Dawes 16" Blowfish Kids Bike, Orange

The middle size in the Blowfish range — the one most children move to once they're confident on 14" wheels and want to keep up on longer rides. Aluminium frame and alloy wheels keep the weight down, which is what makes a bike this size genuinely rideable rather than a struggle.

Who it fits

16" wheels, suited to most children around 4 to 6 years old. Age is only a rough guide — send us your child's height and inside leg and we'll tell you whether the 16" or the 18" will give them longer before they outgrow it.

What you're getting

• Frame: lightweight aluminium rather than the steel used on most bikes at this size
• Wheels: robust, long-lasting alloy
• Specification: deliberately simple, so there's less to go wrong and less for a young rider to think about

Sizes either side: the Blowfish 14" below and 18" above.

Why we can price like this

We're an authorised Dawes dealer — but we don't run a shop.

No showroom. No shop floor. No stock sitting in a warehouse depreciating. Your bike is picked and dispatched from the manufacturer's own facility and comes straight to your door.

A traditional bike shop has to cover premises, staff and stockholding before it makes a penny, and that has to come out of the price you pay. We don't carry those costs, so we're not asking you to cover them.

What you don't lose: full manufacturer warranty, because we're an authorised dealer and not a grey importer. A real person to talk sizing through with before you order. And the option of a professional build so it arrives ready to ride.

Delivery and build

Free UK mainland delivery. Bikes ship boxed and part-assembled as standard. Add our professional build and safety check at checkout and a qualified mechanic assembles, adjusts and safety-checks the bike before it leaves — a real workshop job, and entirely optional. On a child's bike, brakes set up correctly are worth paying for.

Klarna and Clearpay available on any order value.