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    Default Teaching a Kid to Ride a Bike

    I came across this and thought I'd share. Any other thoughts on the topic?

    OK on item #3-biking.... "stabilizers" or "training wheels" on kids bikes are items from SATAN HIMSELF!!! (I'm an avid biker, and have raised 3 girls and taught them all to ride - the easy way - one is even special needs)....

    anyway - here is how you teach a kid to ride. well they actually teach themselves! It's quite logical.... it works - tell others!

    1) REMOVE and THROW AWAY training wheels, stabilizers, or whatever you call them. commit to NEVER using them!

    2) Remove pedals - yet keep them... you'll put them back on soon enough.

    3) Drop the saddle (seat) all the way down. so the kid can sit on the saddle (seat) and their feet rest on the ground so they can 'scoot'.

    4) have the kid simply 'scoot' themselves up and down the sidewalk, lane, road, highway, freeway or whatever. think of the bike as a 'sit down scooter'.... pretty soon, they will simply 'figure out' weaving, turning, (balance) etc - with the saddle (seat) down, they can simply put their feet down for stabilization - yet will pick them up for longer runs.

    5) when they get comfy by weaving and turning (note- learned ALL BY THEMSELVES ) then it's time to put the pedals back on - leave the seat (saddle) down low - you can raise it later.

    6) since they've mastered turning and weaving - it's simple to pedal and go... they may be a little 'wiggly' - but they will get it in a couple of hours....

    I've done this with 3 of my girls - worked with each one - and other kids whom I know... works every single time....

    TELL other parents about this - it works and works well!

    have fun!
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    I tried teaching my lady to ride a bike, but it never worked.
    She was never really motivated to see it as a necessary skill.

    If she ever wants to learn again, I'll try this method.
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    My sister, my half sister and myself all could ride bikes at or before the age of 3. I know I had training wheels, but they just bent upwards until they were useless and that's how I learned. Kids just learn extremely fast no matter what you do and it's easy to feel like a genius when doing nothing would have probably had the same results.

    This guy deliberately tortures his son by reversing the steering on his bicycle, and it takes the kid a few weeks to figure out:
    https://youtu.be/MFzDaBzBlL0?t=4m
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    I had to get stitches as a kid because no one told me "hey, if you slam the front tire brake while going really fast, you'll flip over". We were trying to leave skid marks in the road.

    I don't think complete absence of instruction is right. But certainly fuck training wheels.
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    You teach a kid to ride a bike by giving it a bike. It's really that simple.
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    Quote Originally Posted by OngBonga View Post
    You teach a kid to ride a bike by giving it a bike. It's really that simple.
    +Kids have been figuring this out at a very young age for quite a few years now. Why pretend like the process is broken? Let them learn for themselves.
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    why is this a thread? are intellectuals debating somewhere whether giving a kid a bike vs not doing so provides better bike-riding skills?
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    Quote Originally Posted by rpm View Post
    why is this a thread? are intellectuals debating somewhere whether giving a kid a bike vs not doing so provides better bike-riding skills?
    I'm not even sure there are "skills" when it comes to simply riding a bike. Obviously I'm not talking about tricks on a BMX, or racing. In terms of using a bike for transport, the "skill" is in road awareness. That's what my focus would be on if I were teaching a kid how to ride a bike, not balance, which comes naturally after an hour or two.

    I can't remember not being able to ride a bike, in terms of maintaining balance.
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    They actually make bikes like the modification described in the OP now. We got our daughter one as her first bike because it teaches the balance aspect rather than how to pedal. So once she gets a real bike she just needs yo figure out how to pedal while maintaining balance rather than balance on a bike as a whole new concept.

    It seems like it might make the process easier, I'm not sure by how much. All I know is once she learned how to balance on her starter bike it seemed like it was a lot more fun for her than some trike or training wheels.


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    Quote Originally Posted by spoonitnow View Post
    I came across this and thought I'd share. Any other thoughts on the topic?
    this works..
    somehow , this is the exact thing my dad did to me when i was 5 i think. i started riding a week later.
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    This can definitely work. Taking the pedals off makes it a "balance bike" which are very popular in Europe from what I've heard. Buying a small enough bike is really helpful. Both my kids used training wheels for a little while. When they were sufficiently motivated to lose them we biked to a very flat grass field (like a park or a playground) with short grass. Took off the training wheels and walk/run with them holding on to the seat to help them find their balance, then let go. They typically fell a few times. Kid #1 left that park the first time without the training wheels. Kid #2 took two trips. They were both super motivated to learn. It was relatively easy.
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    Quote Originally Posted by kingnat View Post
    This can definitely work. Taking the pedals off makes it a "balance bike" which are very popular in Europe from what I've heard. Buying a small enough bike is really helpful. Both my kids used training wheels for a little while. When they were sufficiently motivated to lose them we biked to a very flat grass field (like a park or a playground) with short grass. Took off the training wheels and walk/run with them holding on to the seat to help them find their balance, then let go. They typically fell a few times. Kid #1 left that park the first time without the training wheels. Kid #2 took two trips. They were both super motivated to learn. It was relatively easy.
    That's more or less how I learned myself.

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