Himiway C1 Kids E-Bike Review, 2024 | Electric Bike Report

Ever noticed how when something is fun you don’t have to talk a child into doing it? Compared to a kid’s bike with training wheels, the Himiway C1 is chocolate to broccoli. Nothing against broccoli, but srsly, no contest. With the C1 a kid, even when limited to a speed of 7 mph (which translates to a gentle jog for a dad bod), they will quickly reach a speed where balance becomes easy and they will learn the body feel of countersteering in that same hour.

The obvious question here is: Should you get the Himiway C1 for your kid? It’s a question that deserves a straightforward answer.

Here’s the best answer I can give: Justin’s six year old absolutely loves this thing. I’ve got a four year old and in another year or two, I think I’d let mine have a crack at it as well.

There’s no doubt the Himiway C1 is well-made, though the price does seem a bit high. If you have multiple kids and can anticipate passing it down through successive kiddos, that helps spread the cost out. For those families with only one or two kids, they will be able to sell the C1 and get a solid price for it because it’s so well made.

What’s stopping me from putting my four year old on it is that I can’t adjust the speed settings on the C1. I might feel differently if I could cap the speed settings and my child couldn’t exceed a limit of my choosing.

With the Himiway C1 we do wonder how you ever get a kid interested in pedaling after an experience with such a surplus of yeeha. Yes, it might take a little while to teach your kid how to use a hand brake, but again, PAS 1 = jogging speed.

We would like to see an app to allow parents additional control over the Himiway C1. First, it would be nice to adjust the PAS levels. A setting of 4 or 5 mph would be a great place to start and another setting that’s 9 or 10 mph would be great. Also, being able to lock the PAS level so that your kid can’t decide that 13 mph would be more fun than 7 mph would give parents of pint-sized stunt performers a degree of comfort.

For parents who want to scrub some speed off the higher PAS levels, running low pressure in the tires (low being less than 20 psi) will help slow the C1 by increasing rolling resistance. Low pressure will also increase traction and unless there’s no air in the tires at all, a pinch flat will be unlikely thanks to those wide tires.

People say it’s hard to be a kid today. With the Himiway C1, being a kid just became more fun.

Happy Riding! Make sure to let us know if you have any questions or if you think we left anything out in this review of the Himiway C1 down in our comments section.