Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I purchased this for my 3, almost 4 year old daughter. I looked at many other bikes before I decided on this one. The main selling feature was that it came with a hand break standard. My older daughter was almost in a horrible crash when she was 5 because the chain came off her bike on a hill, so the brakes didn't work. Yes, I know that she could have put her feet down to stop, but she was too scared to think of it at the time. Thank God a stranger heard our yelling and stepped in to stop her. The bike came well packed in a box with all the tools needed to assemble. The directions were in broken English but the pictures were easy to follow. It took me 20 to 30 min to put together mostly because I had "help". My daughter loves the girlie color and the ribbons on the handle bars. I like the fact that there are no pictures of princesses, Barbie, or any other character that could fall out of favor and therefore start the whine for a new bike with the latest favorite character on it. Here are the downsides: 1. the training wheels have very little adjust to them, so you can't raise them off the ground as your child gains skill. 2. the plastic fasteners on the basket are not very strong so plan on using something else to keep the basket on long term, like zip ties 3. The bike ships from the factory in China so shipping takes a little longer. UPDATE: My now 4 yr old daughter has been riding this bike almost every day for over 3 months now and we are still happy with it. We have found it to be very sturdy and have only had to reattach the bell once and have tightened all the bolts. I was a little worried that the training wheels were not wide enough to keep the bike stable, but they seem to be fine. She really has to work at it to tip this bike over. I am happy with this purchase and would buy this bike again.