sheilaincali
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Post by sheilaincali on Apr 14, 2014 8:39:26 GMT -5
We got DS his first training wheel bike around age 4 or 5. He fought learning how to ride it and had zero interest in it. When he turned 8 my parents flew out to their vacation home in PS (near our house) and my dad took him to the store and bought him a bike for his b-day. They spent about an hour practicing in my parents quiet, gated neighborhood (so pretty much no traffic) and he was good to go after that hour.
My dad is the go-to grandpa for teaching kids how to ride bikes. So far he has taught all of them. DS fought and argued with us but with Papa he was patient and willing to learn. We tease Dad and calling him the Bike Whisperer.
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zibazinski
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Post by zibazinski on Apr 14, 2014 16:33:30 GMT -5
DD and DS both rode at 5. We told them both only kindergartners could ride bikes so they had to "wait" to be 5. Seeing older kids ride and watching how they did it plus the anticipation of being 5 and doing it themselves just made it almost effortless.
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Bob Ross
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Post by Bob Ross on Apr 15, 2014 12:42:42 GMT -5
Who gives a crap if a kid can ride a bike these days?
What really matters is their skill at Grand Theft Auto.
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Phoenix84
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Post by Phoenix84 on Apr 15, 2014 15:24:38 GMT -5
I honestly don't recall. Maybe around 6 or 7. I don't think it was after 8.
The toughest part to teach young children learning to ride a bike I would think would be teaching them to overcome the fear of falling. All it really takes to ride a boke is to keep the handle bars straight and keep peddling.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2014 16:20:23 GMT -5
My 5.5 year old just learned how to ride this past weekend. He's been riding with training wheels for a little longer than a year. Last we tried taking the training wheels off and he was totally unstable. This spring we tried again and there was a huge improvement.
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