Our son got 2.5 years Puky LR 1 Br. Although it was not due to the test winner polluted wheels, the safety aspect and the brake for us were the decisive criteria. In addition, the known Puky-quality and relatively high resale value has influenced our purchase decision. Our little one has mastered the wheel very quickly and was soon relatively fast on the road. In the first few months was still held back by the legs although we started slowly to practice braking with the hand brake. With about 3 years he has brakes then also controlled relatively quickly, which we also needed, because our city has a lot of downhill. So you could let him go ahead reassured because stopping the brake worked without problems. He also had no problems to reach the brake. Meanwhile, he got 3.5 years a bike with which he was able to ride without training wheels alone after just 10 minutes. The big advantage was that he was able to slow down (of course at first only with the handbrake), because he was the runner from her usual. We could therefore equal to him let go soothes from the outset, because he brought the bike to a stop reliably. While it is always said that as young children, the brake at the wheel would not help because they could not use this. In our experience, I can not share this opinion. We are pleased that we chose to have bought a wheel with brake and this would also recommend other parents.