Depends when they start, but a bike like that would have been too heavy and too big for a ~1.8 year old. We started with a Strider which is only 6.5lbs for the

Depends when they start, but a bike like that would have been too heavy and too big for a ~1.8 year old. We started with a Strider which is only 6.5lbs for the whole bike, much more manageable for a under-two year old.