May 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
May is Bike Month. The weather is great- and it feels amazing to be outside. And it always feels good to get your body moving and feel some fresh air inside your lungs. There must be a hundred reasons to get out and ride. Not that we NEED reasons to ride, but right...
Mar 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
My first balance bike purchase was for my grandson. He (and his bike) are featured in a few of our photos on Facebook and Instagram. Our initial intention was to give it to him on his second birthday. Instead, we gave we gave it to him three months earlier (May) with...
Mar 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
Bikes are for kids of all ages, from 2 to 102+, but riding one of our bikes can be easy for children as young as 18 months! With options available with a minimum inseam (inner leg) measurement of 13 inches, balance bikes are a fun way to foster an interest in a...
Jan 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
But first, Happy New Year! (Please note: This post won’t really apply if you are lucky enough to live in a warmer climate. For the rest of us, it seems winter has set in for a couple of months and we find ourselves aching to be outside in the warm sun- without snow....
Nov 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
We returned last week from five amazing days in Chicago just in time to celebrate Thanksgiving. After spending a fun Sunday sharing a few hours with friends and then decorating our Christmas tree, here we are today with Black Friday and Small Business Saturday behind...
Nov 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
While the name “Legaci Bikes” may be new to the balance bike industry, the history behind the company spans three decades. A western New York native, Legaci Bikes owner Todd Scheske began racing competitively during the late 1980s. It was during this time that Todd...
Sep 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
Interbike 2017 wrapped up last Friday in Las Vegas, and while it was Legaci Bike’s first visit to Interbike, it was Interbike’s last appearance in Vegas. Next year, the show hits the road for Reno-Tahoe! We landed in Vegas last Tuesday hoping to be in time...
Sep 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
My grandmother was in her sixties when she first tried to ride my bike. We brought out my old Huffy with the high-rise handlebars and banana seat. It was a peachy color and had the word “Hummingbird” and a tiny hummingbird painted on the chain guard. It was the bike...
Aug 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
YES, balance bikes! Legaci comes from a long tradition in cycling where we were junior bike racers, then pro-am racers who evolved into community partners teaching kids bicycle safety as part of our elite sponsored racing teams. We also began to coach all levels of...
Jul 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
My first two wheeled bike had training wheels. Before that, I had a tricycle. That was more than forty years ago and as much as the world around us has changed- technologically, politically, geographically… it seems like most of us continue to fall into the tricycle...
