Spring riders for playgrounds

Spring riders for playgrounds : notre sélection professionnelle

Spring riders are the entry point of any playground for the youngest visitors, and the simplest family to install alongside existing equipment. Twenty-four models are listed: single seat rockers shaped as a ball, a tube or a surfboard, larger collective rockers such as the Gondola, and play routes such as the Labyrinth. A steel spring gives the controlled rocking motion, which is usable from a very early age.

Why spring riders are easy to add

Free heights of fall on this family are low, so the EN 1177 impact attenuating requirement is moderate compared with climbing structures. In practice that means a spring rider can often be added to a site whose existing surfacing already meets a higher specification, without extending the surfaced area much. For a school, a campsite or a residential development with a small budget, this is the quickest way to broaden the age range served by an existing playground.

Single, collective and route models

Single seat rockers occupy one child and take the least space. Collective models such as the Gondola seat several children facing each other, which suits sites where social play is the point. Route models such as the Labyrinth combine rocking with a path to follow. All 24 models answer EN 1176, and the layout plan issued with the quotation gives the safety zone and the surfacing area for the models chosen.

Model family	Capacity	Space required
Single seat rockers	One child	Smallest footprint of the range
Collective rockers such as the Gondola	Several children	Wider safety zone along the rocking axis
Play routes such as the Labyrinth	Several children in sequence	Longer zone, laid out as a path

Frequently asked questions

From what age can a spring rider be used?

The rocking motion is controlled by the spring and is usable by very young children; each model states its intended user group in the technical sheet supplied with the quotation.