Labor Day Sale — 10% off in-stock Woom bikes, matching woom.com through Sept 8 · GO 2 now $413.10 (was $459)
Ages 3–4.514″ first pedal bikeNo training wheels
Woom GO 2 vs. a big-box bike with training wheels
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.
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 Woom GO 2 is built the other way: 12.2 lb aluminum, kid-scale geometry, and a clean path from balance bike to real pedaling.
Higher saddle and longer cranks than a preschooler needs
Coaster brake only, or a full-size lever kids can’t reach well
No steering limiter
Department-store assembly, mixed QC, short support window
When the training wheels come off, they start over on balance
Harder to sell or trade up when they outgrow it
The real difference is not the basket. It is physics.
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.
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.
That is the Woom path. GO 1 / GO 1 PLUS for balance. GO 2 for the first pedals. Same lightweight idea the whole way up.
Side-by-side specs
What matters
Woom GO 2
Typical big-box 14″ w/ training wheels
Weight
12.2 lb (12 lb 3 oz)
20–24 lb
Frame
AA 6061 aluminum
Carbon steel / hi-ten steel
How they learn
Balance first, then pedals — no training wheels
Training wheels, then unlearn them
Rider
Ages 3–4.5 · 37–43″ tall · 16–19.1″ inseam
Marketed 3–5 · often a sloppy height range
Stand-over
13.8″
Usually higher; harder to dab a foot
Cranks
80 mm kid cranks
Longer adult-ish cranks
Brakes
Kid-reach V-brakes; green rear lever
Coaster + optional hand lever
Safety extras
Steering limiter, slim lock-on grips, chainguard
Training wheels, plastic pads
Tires / wheels
Schwalbe Little Joe, light rims, sealed hubs
Generic rubber, heavy steel rims
Where you buy it
Fitted at CyclErie · Erie or Longmont
Box in the trunk
Labor Day price
$413.10 in stock (was $459)
$90–$160 — cheap until you buy the next bike
Big-box weight range based on current 14-inch Walmart/Target listings (about 20.5–24.2 lb). Woom specs from woom.com.
“But the other bike is $120.”
Fair. The sticker is lower. Count the whole story:
A Woom actually gets ridden. Heavy steel bikes get parked after the first wobbly weekend.
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.
Labor Day, through September 8, 2026. We matched woom.com: 10% off in-stock Woom bikes. The GO 2 is $413.10 (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.
Must-Have Add Ons: add Slime in both tires ($20), then a helmet, bell, POP basket, or gloves. Goatheads do not care that it is a kids’ bike.
Try it here — not in a parking lot
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.
Erie: 515 Briggs St, Suite D, Erie, CO 80516 · (720) 235-8660 Longmont: 724 Main St, Longmont, CO · Tue–Sat 10–6, Sun 11–3 (Erie hours; closed Mondays)
Can my child go straight onto a GO 2 with no balance bike?
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.
Will you put training wheels on a Woom?
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.
Is every color on sale?
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.
Do you assemble it and fit it?
Yes. That is the point of buying local instead of a box-store crate. We also service Woom bikes after the sale.
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