I keep getting emails from ER asking me about my opinion, so here it goes: The Seeker X16 is of exceptional quality. This is a high-end bike, no doubt about it it. Then why a 2-star rating. It's simple: the gain ratio is way too high (in my opinion).
My somewhat lightweight 4-year old out-grew his Woom 2. As soon as we started moving to real (easy) trails as opposed to the neighborhood park, I realized that a bike upgrade was necessary. The Seeker X16 seemed like a great option, considering it is almost as light as a Woom 3, but has bigger tires (my main criticism of the Wooms are the narrow tires) and disc brakes. We received the bike a few weeks ago and I was immediately in awe by the quality of the bike. Due to inclement weather (wind and snow...), it took until today before we were able to test it on the trails. Outside of town we have rolling hills with a good amount of short ups and downs, but nothing steep on the easy trails. I had noticed on rides around the neighborhood that the bike was harder to pedal than his Woom 2 but had hoped he would be fine. Right away I could see him struggling going up an almost unnoticeable incline and within one minute of biking, he stopped and started crying, saying he couldn't move the bike. I had to use the TowWhee where before he was perfectly able to ride his Woom 2. Yes, it is my fault that I hadn't paid enough attention to this before ordering the bike. But a bike aimed at 4 and 5 year olds should not be this hard to pedal if you…