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Your child's bike journey

One subscription carries them from a first balance bike at around 18 months to full-size 26" wheels at 14 - six bikes, always the right size, exchanged as they grow. Drag the slider to see where your child is today, and what the journey costs next to buying every bike new.

Your child is

Rent

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the whole journey so far

Buy

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each bike new

The stages

Typical ages shown - sizing always goes by inside leg, and the finder checks that for you.

12"
Balance bike
1.5–3.5 yrs
£10.70/mo
typically kept ~12 months
14"
Big balance bike
3–4.5 yrs
£11.62/mo
typically kept ~12 months
14"
First pedal bike
3–4.5 yrs
£16.11/mo
typically kept ~12 months
16"
16" bike
4–6 yrs
£17.83/mo
typically kept ~15 months
20"
20" bike
6–8 yrs
£20.59/mo
typically kept ~15 months
24–26"
Big wheels
8–14 yrs
from £18.18/mo
typically kept ~24 months

The whole journey, in numbers

Renting the full journey
£1,773
every size from 18 months to 14 years, exchanges included
Buying each bike new
£2,740
RRP of every size, bought outright

Figures use the typical hold times shown above and 12-month plan rates against each bike's RRP new. Buying figures don't include repairs, or money recovered by reselling secondhand - and renting means never doing the reselling.

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