Built on the ground.
Made for your kids.
A PE teacher who refused
to accept the obvious
For 10 years, Bastien Miest taught cycling to hundreds of kids in primary schools in Florenville, Belgium. Every year, the same observation came back, unavoidable.
Standard training wheels don't work. Worse: they teach the wrong reflexes. The child leans on one side, never builds real balance, and the day you take them off — they fall. Every single time.
He saw the frustration in the children's eyes. The fear, sometimes the tears. And in the parents': helplessness. He knew there had to be a better way.
"Every year, I saw kids who'd learned all the wrong moves. We had to start from scratch."
Florenville, Belgium
10 years of observation in the field
Bastien & William
4 years of R&D
What if the wheels could flex?
One day, Bastien watched his own sisters trying to learn to ride. Same pattern, again: the bike leans, the child compensates the wrong way, balance never gets engaged.
That's when it clicked. What if, instead of blocking the lean, we allowed it? What if the wheels could flex, follow the movement, force the child to find their own center of gravity naturally?
Bastien reached out to William Evrard, a young engineer from Arlon with a passion for mechanics. Together, they spent four years designing, testing, failing, starting over. Four years turning a hands-on intuition into a patented solution.
From idea to finished product
Five years of iterations. Hundreds of tests. One single goal.
2019
Dozens of versions
The first prototypes were built by hand. Plastic, thickness, flex angle — every variable tested, measured, adjusted. Kids at the Sainte-Marie-sur-Semois school were the first testers.
2022
From prototype to product
Working with industrial design studio 1POINT61 to turn the handmade prototype into a manufacturable product. Ergonomics, durability, aesthetics — every detail rethought.
Baswil is born.
Available for parents and professionals. Learn Fast, Ride Fun.
"Every child should learn to ride with the right moves, from day one."
The Baswil mission
Designed in Belgium
From idea to production, everything is conceived and developed in Belgium, in the Luxembourg province.
Tested in real conditions
Every iteration was validated in schools, with real kids, supervised by professionals.
Teaching first
Baswil isn't just a product. It's a teaching method designed by a teacher.
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