Archive for April, 2009
There are certain memories that many people attribute with their childhood, and one of these memories is invariably when you first learned to ride your two wheel bike. Maybe your dad or mom was holding onto the back and pushing you along before you realized you were teetering and wobbling down the road all by yourself. With this event often comes a great sense of pride that you are actually peddling all by yourself.
So if you’re a parent to a small child, you will probably be experiencing this memory from the other side very soon. Instead of being the proud kid on the bike, you’ll be the even prouder parent. If your kid is getting to that bike riding stage, look into a variety of different kids bikes. And make sure you get one that your kid will love. Choose one in their favorite color or decorated with their favorite pictures.
Just as American as apple pie is the Radio Flyer Little Red Wagon. Celebrating their 90th year anniversary Radio Flyer has been bringing smiles to the faces of children around the world. The first product to come out was the Liberty Coaster. The company changed their name to the Radio Flyer in 1930 with production of the first little red wagon. It is also commonly known as the Radio Flyer wagon.
With each year Radio Flyer has adjusted their product line to follow the times. They made the Blitz Cans for the military in the forties and the lawn cart in the fifties for gardeners. The sixties brought about the scat racer which is one of the lightest and most compact ride-on-toys on the market. The seventies brought about the ski sled and the motocross bike. The company continues to produce quality products improving on styles and shapes.
The pedal car has a very long history, almost as long as the automobile. The pedal car fist came out in the 1890’s, were modeled after the automobile and were very expensive. At that time only the wealthy could afford one. Children who’s parents could not afford one would often build their own from parts they found.
Pedal cars reached their height of popularity in the 1920’s to 1930’s but then had a resurgence in the 1950’s to 1960’s. That is also the time that the chain driven models came out. From the 1920’s to the 1960’s pedal cars kept up with the latest trend of the automobile with many models and colors to choose from. If you had one of the original pedal cars that came out from 1922 to 1940 it would be worth alot of money today.