For six years we have been selling and optimizing children's bicycles. For the past two years, we have been working intensively on the new PIKOA product range. During this time, we haven't just been in the office or with CAD software, but where children's bicycles are actually used: in bike parks, on trails, and in everyday life.
Together with our team kids, we gather real-world operational experience – closer to practice than any theoretical assumption could ever be.
Development doesn't begin at the desk.
Many products are conceived on paper. At PIKOA, development begins outdoors.
We observe children driving, braking, shifting gears, failing, and learning from their mistakes. Because that's precisely where the weaknesses of existing solutions become apparent.
This is not about performance or records, but about control, safety and trust.
Our development process
Our approach is simple – but consistent:
- We are observing the actual deployment
- We question existing solutions
- We are testing together with children
- We are talking to parents
- We are collecting feedback from retailers.
- We are developing new concepts
Each of these steps is equally important. No component, no geometry, and no detail is adopted simply because "it's always been done that way."
Children as the benchmark – not adults
The biggest difference to classic development processes lies in the starting point.
We don't ask: What works for adults?
But: What works for children?
Children move differently, learn differently, and have different physical needs. A bicycle must adapt to these needs – not the other way around.
A central question
At the end of every development, we always face the same question:
What does the perfect bike look like from a child's point of view – depending on its intended use?
An everyday bike has different requirements than a trail bike.
A first bicycle other than a sporty one.
And we take these differences seriously.
Our goal
We do not develop compromises or smaller adult-sized bicycles.
Our goal is to create children's bicycles that feel intuitively right, provide safety and promote the joy of riding – no matter where they are used.
We will show the results in the coming weeks.
