Wooden bikes have a long history. The very first wooden bike is believed by many to have been designed by Leonardo da Vinci while the earliest useable and much copied velocipede was a German designed balance bike or running bike known as the laufmaschine from the 1800’s.

More recently wooden bikes have gained popularity in a number of formats from children’s balance bikes through to high end, and very expensive designs such as the stunning Revovo hardwood bikes.

Wooden Balance Bikes
In 1997 a German company called Kokua really pioneered the genre of wooden bikes known as balance bikes, run bikes or running bikes with their Like a Bike.

Since that time countless companies have copied the original well built and popular Like a Bike wooden bike design, predominantly with poor quality knock offs with little innovation that often leave children owners heartbroken and their parents disappointed.

(Try Google “poor quality balance bikes” “poor quality wood bikes” and “like a bike copies”)

One company that has developed its own unique and innovative take on wooden balance bike design is the Australian company Live Play Create with their TIKE.