Editing Tricycle (section)

===Children's===
[[File:Tricycle icon.jpg|thumb|Children's tricycle]]
[[File:SelectivelyeditedTricycle.jpg|thumb|Children's plastic tricycle]]
A tricycle is a typical toy for children between the ages of eighteen months and five years before a [[balance bike]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Davies |first=Sarah |date=2020-05-02 |title=On your bike! |journal=Early Years Educator |language=en |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=S4–S5 |doi=10.12968/eyed.2020.22.1.S4 |s2cid=218789762 |issn=1465-931X}}</ref> Compared to adult models, children's trikes are simpler, without brakes or gears, and often with crude front-drive. Child trikes can be unstable, particularly if the [[wheelbase]] or [[Axle track|track]] are insufficient.<ref name="childrenstricyc1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.essortment.com/all/childrenstricyc_rupf.htm |title=Buying children's tricycle |publisher=Essortment.com |access-date=2009-06-06 |archive-date=2009-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502005500/http://www.essortment.com/all/childrenstricyc_rupf.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Some trikes have a push bar so adults can control the trike.<ref name="childrenstricyc1"/> Child trikes have frames made of metal, plastic, or wood.

Children's trikes can have pedals directly driving the front wheels, allowing braking with the pedals, or they can use [[chain drive]] the rear wheels, often without a differential, so one rear wheel spins free. Children's trikes do not always have [[Bicycle tire|pneumatic tires]], having instead wheels of solid rubber or hollow plastic. While this may add to the weight of the tricycle and reduces the shock-absorbing qualities, it eliminates the possibility of punctures. Pull brakes are rarely fitted to front-drive trikes, but the child can slow the trike down by resisting the forward motion through the pedals.