{"id":1245,"date":"2026-10-06T22:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T22:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2026-09-01T10:34:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T10:34:45","slug":"choosing-your-first-kids-bike-what-really-matters-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/bike-size-guide\/choosing-your-first-kids-bike-what-really-matters-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing Your First Kids\u2019 Bike: What Really Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BikesDirect_10thMonth_4thInfo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"481\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BikesDirect_10thMonth_4thInfo-481x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic titled &quot;Choosing Your First Kids' Bike: What Really Matters&quot; highlighting key factors for selecting a child's first bicycle, including proper fit, wheel size, bike weight, and choosing the right size for better control, with images of kids' bikes and young riders.\n\" class=\"wp-image-1247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BikesDirect_10thMonth_4thInfo-481x1024.jpg 481w, https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BikesDirect_10thMonth_4thInfo-141x300.jpg 141w, https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BikesDirect_10thMonth_4thInfo-768x1636.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BikesDirect_10thMonth_4thInfo-721x1536.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BikesDirect_10thMonth_4thInfo-962x2048.jpg 962w, https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BikesDirect_10thMonth_4thInfo.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 85vw, 481px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1246,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bike-size-guide"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1248,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1245\/revisions\/1248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikesdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}