I have to say my son bought a WM bike with his own money when he was 6 ($40). A 20" bike, he still rides it (he's 14) to the pool in the summer. It has held up fine, especially for the way it's been treated. It's the bike that stays out in the rain when he forgets it. It's the one he leaves in the front yard when he goes to the neighbor kid's house, etc. He treats his mountain and road bikes like gold, though. I'd much rather he have a bike to neglect like that one, than have his expensive bikes stolen or misused in his youthful carelessness. Just having that bike has been a good learning experience for him.

What's funny is he's ridden it since he was 6 and the seat has never been raised!

Karen