One of the best looking bikes... ever.

Price: £675.00 From: earlyrider.comTested by: Olive

Early Rider as a brand has been around since 2005. I seem to recall that it started out initially with wooden balance bikes. Wooden balance bikes that had a keen eye for subtle, but stylish aesthetics with frame sizing and geometry that looked to be a bit more capable than most. Yes, we’re talking about balance bikes, but a stable bike is a good bike.

Soon after the balance bikes, Early Rider came out with metal frame bikes with pedals. And they looked super cool. And they still do; the brushed metal look remains on pretty much all Early Rider bikes.

Early Rider has never seemingly been a brand to cut corners. Its Belter series of singlespeed and hub-gear bikes – with belt drives instead of chains – is a good example of not doing the easy or obvious thing.

This Early Rider Seeker 20 featured here is its 20in wheel size kid’s mountain bike with gears, designed for kids aged 6 to 8 (or 118 to 135cm approx.). And, as you can see, it looks flipping well cool. Like a cartoon bike drawn by a cyborg.