Recently a gift of Byk Kids Bikes was given to a New Zealand school in an effort to coax kids back into riding.  It coincides with the Prime Minister John Key's 'Bikes in the School' initiative, which aims to give every primary school pupil access to a bicycle and track.

62 Byk Kids Bikes were given to a local school, a gift totalling about $75,000 which includes helmets, bike tracks, a bike shed and an elite cyclist to coach the youngets.  The gift was given by Paul McArdle, a Hastings man, who had lived and worked in Amsterdam and was astonished to see so few children riding bicycles in New Zealand.

You can read the full article in the Wellington Newspaper, The Dominion Post, online at: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/3347120/Gift-coaxes-schoolkids-back-to-bikes

Kids Bike Co is proud to be sponsoring the 2009 Kids Fling - a fun event that is part of the Highland Fling weekend for children of primary school age.  its part of a larger event which is made of mountain bike races for all ages which you can read about at the Wild Horizons website - http://www.wildhorizons.com.au/highland-fling

The Kids Bike race is on Sunday the 8th of November - a fun bike race for all children that enter on the day. So come down and have some fun at Ferndale Oval, Bundanoon to register before race from 8am. Each entrant will receive a showbag and go into the draw to win an an Eastern Bike and a BYK bike.

Download the flyer here

The popularity and buzz around the ByK Kids Bikes just keeps on growing.  We recently had a display at the inagural Ausbike trade show in Melbourne where we were again very well supported with many new dealers placing orders. Dealers from as far as Esperance, Western Australia, to Cairns, Far North Queensland are signing up to distribute the ByK Kids Bikes.

We have also just released in New Zealand and as of October 1st the ByK Kids Bikes will be in approximately 50 stores accross both islands. The feedback at the release was overwhelming. The distributor is the well known and regarded Adventure Brands, who notably distribute Jamis USA and Bauer, the most famous local brand amongst others.

We have also recently added another 25 stores to our stockist lists here in Australia!