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New Official Tike Reseller – Miko Beautiful Child

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:25:55 +0000

Miko Beautiful Child with stores in Eltham and Surrey Hills, Victoria, has been appointed as official TIKE resellers. With a commitment to support Australian designed and made products which are unique and of high quality Miko’s boutiques feature a beautiful collection of fine childrens clothing, furniture, toys and gifts.
Miko carry stock of a range of TIKE wooden bikes and accessories and join our list of exclusive upmarket TIKE stockists.

You can find Miko Beautiful Child stores at 980 Main Rd Eltham and 2/139 Union Rd Surrey Hills Victoria or for a complete list of Official TIKE Resellers please visit our webpage www.tike.com.au

Australian TIKE comes to Taiwan

admin — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:44:57 +0000

In what is very exciting news for Live Play Create, the Australian based company behind the highly acclaimed TIKE Balance Bike, a new distribution agreement will shortly see the TIKE available for sale to the children of Taiwan.

The first shipments of the Australian developed TIKEs are already on their way from Melbourne to Taiwan and are scheduled to arrive just in time for Christmas.

Live Play Create founder, Paul Ballardin, said that this new distribution agreement in Taiwan was a great accomplishment for the company which is the market leader in Australia and New Zealand and was further recognition of the hard work that we continue to put into innovation, quality and working with selected high end retailers.

More details to follow.

Tike Buddy Bag – Stylish Balance Bike Carry Bag

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:55:45 +0000

The buddy bag looks cool and is indispensable addition to the tike

There always seems to be so much to carry on every outing. Water bottles, snacks… sunscreen, changes of clothes, nappies, wipes, hats, tissues……. and then the plush best friend absolutely has to come as well. You end up looking like you are heading to the nearest airport for a lengthy sojourn rather then a ride through the local bushland or park.

Live Play Create now have a very cool and functional way to share some of the load.

Introducing the tike buddy bag ..perfect for carrying the best friend, water bottle, hat and snacks for the ride. This balance bike carry bag will be an indispensable addition to the tike (a bonus for mum and dad as well)

The buddy bag is compatible with most popular children’s bikes and scooters.

The buddy bag has 2 handlebar straps plus a fork strap for extra stability and is compatible with most popular children’s bikes and scooters. So if the older sibling is jealous they can have one too.

Available for $24 or with the tike stand for $ 40

The history of Balance Bikes

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:37:18 +0000

The Tike balance bike encourages outdoor activity, friendships and confidence

The first balance bike was invented by German inventor Karl Drais in 1817 and was known as the velocipede which is the earliest known form of a two-wheeler without pedals.

More recently, wooden balance bikes have undergone somewhat of a renaissance which many attribute to the success of the German built Like a Bike (Europe) and the Australian designed TIKE.

Fundamental to explosion in popularity of balance bikes is, apart from their design beauty, the innovation of Like a Bike and TIKE in restricting the steering movement of the bike which results in a significant increase in their stability.

Of course this success has led to an explosion in new balance bike designs appearing almost daily which has led to a significant amount of confusions for parents in reconciling the differences between different makes and models.

The good news is that once you know what to look for, the differences are easy to spot and make it easy to compare balance bikes and choose the best balance bike for your child.