Yikes Bikes! (Ready, Freddy!)
583172
My six year old son absolutely loves the Ready Freddy series of books.  He can't read them yet himself, but we read them to him every night and he is very entertained, and I find myself being entertained too and reading more than I usually intend just to see what happens next.

It's nice to have a chapter series where the characters are carried over from book to book.  I personally think that helps in gaining reading comprehension in little kids.  I don't think you can go wrong with this series of books.
3364613
My grandson rode this bike maybe one hour when the brakes simply exploded. All the pieces just tumbled off! I am at a loss as how to fix this..
458055
I've bought and tossed my fair share of home exercise equipment over the years, so I'm familiar with the cycle: excitement, hope, purchase, trial, frustration, disappointment, coat hanger, garage sale. I probably wouldn't have done it again if not for a long-term health issue that left me very tired and probably more in need of exercise than ever. I thought I'd try this little pink gem, as it folds (sort-of), had decent reviews, and the price was right. I figured light biking is just the thing for now - takes less energy than even walking if I'm super tired.

But I didn't have high hopes. As I took it out of the box, I even saw that the casing (pink part) was even cracked. I started to visualize my future garage sale. But, I bit the bullet and put the thing together, which didn't take long at all. Then, gritting my teeth, I got on and started pedaling. What?? It feels sturdy! It's smooth! It's totally silent! I couldn't believe it. The thing actually works the way it's supposed to. I've had it for several months now, and I've only hung a sweater on it once. (The crack in the casing is purely a cosmetic issue. Not worth worrying about.)

Why is it pink? Unfortunately, this is the wrong venue for a conversation about the ills of gender stereotyping. It's ridiculous, but buy it anyway if you're considering this bike for reasons other than the stupid color. (You too, guys! You can handle this!) My only minor issue was that my thighs are too big for the handlebar that goes on either side of the seat - my legs uncomfortably brush the handles as I pedal. No big deal, I took it off and will re-install if and when I slim down a bit. No bike is ever going to be super comfortable for your butt (it's not an easy chair), but this one has a nice wide seat and backrest.

If you're sedentary, overweight, unhealthy, or hate to work out (like me) but know that you need to, try this silly pink bike. Seems to be good quality! I'm very glad I bought this one.
30936
I got this bike, and with ease put it together. I was extremely pleased with it, until i tried riding it. Within one motion of the pedal the chain fell off and when i got to looking at it. Critical cycles hand builds their frames, and they welded my frame together so wrong that when taken to a bike shop they couldn't even bend it back into place. the frame was crooked, causing the chain to be out of alignment, so it was un-ridable. apparently I was the lucky 1 out of a million, but other than the frame, everything else would have worked out perfectly.
503539
I think these mini-bikes could be better built for kids. They are a good idea but they need built better especially for the cost.  When you pay that much money for something like this you at least expect it to work. We are so disappointed.
1752166
Quality entertainment. Sweet car vs. bike and bike (fixie) vs. bike (gears) chase scenes and of course, a genius ending scene. Suck it douchebag!
2074055
Do not give a care to what people will think of you.  Those petrified banana seats should be covered with these covers even if the rest of the world has gone stupid wanting racing bikes when they are not racing.  Biking should be fun, not sore.  The same goes for the absence of fenders and kick stands.  We have gone backwards?  Get yourself an old 100 Dollar Schwinn or old Raleigh with thin tires and a three speed if you are from a flat state.  Pick one up on Ebay that has been taken care of and can be picked up locally.  Don't forget about old multiple speed tandems.  See the trees, grass and bunnies.  Pamper your bottom and work your legs.  Be careful of seat size and get one small if you have to have a small seat.  Thanks for listening to my rant.
1944242
I ordered the bike for my daughter for her birthday. The brand name and the price were main factors for me to choose this bike. I received the bike a day ahead of schedule - Thanks to Amazon; they had always been great about what they promise. The next day on her birthday I went home early and I spent about two hours putting the bike together and understandably making few adjustments i.e. number on the twister gear corresponding to the right gear on the sprocket, brakes etc. Great looking bike. Took it out for a test ride, heard little squeaky noises - no big deal needs few fine adjustments, I thought. I gave it to my daughter to try it out. She went around and was coming back towards me when the bike stopped suddenly with a jerk. Luckily she was riding real slowly. Inspecting it I found that portion of the tire had come off of the rim creating a bulge. I deflated the tire immediately, squeeze the tire in the rim inflated it to 55 psi again (recommendation printed on the tire - 40 to 65 psi), took it for test ride and it happened again and again and again. Whether the rim size is inaccurate or the tire, I really don't care, but Mongoose should check their quality more closely, especially when they make stuff for kids and where a failure could cause serious injury. I gave it two stars since this could be one in a thousand, but I think safety should not be compromised for price or anything else. I end up buying her a "Schwinn" from "Target" since I could not stand the look of disappointment on her face. All in all I'm not sure I'd buy another Mongoose again.
468935
OK, this is a 5 star review for the bike, but a 1 star review for the tires. 2.5 average. But since there are no half star reviews, I'm rounding down due to frustration. My son LOVES this bike. We gave it to him on his birthday the first week of February and he has ridden it EVERY SINGLE day since then. Until today. Because yesterday his back tire started leaking. We added air, he'd ride for a bit. We'd add more air, he'd ride a bit. When I got up this morning, the tire was completely flat, so I told him I would swing by the store on the way home and get him a new tube and he'd be riding before he knew it (since this was beyond a green slime leak). Well the first bike store told me I was crazy and there was no such tube. Then second didn't have any useful people, but there was no site of this size tube in all of their tube section. SO I got home, delivered the sad news to my 6yo, then started researching replacement tubes online. . . to my disappointment I find that this size tire and tube is VERY RARE, and it's not the typical $3 tube replacement available at my corner bike store. I have found an online scooter parts store that sells this tube, but it's $10 for the tube and $10 for shipping! Yikes!! The price of this bike just went up, since I don't imagine this to be my last tube replacement.
3170182
My wife and I did considerable internet research before ordering this bike.... Right off--this appears to be an excellent unit. The materials are well manufactured, of durable thickness, and the electrical connectors are well made and not likely to have wires pull out.
  It arrived UPS (3 days, despite paying for overnight) with various punctures in the box. Nothing was damaged, but the styrofoam inside was broken and in total chaos--and parts had clearly shifted and some screws had come loose. (Keep the box until everything is together--parts may be in the flaps at the box's bottom.)
  Assembly took about 2 hrs and was quite easy. The instructions are well laid-out. Most of the screws are already in the proper holes (unless they have fallen to the bottom of the shipping box) and one need only unscrew them, position the proper part, and replace the screws. Tools are provided. The only real issues are (1) The seat support attaches to the frame with some hex bolts whose heads stick up above the plate. Hence the seat rests on the bolt heads rather than on the plate. If you can find some fine-thread 8M-35 flat screws, probably the problem would be solved--if not, no big deal. (2) The foot straps on the pedals are extremely tight fitting! Using all my strength (I'm over 60yrs) I was just barely able to stretch the straps over the pegs on the pedals. Also, be aware that some of the threads are left-handed.
  As for the unit itself, the seat back is mesh and comfortable. The seat is not too comfortable, but passable. The back is not adjustable vertically, but fits me. (The picture on Amazon may not be of the unit that was shipped to me.) As for noise level--there essentially is none. Quiet!
  If you want to move the bike, good luck! The manual says to stand in front of the bike and rock it onto its wheels. That movement provides more back exercise than most of us probably need--and it occurs again when lowering the bike! I will probably rig a strap (from a suitcase) around the back support to lift it with my legs and shoulders rather than awkwardly with my back.
  The computer buttons feel chintzy. But they are not used that often and probably will suffice.
  A nice feature is the pulse-buttons on both hand grips.

  Over all, would I buy it again? Definitely "Yes." I've tried to highly the problems so that your expectations will be reasonable. I like the overall quality and functionality. It's noticeably superior to what we've generally come to expect in this "modern" era of manufacturing.
2546666
Terrible bike . Please don't waste your money on this bike . Your kids safety is worth more . My daughter got really hurt when the brakes malfunctioned on ithis POS .
2961441
The bicycle is fine; however, I can't ride it since I'm too short for it. Wasn't sure how S, M, L, & XL correlated to height. I took a guess and I was wrong. The L is for 5'10"-6'-1"  riders. I am shorter than that. Now I'm stuck with the bike unless I package it up and send it back. After building it and throwing away the packing materials, I just can't get motivated to do it. Anybody want it?? Be sure to research it first!
2967899
My girlfriend bought the EW-500 Electric Moped from a distributor in Florida. His website is full of rave reviews about his service, mostly penned by he himself, I believe. The bike was drop-shipped from the original distributor, and I really believe drop is the operative word. Nowhere was there mention, on the distributor's website, that in New York City there would be a $325 additional shipping charge because of "the difficulty of dealing with New York"; I mean bucolic Brooklyn is not exactly the Garment District. Furthermore, any professional driver worth his salt can easily negotiate the mean streets of Manhattan.

The truck rolled up, some guy heaved an uncovered crate off the tailgate of his truck and sped off into the distance. By the time my girlfriend discovered that her supposedly ready-to-ride moped was totally nonfunctional, due to a myriad of mechanical problems, she was mildly perturbed. I could tell.

If I were to detail the trials and tribulations of the following week, we would approach a farcical tale of Shakespearean proportions. Except it wasn't funny. We shall, dear reader, spare you the details, as I would rather find myself in the dentist's office in the 1800s than to relive those days.

Eventually, the importer's son (a very sweet young lad) arrived to take away the black plastic sculpture in front of the brownstone. To his credit, the importer (not the distributor) shipped at his own expense a replacement model that does work, after a fashion. It is still a cheaply-made, shoddy, sweatshop-labor plastic thing. Parts are falling off left and right - the right rear-view mirror; an all-important foot-pedal; the lock that fell out of the "helmet holder;" and now the front fender is cracked; to name but a few of the minor issues - and yet, nonetheless, my girlfriend loves zooming around on it.

Of course, she has already started talking about getting a real-live Vespa. Something made out of metal in elegant Italy (I hope) which can whisk her around town in style. (While I bite fingernails full of oil paint down in Dumbo.)

Whatever you do, do not buy this piece of junk!
4022103
I've built enough kids bikes at this point to realize that this one was just plain frustrating...
The forks needed to be pried apart with tools and the handlebar hole needed to be filed down with other tools in order to insert it over the jagged metal pieces inside the insertion pipe... unfortunately we needed the bike for this specific week or I would have packaged it right back up and sent it back... purchased the girls and boys version of this bike - BOTH had major structural issues.  Once we conquered them, the bikes functioned just fine for the price.

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781602
Just finished trying to put this together for my son for Christmas. I really wish I'd paid attention to the other reviews before I bought it so I could have saved myself the last three hours of torture.

Where to begin...? First of all, half the Mongoose stickers are on upside-down on the frame, so it looks stupid. (Not that my 5 year old will care.) Secondly, many, many of the parts that come with the bike were mis-assembled (usually backwards or upside-down) at the factory, so whatever came assembled needed to be taken completely apart and put back together with some trial and error. And the directions are general directions for all Mongoose bikes so you don't have much to go on except for the pictures here at Amazon. So far two of the parts were broken, which I guess I'll have to call their toll-free help line about tomorrow. And the screw that's supposed to align the front brakes is stripped so I can't align the brakes or remove it to use a good screw. Plus it has a couple of large dings on the frame due to the very lousy packaging it arrived in (a common complaint among other buyers). I also agree with the comments about the very flimsy training wheels, which I'll probably have to replace before long as well.

Another wonderful Made in China product. Thanks Mongoose!
3958577
Ive had three of these bikes now, and every single one of them has started clicking or clunking with each pedal at around 200 miles on the bike. Every. Single. One.

I wonder if it wasn't designed for folks who buy this kind equipment, ride it twice, then put it in the basement.

Oh how much I loved this bicycle when it arrived! The packaging is outstanding, the parts could not be easier to understand. The tools included for assembly fit perfectly. The screws and other pieces of hardware or beautifully powder coated, all of the pieces fit together perfectly. The seat is cushiony, if you have the right proportions and get the bikes seat and seat back in the right position, it is extremely comfortable and I use it for hours every day while I work or watch movies with my kids. I thought, MIRACLE!

Ive returned two bikes and contacted the manufacturer about two, all with the same problem. Im about to contact the manufacturer about the third bike.

 You have 30 days for your bike to break, but it won't break for a week or two, and the email-only service takes a week or more to answer each email; and each email is only answered with questions (e.g., take the pedals off and send a video, which you do.... wait....they agree to send you parts and ask you for your address again...wait another week....your warranty is over!)

If you get a replacement bike, its on you to disassemble the old bike (takes about 45 minutes doing it alone if youve done it before, the packaging and parts make it easybut its still 45 minutes!!) and then build the new bike they send youanother 45 minutes.

The clunking noise is SO ANNOYING. So each bike, you decide whether you want to return it AGAIN and build another clunking bike or just put it on the street.

Have been seeing these in the street lately, abandoned by frustrated owners.

Im super disappointed in Amazon for making this an amazons choice. Thats the only reason we bought it.

I wonder if the positive reviews are fake?
2966233
They are to dangerous to ride. They have the wheels to close. The front wheels are to close to the back wheels