Wald W10252 Bicycle Training Wheels (16 to 20-Inch Wheels.75 and 1-Inch Frame Tubes),Silver

You get what you pay for! These training wheels are pricey, but they are extremely well made and designed to last a long time which could be a big advantage if you have more than one child as I could see these training wheels getting passed down as young siblings need them. I installed these on a 20" Schwinn girls' bicycle with absolutely no problem. They are designed to be strong and with the horizonal crossbar, the wheels cannot shift forward or backwards. They include and extra spacer washer for longer axles. Just pay attention to the 3/8" or more axle length required for being able to install them. The quality of these wheels is what used to be common in the USA back in the 50's & 60's when I was a kid.

These training wheels are great! We purchased them after the plastic training wheels on my sons bike gave away after less than 10 bike rides, but I don't anticipate a single problem with these metal training wheels.My sons bike is a 16" bike we purchased from Walmart and these fit perfectly on his bike. The training wheels were incredibly easy to attach and didn't affect the chain or anything else. I included a couple pictures to show everyone what comes in the box as well as a picture of the back of the box explaining how to put them on.Inside the box you get the following 16 pieces:2: training wheels2: brackets (this attaches to the wheel and the brace arm)2: shoulder bolts (this attaches the training wheel to the bottom of the bracket)2: locking nuts (these screw onto the shoulder bolts to hold the wheel in place)2: brace arms (this attaches to the bracket and the bike)2: washers (they can be placed between the brace arm and bike. They are optional. We did not use them.)2: 3/4" frame adapters (these are optional but great. They go onto the brace arm and hold the brace arm more securely to the bike.)2: 1" frame adaptersThe rear axil nut in the picture on the back of the box comes from the bike when you remove the old training wheels. You reuse that nut.These training wheels didn't take more than 10 minutes to install and I love how indestructible and sturdy they are compared to his old training wheels.

Holy smokes, these are a hefty, hunk of metal. We have had quite an ordeal with getting a bike and then training wheels for our 8 year old daughter. These are the 3rd set of training wheels we have gotten and the first set that will not bend. I mean, you could not bend them if you tried! We do have a Huffy bike, so it's still to be seen how hard they will be to install. I wish I would of researched training wheels for huffy bikes to begin with but I never imagined having a huffy bike would make it so much more difficult. The short axel bolts make it almost impossible to add training wheels to their 20 inch bike, but I am hopeful. The wheels on these bad boys are larger in diameter and made of steel themselves so they are much sturdier than the other aluminum (?) training wheels. Just superb quality all the way around. I wish I would of got these initially but I thought all training wheels were about the same. I was wrong.

A number of reviewers have made the comment that these training wheels won't fit due to not enough threads on the axle; that's true but easy to fix with a replacement axle. Look these are very well built so the stack up is is relatively thick. The key is to make sure that with the training wheels installed you still are fully engaging all of the threads on the axle nut. If you're not it could be a liability.I had the same problem with a craig's list girl's huffy 20" wheel BMX style bike. I bought a new axle off amazon for less than $10 delivered and the training wheels fit perfect. Again, don't put these wheels on if you aren't engaging all the threads of the axle nut. You could possibly end up with the training wheel falling off and an injured child.This disclaimer is you have to take the rear hub apart to install a new axle; the reality of this is most people should be able to figure this out by watching a couple you tube videos and being very careful. If you aren't confident then absolutely don't do it. I wouldn't take it too a bike shop because the cost to have them do it probably won't make sense. It's a good opportunity to take the hub apart, regrease it and set the bearing preload.My other comment about these training wheels is you should put a SMALL amount of bearing application grease on the training wheel axles prior to assy. I did this on mine and the training wheels turn very smoothly.This type of product is almost non existant in today's market: overbuilt, well designed, made in america, looks cool and if you take care of them your great grand kids could be using them.

I bought these train wheels for one of my grandsons to help with learning how to ride a bike. The Haro that I got for him is a little advanced for him and his age I figured he would grow into it since the Haro was actually designed for mountain biking. I was only able to install one on the left side, but it was actually enough to keep the bike steady. The build quality of these train wheels is above par from others that I’ve seen. These were not made by some fly by night Chinese company. the company that built these Were built by people that care about quality. It seems like the Wald company is out of Kentucky and the actual box that they came in states that they were crafted in the USA but I’m not entirely sure what that means so they could’ve been built in China and design or engineered in the USA. I haven’t aactually done the research, but any case I’m glad that this is an American company and it definitely shows in the build quality. You can’t go wrong, and if you have more than one child in your family, these could easily be passed on to the next child once one has grown training wheels.