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If you’re the type of parent that thinks nothing but the best is good enough for my child, you may want to have a look at the Petitpierre running bike. Created by Mores design, the goal for the Petitpierre was to elevate the design and technology of children’s bicycles, and what better way to do that than with a carbon frame and fork? There is even an integrated tail light and a rear brake with internal cable routing!

Just how much will this carbon wonder running-bike set you back? Click through for more.

Mores design - exclusive carbon run bike for kids, petitpierre

As you might expect, matching the high end frame and parts is a staggeringly high end price tag of €1,499 or about $2,000. That price tag brings a lot of features like a monocoque carbon frame with 1 1/8 integrated headset with 31.8 stem and bar, quick release wheels, and a carbon seatpost, but still – $2000! At least at that price you are getting an impressively light running bike with complete bikes weighing just 6.6 pounds (7.5 with brakes)! Also you’re probably getting one of the safest running bikes with LED lights built into the saddle and grips, and the ability to stop or slow down with the brake.

Mores was founded in 2011 by Sebastian Mores in Munich, Germany.The Petitpierre is the result of a collaboration with a product designer and a child ergo therapist that joined together to create the ultimate children’s bike.

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Darryn
Darryn
11 years ago

Where’s the tapered steerer? The thru axles? The laterally stiff yet vertically compliant seat stays?

Way behind the times.

Velo Zephyr
11 years ago

Will a disc brake model be available?

JMG DC
JMG DC
11 years ago

Stupid, stupid, stupid!!! Plus, kids on running bikes generally lack sufficient hand strength to operate a hand brake. I know, as I’ve taught all 3 of my kids to ride on a Kettler running bike.

plum
plum
11 years ago

31.8 stem and bar

thank god junior’s watt will not be wasted

earlybird
earlybird
11 years ago

Non driveside fail

Gabe
Gabe
11 years ago

I might cry if I saw a kid lay one of those down on concrete… Still, awesomesauce! Needs an ax-lightness stem, saddle and post, and schmolke bar. Silicone grips are a must. Are those tires kevlar bead? I hope so. Could possibly drop under 5lbs? Haha! I picked up a strider this weekend, couldn’t have been much heavier than 7lbs. Still, props to those who have the money to mess around with toys like this.

Xris
Xris
11 years ago

I want to see a set of mad fibre wheels and carbon siccc disc rotors on this thing. Maybe make an adult size

uglyyeti
uglyyeti
11 years ago

My kids both learned to ride on a Skuut running bike with laminated composite frame and fork – plywood.

ccolagio
ccolagio
11 years ago

so you make a custom carbon kids run bike and put an…adult seat on it?! wow, this company is freaking terrible

for reference from…an actual bike company: http://www.twowheelingtots.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/hotwalk.png

Justin Walsh
Justin Walsh
11 years ago

Striders come in 0.2lbs lighter than this at 6.4lbs. That said, I’d buy one in a heartbeat if $$$ were no concern.
Major style points.

plum
plum
11 years ago

Saddle size is not an error, junior has a massive backside as his lifestyle of opulence affords him calorie-rich indulgences

ASG
ASG
11 years ago

Why isn’t it aero?

two hoops
two hoops
11 years ago

@ccolagio – another Hotwalk, this one customised with a 1 1/8″ stem and 31.8mm handlebars.

pmurf
pmurf
11 years ago

I think this product is far more for the parent than the kid, haha. But despite its failure to be as light as its materials should allow, there’s probably a market for this, and Sebastian will undoubtedly make money off of it.

cyclocross
11 years ago

Great, so future Biebers can get these and then run all the stop signs just because they’re on a fancy bike. Justin’s right – a Strider is lighter and at 1/20th the price. That’s a lot of pit bikes for the future cyclocrosser.

brraap
brraap
11 years ago

Is it tubeless?

Jim
Jim
11 years ago

No point in hand brakes on a running bike. Never run into a kid who needed a running bike who had the strength for it.

Steve M
Steve M
11 years ago

Developed by a ‘child ergo therapist’? please tell me that is a typo and it is ‘ego’.

Ryan
Ryan
11 years ago

Where is the carbon fiber bottle cage and magic water?

David
David
11 years ago

For the parents with everything, except common sense.

wasatch
wasatch
11 years ago

To be really cool this strider should be asymmetrical.

Are there any XS 24″ or 26″ wheeled carbon mtb frames suitable for 9-11 year olds? Kids bikes are TANKS!

Mindless
Mindless
11 years ago

My kids operated hand brakes just fine on a run bike (had BMW’s model, convertible to pedal bike). Yeah, it was $350, but it worked for two years for each one, almost daily, and they liked to ride it, and then I sold it for $80.

How many folks here buy $2K carbon wheelsets that would not see as much use, deliver as much fun (nor do they have any actual need for it).

Mindless
Mindless
11 years ago

..and if I could find a nice 24″ carbon frame (at direct from China prices preferably), would buy it right away.

Many kids bike are atrocious, and they are used more than many adult ones.

Pete
Pete
11 years ago

@plum- You won sir.

ant1
ant1
11 years ago

does it come in a 58cm?

Sean
Sean
11 years ago

Will this be the new wheel size for ultimate acceleration and flickability?

Xris
Xris
11 years ago

Where are the carbon tubular wheels?

Greg
11 years ago

http://www.ZELVYCARBON.com make carbon balance bikes too. A LOT cheaper and better looking IMO

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