My daughter previously had the Belter 14 model and could swiftly get used to, ride and enjoy the Belter 20! The bike handles well and the belt drive train & gears work smoothely

The shifting is e bit heavy for e child.

Switched from seeker 16 to 20 for my 7 years old son. Gears are really cool feature. Overall amazing bikes for kids especially: weight of the bike and riding position. Seeker 16 intensively used for 3+ years with no issues. Both my kids learned on ER bikes. Quick, tracked delivery and very friendly staff. 5⭐ every time.

Our neighbours kids and ours have 4 early riders in total. We/they love it.

But, there is a but.

Our neighbour bought the Belter 20, and their big 7 year old boy could’t shift gears. Going down in the gears. He had to stop, and use two hands.

We were in doubt about buying the Belter20 and asked the support.

They replied with this answer:

Early Rider® EU

Hi there, to be honest we sell a large number of Belter 20 bikes and the number of problems we have is proportionately very small. The vast majority of riders don't have a problem using the shifters, unfortunately those with a problem who write a review make it sound like a bigger problem than it is!

Ok, we ordered it, and wrote as a comment if they could check/loosen the spring in the gearshifter. I know - a little optimistic.

We got the bike. Lovely bike!

But… The gearshifter IS way too hard. Our 7 year old boy has to stop, and use two hands to shift to lower gears.

And no answer on our request to check it.

So now we might also make it sound like a bigger problem than it is - but a problem endeed.

Greeting from Denmark

Thomas Balslev Hansen

The bike is great - as the two smaller versions have been. Unfortunately the grip shifter is inoperable for the force any five or six year old child could produce to change gear with one hand. This is a total misconstruction and I sure early rider knows about it but is just not caring enough to solve this problem.