The Bonsai combines the heirloom beauty of 100% grade A birch with the durability of precision aluminium. It’s strong, sustainable and best of all, insanely beautiful. Featuring Ritchey Logic-designed aluminium components, The Bonsai is built to perform and look good doing it. Lightweight aluminium rims, sealed cartridge bearings, and versatile 1.75”” tyres ensure smooth, stable rides on any terrain. With a focus on sustainability and durability, it’s built to inspire and endure for generations.
The Bonsai is built from 100% grade A Northern European birch. We don’t pad it out with filler and we don’t glue layers of wood shavings together to look like wood. We use real wood, sustainably sourced to last a lifetime. Birch is a great material. It has a superior strength to weight ratio preventing little ones from toppling under the weight of their own bikes. It’s splinter resistant (of course) and features a pleasing knot free smooth grain.
FEATURES:
Roll Model: The Bonsai specs market leading aluminium rims and hubs to save weight and high ABEC grade sealed cartridge bearings to minimise weight and rolling resistance.
Tread Carefully: The Bonsai runs fast rolling 1.75” wide tyres to give 2-4 year olds the stability they need to learn, the air volume they need for comfort and the grip to tackle mixed terrain, confidently, even in the rain. Because there’s no such thing as the wrong weather. Only the wrong bike.
Sustain-ability: Cutting down trees to make bikes isn't sustainable. Kids bikes are the worst, often unable to last even one child. Early RIder's solution? Simple, a contrary design and manufacturing mandate: 'to sustain ability'.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Standover Height: 33 cm
Weight: 3.75 kg
Frame: Transverse laminated Grade A birch veneers, WBP glue
Fork: Transverse laminated Grade A birch veneers, WBP glue
Headtube: AL6061
Steerer Tube: AL6061
Wheelset: ER 12", pneumatic, sealed cartridge bearing
Hubs: CNC’d AL6061, cartridge bearing, hollow AL7075 axle
Rims: 20H anodised AL6061, black
Front Tyre: 12.5×1.75, Innova-2603
Rear Tyre: 12.5×1.75, Innova-2603
Headset: 1 1/8" conventional
Stem: Ritchey OS forged AL6061, 60mm reach
Bars: 400mm Ritchey OS double butted AL6061, 20mm rise
Grips: ER soft-touch mushroom
Seat Post: AL6061, 22.2mm
Saddle: Brown rivetted faux leather
Seat Clamp: ER bolt seat clamp, 25.4mm
Valve Caps: Not included due to safety regulations for bikes labeled for children under 3 years
