I felt quite emotional recently when my sons Thomas Bike went to bike heaven, well the rubbish tip where they have a little shop part so hopefully someone has recycled it as it was too worn out to be sold by me. I had purchased this bike when my son was at preschool, he had come home with a letter saying they were doing a sponsored pedalthon. My first reaction was dam I'll have to get him a bike as we were living in a flat at the time so was pointless getting one. Anyway 3 days before the event I went online and found him this Thomas the tank engine bike with stabilizers. It was about £60 and I recall I used some Tesco clubcard vouchers towards the purchase ...  Read the complete review

The MV Sports & Leisure Thomas & Friends 12in Bike was the grandson's first bike. We got it on offer for £30 from Toys R Us though the price is now usually £69.99 when I've seen it around. Do note, that I'm talking about the bike in the picture here, as there are some completely different Thomas bikes around that might appear to look the same on the outside. This bike, like most kids' bikes, came flat packed in a cardboard box. Toys R Us and Halfords both offer an assembly service but I didn't think it was necessary. So I took this home and got it together myself in about half an hour. The only thing I will say about the assembly process is that ...  Read the complete review