Wooden Likeabike's were around before the Islabikes weren't they?

I've been a fan of the scoot around time of bikes, but the wife isn't, my lad has little self confidence but is about to lose his stabilisers at age 6, my daughter won't be too far behind and she's 3, but has bags more confidence.
In fairness she's spent more time on a bike than he has, and now they both have nice Giant bikes to ride the improvement has been huge, my lad took to using the brakes straight away, and he loves riding up hills  where as my lass loves downhill

My little lad started on 12" Spesh Hotrock with stabliszers.  I must admit, i think these pedaless bikes seem to be a bit of a myth to me.  A bit like bikers trying to say that because they are serious bikers they know some mystical reason for their offspring to have an advantage in the learning dept.

Why not just accept that kids learn at different speeds and consider which is going to be more fun for that particular kid.  Thats whats gonna get them riding the quickest (Along with their natural ability to balance and pedal).  Bikers get so hung up on technicalities and dont consider their kids fun.

My son got pedalling very quickly and ended up going way to fast with the stabilisers that they were a hinderence tbh.  I tried to get him riding without them and it got a little upsetting for him.  I left it (On mothers orders) and he came to me a few weeks later asking to try them off.  Same stories as above (Without pedals or with), he was riding within 10mins.

If the kid fancies scooting, get him that, if he fancies stabilisers get him that.  I am getting the 12" hotrock as my 2yr old can already pedal and wants to be chasing her older brother.  I guarentee she will be riding quicker than it took her older brother, not because she is riding stabilisers but because all she wants to do in life is copy her big brother.  This makes more difference than pushing our over technical opinions onto them

I don't really think there are any 'over-technical' opinions are there? it's just whether you consider pedalling or balancing to be the most difficult skill when learning to ride a bike.

You cant ride a bike without either so tbh what difference does it make in the long run.  I will put money on it a kid pushed into learning to ride on a isla bike and not enjoying it will take longer than a kid riding on stabilisers who is enjoying themselves.  This also works in reverse btw. 

My point is choose the one that you think the kid will enjoy most and you wont go far wrong.

The ability to move forward under ones own steam and not wear your shoes out cos youve no where to put your feet is where kids get the enjoyment.

So trike stabilisers or just a good old fashined bike with pedals.

If you want to teach them to push along the floor with their feet and balance at the same time get a Scooter.

XCman [ KB ] With Altitude wrote (see)

The ability to move forward under ones own steam and not wear your shoes out cos youve no where to put your feet is where kids get the enjoyment.

Alx wrote (see)

Absolute bollocks.

Obviously

Edit:- Gay as well I expect