gambatte said:
Looking at the price of those 'like a bikes', do they have any advantage over going to Argos, getting a £25-£30 kids bike and removing the bottom bracket/crank etc?
According to an article in y'day's guardian, "But now experts are arguing that stabilisers, which for decades have been used to help children learn to cycle, could actually be hindering their progress, and they are launching an experiment to prove it."
and
"the experiment, which will see campaign workers train parents and teachers to instruct children how to ride bikes without stabilisers .... will use the smallest Raleigh bikes available, some with the pedals removed"
Which would tend to bear out your implicit assumption that anyone shelling out £150 for a wooden bike with no pedals is investing in their own supposedly green credentials rather than anything to do with their kids' cycling experience.