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<div class="wrap"><a href="https://store.cyclerie.net">CyclErie</a>
<div class="sub">Kids bikes · Erie & Longmont, Colorado</div>
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<div class="sale-bar sans">Labor Day Sale — 10% off in-stock Woom bikes, matching woom.com through Sept 8 <span> · GO 2 now $413.10 (was $459)</span></div>
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<div class="pills sans"><span class="pill">Ages 3–4.5</span> <span class="pill">14″ first pedal bike</span> <span class="pill">No training wheels</span></div>
<h1>Woom GO 2 vs. a big-box bike with training wheels</h1>
<p class="lede">Same age range. Same 14-inch wheels. Completely different first ride. One bike teaches balance. The other postpones it — and weighs almost twice as much.</p>
<p>If you are shopping Target, Walmart, or Amazon for a 14-inch bike with training wheels, you are looking at a steel frame, 20–24 pounds, and a skill your child will have to unlearn. The <strong>Woom GO 2</strong> is built the other way: 12.2 lb aluminum, kid-scale geometry, and a clean path from balance bike to real pedaling.</p>
<div class="hero-cta sans"><a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://store.cyclerie.net/collections/woom/products/woom-go-2-kids-bike">See the Woom GO 2</a> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="https://store.cyclerie.net/pages/contact-us">Book a sizing in Erie or Longmont</a></div>
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<h2>Woom GO 2</h2>
<p class="price sans"><s>$459</s>$413.10</p>
<p class="note">Labor Day price on in-stock bikes only. Special orders are regular price.</p>
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<li><strong>12.2 lb</strong> — light enough for a 3- or 4-year-old to start, stop, and pick up</li>
<li>Designed to skip training wheels after a balance bike</li>
<li>6061 aluminum frame, not steel</li>
<li>Low stand-over (13.8″) so they can put both feet down</li>
<li>Tiny 80 mm cranks sized for short legs</li>
<li>Small-hand brake levers + color-coded rear brake</li>
<li>Steering limiter to reduce over-steer crashes</li>
<li>Schwalbe tires, sealed bearings, 10-year woom frame/fork warranty path through a real shop</li>
<li>Fitted, assembled, and rolled onto Coal Creek Trail from our door</li>
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<div class="badge lose sans">Typical big-box 14″ bike</div>
<h2>Training-wheel special</h2>
<p class="price sans">$90–$160</p>
<p class="note">Walmart / Target / Amazon 14-inch steel bikes for ages 3–5.</p>
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<li><strong>20–24 lb</strong> — often as heavy as the child</li>
<li>Training wheels teach the <em>wrong</em> lean for turning</li>
<li>High-tensile / carbon-steel frame</li>
<li>Higher saddle and longer cranks than a preschooler needs</li>
<li>Coaster brake only, or a full-size lever kids can’t reach well</li>
<li>No steering limiter</li>
<li>Department-store assembly, mixed QC, short support window</li>
<li>When the training wheels come off, they start over on balance</li>
<li>Harder to sell or trade up when they outgrow it</li>
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<h2 class="sec">The real difference is not the basket. It is physics.</h2>
<p>A typical 4-year-old weighs 30–40 pounds. Put them on a 24 lb steel bike with training wheels and they are fighting the bike, not learning it. Cut that weight nearly in half — as Woom does — and the same child can start, stop, and put a foot down without an adult holding the saddle.</p>
<p>Training wheels also freeze the bike upright. Kids never practice the lean that keeps a two-wheeler up in a turn. Take the wheels off six months later and you have not “graduated.” You have a heavier bike and a new skill to learn from scratch. Pediatric ride coaches and independent testers have said this for years: teach balance first, then add pedals.</p>
<p>That is the Woom path. GO 1 / GO 1 PLUS for balance. <strong>GO 2</strong> for the first pedals. Same lightweight idea the whole way up.</p>
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<h2 class="sec">Side-by-side specs</h2>
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<th>What matters</th>
<th>Woom GO 2</th>
<th>Typical big-box 14″ w/ training wheels</th>
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<td>Weight</td>
<td class="win">12.2 lb (12 lb 3 oz)</td>
<td>20–24 lb</td>
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<td>Frame</td>
<td class="win">AA 6061 aluminum</td>
<td>Carbon steel / hi-ten steel</td>
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<td>How they learn</td>
<td class="win">Balance first, then pedals — no training wheels</td>
<td>Training wheels, then unlearn them</td>
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<td>Rider</td>
<td class="win">Ages 3–4.5 · 37–43″ tall · 16–19.1″ inseam</td>
<td>Marketed 3–5 · often a sloppy height range</td>
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<td class="win">13.8″</td>
<td>Usually higher; harder to dab a foot</td>
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<td>Cranks</td>
<td class="win">80 mm kid cranks</td>
<td>Longer adult-ish cranks</td>
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<td>Brakes</td>
<td class="win">Kid-reach V-brakes; green rear lever</td>
<td>Coaster + optional hand lever</td>
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<td>Safety extras</td>
<td class="win">Steering limiter, slim lock-on grips, chainguard</td>
<td>Training wheels, plastic pads</td>
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<td>Tires / wheels</td>
<td class="win">Schwalbe Little Joe, light rims, sealed hubs</td>
<td>Generic rubber, heavy steel rims</td>
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<td>Where you buy it</td>
<td class="win">Fitted at CyclErie · Erie or Longmont</td>
<td>Box in the trunk</td>
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<td>Labor Day price</td>
<td class="win">$413.10 in stock (was $459)</td>
<td>$90–$160 — cheap until you buy the next bike</td>
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<p class="note sans" style="margin-top: 10px;">Big-box weight range based on current 14-inch Walmart/Target listings (about 20.5–24.2 lb). Woom specs from woom.com.</p>
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<h2 class="sec">“But the other bike is $120.”</h2>
<p>Fair. The sticker is lower. Count the whole story:</p>
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<li>A Woom actually gets ridden. Heavy steel bikes get parked after the first wobbly weekend.</li>
<li>Kids outgrow 14-inch bikes fast. A Woom holds value and can move through our kids trade-up. A $99 training-wheel bike usually does not.<br></li>
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<div class="callout"><strong>Labor Day, through September 8, 2026.</strong> We matched woom.com: <strong>10% off in-stock Woom bikes</strong>. The GO 2 is <strong>$413.10</strong> (was $459). Sale price is for bikes we have on the floor or can pull from our warehouse into Erie or Longmont. If we special-order it, it is regular price.</div>
<p>Must-Have Add Ons: add <strong>Slime in both tires ($20)</strong>, then a helmet, bell, POP basket, or gloves. Goatheads do not care that it is a kids’ bike.</p>
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<h2 class="sec">Try it here — not in a parking lot</h2>
<p>CyclErie is in Historic Old Town Erie, a few steps from Coal Creek Trail, with a second shop on Main Street in Longmont. Bring the kid. We will check inseam, set the bike, and let them pedal on a real path — the same way they will ride at home.</p>
<p class="sans"><strong>Erie:</strong> 515 Briggs St, Suite D, Erie, CO 80516 · (720) 235-8660<br><strong>Longmont:</strong> 724 Main St, Longmont, CO · Tue–Sat 10–6, Sun 11–3 (Erie hours; closed Mondays)</p>
<div class="hero-cta sans"><a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://store.cyclerie.net/collections/woom">Shop all Woom bikes</a> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="https://store.cyclerie.net/pages/contact-us">Book a sizing / test ride</a></div>
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<h2 class="sec">FAQ</h2>
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<summary>Can my child go straight onto a GO 2 with no balance bike?</summary>
<p>Some can, if they already balance well. Most 3-year-olds do better on a GO 1 or GO 1 PLUS first. If they can glide on a balance bike, the GO 2 is the clean next step — still without training wheels.</p>
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<summary>Will you put training wheels on a Woom?</summary>
<p>We do not recommend it. It fights the geometry Woom designed. If a child is not ready to pedal, we size a balance bike instead of adding training wheels to the wrong tool.</p>
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<summary>Is every color on sale?</summary>
<p>Labor Day pricing follows woom.com on select in-stock models and colors. Ask us what is on the floor in Erie and Longmont today. </p>
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<summary>Do you assemble it and fit it?</summary>
<p>Yes. That is the point of buying local instead of a box-store crate. We also service Woom bikes after the sale.</p>
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<p>This page compares the Woom GO 2 with typical 14-inch department-store bikes sold with training wheels. Specs for the GO 2 come from woom. Big-box weights and prices reflect common current 14-inch steel models at national retailers. Labor Day dates and sale price follow woom.com and apply to in-stock CyclErie inventory.</p>
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