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User Submitted Kettler Kettrike Air Navigator Trike Reviews (cont...)Date: 2007-01-11 complicated but good We bought this tricycle for our two year old granddaughter. Even though we raised three active boys, it is by far the most complicated riding vehicle we have ever put together. I felt like I needed to offer a seminar to her parents on the trike's features when we gave it to them. That said, it seems great and I like the adult steering handle for a child her age. It is well built and hopefully will last a few years, through any siblings she may have. I also like the big tires and the rear basket. She,of course, loves it,which is its most important feature. It is supposed to grow with her until she is five, but is seems a little small for that - I could be wrong. Date: 2007-01-09 Great first trike I bought this for my daughter who will be three in 3months and it has been a great bike for her. The wheels are great with air tires- much better than plastic ones and the pushbar has been a must. I didsn't think we'd need the pushbar because she is big enough to pedal but since she is still learning to pedal and steer at the same time it has been nice to rescue her from going too fast or help her go uphills. I would recommend this bike and I'm glad I can use it for my son once my daughter outgrows it. Date: 2007-01-09 Great product, but 1 key selling point is quite poorly designed. My 2yo daughter loves the tricylce, and it's built well, constructed almost entirely out of steel. I have no doubt that it will last her until she's ready for a bicycle. The pneumatic rubber tires won't wear through on pavement and concrete like hard plastic hollow wheels do. My only gripe is with the design and fabrication of one single part, albeit a major one. This tricycle has a feature that allows you to lock the front wheel straight, so the parent can steer with the handle. The part inside the steering shaft that slides up and down in order to lock the handlebars is made of plastic, and the pin that slips into the locking mechanism is metal. If you do not have the handlebars completely straight when depressing the lever to lock the wheel, you will push the metal locking pin up into the plastic assembly, and it will not lock anymore, unless you disassemble the tricycle, and figure out how to fix it. My suggestion is to lock it, and duct tape it in the locked position, and forget about it until the child is capable of pedalling and steering on his or her own. Other than this, I believe it is a quality product. Date: 2007-01-09 Fun for the kids I brought two of these and the kids love it. Was a little complicated to put together but very doable. It took me about 30 for the first bike and much faster on the second. Would have given it 5 stars but occasionally the wheels don't lock like they are supposed to. Date: 2007-01-08 Good for pushing, not so good for pedalling I bought this trike for my daughter's 2nd birthday. When she was not able to pedal yet, it worked fine. The parent navigation system is not that easy to use, but easy enough for a short push ride around the block. The problem surfaced after she really learned to ride a trike over our holiday vacation. It was my nephew's old trike, a cheap plastic one, made by FisherPrice I think. She mastered it perfectly in a couple of days. When we came back we were so excited about her trying her own trike. But she had and is still having trouble with the auto-freewheel design. The design causes the pedals to slip a little before locking into position, and it can happen anytime when the speed of the trike is not perfectly matched with the speed at which she pedals, not just when she tries to start the trike. This makes going on any surface that is not perfectly flat more difficult and confusing. And the trike does not stop when she stops pedaling, which can be scary for a little child, and the parents too, when the road is going downhill a little. All in all I regret this purchase very much, especially considering we paid $200 for the trike. I wish I had just bought one of those cheap plastic trikes. I still give the product 3 stars since the construction is solid and the product quality is good overall.
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