Learning to Ride a Bike
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How Do You Teach a Child to Ride a Bike?
Asked by L.L. from Rochester
on September 9, 2011
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The title says it all, but here are the details...
My six and a half year old daughter needs (in my opinion) to learn how to ride her bike. We bike a LOT as a fami...
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- NO TRAINING WHEELS!!!!!! My husband worked at a bike shop and is a long distance biker...like a 'wanna be Lance' type of guy. At the bike shop they would teach child...
- Slap some pads on her and send her down a grassy hill. Thats what worked for my 2 oldest anyway. My youngest is 4 1/2 and decided one day he was going to go no trainin...
- I asked this same question a while back and got a lot of very thoughtful, well thought out responses. Here's a link http://www.mamapedia.com/questions/1457462163768619...
Learning to Ride a Bike
Asked by J.Q. from Chicago
on March 25, 2009
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My son just turned 9 and he does not know how to ride a bike yet. We tried last summer to teach him but he keep giving up. My 6 year old daughter can ride her bike a...
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- I taught my daughter in the grass. I told her to pedal hard. By being in the grass it allowed for her to put some force into it without fearing she was going too fast....
- Maybe trying a Glider Bike would help him before putting him on a bike without training wheels. It's a "balance bike" and has no pedals -- designed to be the easies...
- I did not read the other responses, so sorry if I repeat. My husband read an article a couple of years ago that said to take off the pedals and let your child use thei...
Teaching a Child How to Ride a Bike
Asked by S.B. from Wichita
on March 20, 2008
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My son just turned 5. He wants to learn how to ride a bike. We took him out tonight and he leaned a lot and he was very worried about if we were going to let go. He wa...
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- This one is sooo easy! My son was 6 when he learned, but we took him to a grassy spot that was sloped downhill, gave him a running push for a bit, and then let him go...
- With my oldest, we brought out the "little bike." It was his 3 year old brother's bike and took the training wheels off. He could touch the ground with both feet, pl...
- Did you hear about the little girl that died on Christmas day? My advice is to just stop, explain to him how dangerous it is and forget about it altogether. Yeah I k...
Learning to Ride a Bike!
Asked by A.D. from Denver
on May 7, 2008
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We are in the process of teaching our 5-year-old son to ride his bike without training wheels. Any tips?
Thanks!
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- Hey, A.. I had a hard time teaching my son until someone at a campground taped a tree branch (seriously)to the back of his bike (angled in under seat). This is h...
- My daughter refusedto ever have training wheels, she was sensitive to the sound they made.She also does not want help with these things... I just let the issue go, I n...
- have fun! if he falls, don't make it a big deal. get up and try again.
Teaching How to Ride a Bike
Asked by J.M. from Lansing
on April 5, 2008
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We are trying to teach our 8 y.o. daughter how to ride a two wheel bike. She cries the entire time and just feels as if she can't get it. This isn't her first time t...
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- My husband taught both our girls to ride their bikes in one day (if you can believe that!) One was 4 and the other 5. Taking the training wheels off and lowering the s...
- Just a couple differnt views on bike learning- My oldest daughter was taught by a neighbor girl of the same age on a tiny bike. I taught myself as a child by coa...
- You could try moving the training wheels up so they are still on, but not on the ground. She will feel like she has safety with them on & it may give her the confiden...
Learning to Ride a Bike
Asked by P.P. from Dallas
on January 9, 2008
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Hi, I just wanted to get some input from other parents about when to remove training wheels from your child's bike. My son is almost 6 and some of his friends still us...
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- Hello P., Our youngest daughter had training wheels on her back at age 6. When convinced her she could take the training wheels off and do just fine, she agreed. I bel...
- hi P., my husband just recently taught 3 kids on our street to ride their bikes....two of them were about 5 1/2 and one is 7. He has a weird knack for it. I joked tha...
- My daughter started trying without the training wheels around age 5. She was too nervous and we tried again this past summer. She is just now getting comfortable wit...
Skuut Bike
Asked by S.K. from Minneapolis
on March 30, 2012
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Hello! Has anyone used a Skuut bike? It's a bike that has no pedals and is supposed to help kids learn to balance, brake...If you liked it, where did you buy it? Thanks!
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- We recently bought a knock off (one of the pedals on the two wheeled bike we already had was stuck and we couldn't take it off - that would have worked just as well) a...
- We have balance bikes for our girls and LOVE LOVE LOVE them. About 80% of their friends have them too... it's so cute to see two and three year old kids riding all ove...
- My son had a little wooden balance bike when he turned 3. (It wasn't a Skuut brand, but similar... I think I got it at a local kids store, but they sell them everywhe...
Cheap Bike? Expensive Bike?
Asked by M.S. from Philadelphia
on March 7, 2010
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my daughter is 4 and this is going to be her first bike. Is it worth getting a more expensive bike as her first bike, knowing it will only last about 2 yrs, but will b...
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- My 5 yo fell in love with a Hannah Montana bike at Walmart last summer. It seemed a bit big for her but I figured we could install training wheels and it wouldn't be a...
- I wouldn't spend alot on the first bike as she will probably fall ect. make sure you get a helmet though. We bought our daughter her first bike on clearance at sears. ...
- I would go with an inexpensive one. They seem to grow out of them so fast. Now, if you're a SAHM and you're kids will get to ride all day everyday, maybe go for the m...
Balance Bike
Asked by K.D. from Chicago
on June 14, 2010
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Hi moms,
I am thinking of purchasing a balance bike (bike with no pedals) for my 3 year old daughter. Are there any brands you like or don't like. What about a wo...
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- I would remove the pedals off a real bike so you can continue to use it in the future. We got a balance bike for my son a few years back and he used it maybe twice - ...
- I bought my son a 10" bike and took the pedals and training wheels off. I made sure the seat was down low enough that he could put his feet flat on the ground. We wo...
- Honestly I don't see the reasoning for these? Does it just teach them to balance? I'd prefer a bike with training wheels so my daughter can get somewhere on her bike. ...
What Age to Ride Bike with Out Training Wheels?
Asked by K.C. from Boise
on November 25, 2012
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Hi ladies. I was just curious, at what age did your kids learn to ride bike without the trainging wheels?
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- My boys were 6, 6 & 4. My step-daughter was something ridiculous like 10. I think that the mistake made with my SD is that my husband bought her first bike waaaayyyy t...
- I think it varies greatly. I personally think anything under 5 is very young. I think between 5 and 7 is probably average. But it depends on the child's exposure to...
- I was 4, as was my neighbor's daughter a couple years ago. My brother was 5, and my son was 5 1/2 and WELL ready by the time we did it. I felt bad for him a little b...
