Description
The Strider Stem Adapter is the bike part you need to upgrade your rider’s balance bike with an enhanced handlebar. Gone are the days of handlebar streamers. Now kids can have a bike to match their level of awesome!
Use this high-performance adapter to replace a generic handlebar and install any aftermarket Strider Aluminum or Carbon handlebars.
Important to point out, the Strider 12 Sport and 12 Pro bike models each require a specific stem adapter. Please select your bike model to ensure you receive the correct part.
Having trouble selecting the correct Strider Stem Adapter for your favorite rider? Call us at (605) 342-0266 and any of our dedicated Customer Service team members can help!
Size & Fit:
- Sport Adapter is compatible with Strider 12 Sport, 12 Pro, Strider 14x and 12 Classic showing the logo only on the front fork. See example below.
- If your Strider 12 Pro has a logo on the front fork, please use the Strider Stem Adapter - Pro as your replacement. See below.

Adult assembly required. Please keep small parts out of reach of young children.
- Loosen stem clamp and remove clamp and existing handlebar from fork steering tube.
- Place plastic washer over fork tube.
- Place adapter over plastic washer.
- Insert center stem into the top of the adapter.
- Use a hex wrench to tighten the adapter in place, starting from the top. Do not overtighten.
- Use a hex wrench to remove the four bolts from the clamp.
- Insert the new handlebar and position.
- Use a hex wrench to re-attach the face of the handlebar clamp, tightening the screws in an X pattern.
Warranty Information
All Genuine and Authorized Strider products include a 2-year Limited Warranty against manufacturing defects (you know, things that happen at the factory. Not… say, backing over a Strider with your car because it was accidentally left in the driveway even though you told your child three times – three times – to put it away).
The guarantee and warranty are void if the products were not purchased through the Strider Authorized Supply Chain and protected by the Security Program from departure from the Authorized Factory to delivery to the end consumer. Further, the guarantee and the warranty are void if the products are used in a manner for which they were not designed or labeled; or if used by riders over the maximum size or weight limit listed on the product.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us. Thank you!