids? should i start off with balance bike before they start to regular bike+helping wheels? my sons is 3 and they don't like the trikes with pedals build on the wheel position.
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The contigent is your kiddo's will.
Anecdote times:
My niece got a 12" balance bike (Schwinn, steel frame). Virtually never rode it, couldn't care less. Granpa who bought it after dad's instruction, also got her a 12" walmart bike with pedals + training wheels...she loved it, kept riding it around the backyard and the sidewalk outside granpas & BIL's homes for years...and the 20" after it...zero interest to even try w/o training wheels till she was like 7.5-8 after that.
My kiddo inhereted the unused Schwinn balance bike when he was a 2yo...not super into it but strolled arouund. When he was 2.5, did it a bit more, when he was almost 3, he was riding it faster than he could run on his feet. On his 3rd birthday he received the 14" Segway/Ninebot in the OP. We paid $230-20% sale for it at the time, I still liked it more than everything 12-14" i had seen from Trek/Giant etc.
Bike was assembled and he was riding it unassisted and w/o training wheels on day 1, few minutes after he jumped on it.
His (boy) friends same age? Never cared for the balance bikes, saw my lil one on a bike @ 3yo, parents went excited, got them a 14" bike with training wheels, they are 6yo now, still zero interest riding w/o training wheels, and also zero interest riding bikes @ the park with my kiddo, simply because he leaves them in the dust and boys don't like "games" they cannot occasionally win...hard to let 3-4yo in the know tho, especially if it is not about their siblings.
The 3yo boy that received the balance bike we outgrew? Zero interest in it, but parents also very low interest to ease them (his younger brother too) into it...they'd rather ride their electrically assisted "bikes" & quads, end of story.
So, YMMV. All i know is that it takes time and that you cannot force it, at least verbally. You need to be there, give them encouragement and figure out what is the right carrot at the end of the stick. Sure, some kiddos do it by themselves, some are doing it because they are afraid of the stick itself, others do it because they adore their parent, some do it because they want to out-do their friends or siblings.
But from limited personal experience and what I've read online, if you have the patience and the kiddo responds, yes, balance bikes work, but bikes are "water" and kiddos are donkeys most of the time...cannot force them to drink.
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