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old lady
I was wondering if anyone had any helpful ideas on teaching my 6 year old granddaughter to ride her bike w/o training wheels. She gets on the bike and then acts like she doesn't want to peddle and of course falls. Think grandpa is being a little too hard on her and was hoping for ideas....
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Riding on grass is good idea. Also, grandpa should walk along and stabilize the bicycle as she gets the hang of pedaling. Won't take long before she'll be zipping around as long as she's got even minimal coordination.
I helped my granddaughter learn to ride by slowly bending the training wheels up further and further. Training wheels should come with a way to easily adjust their height. Bending the support frame was not easy. Maybe they do. I haven't checked.
Riding on grass is good idea. Also, grandpa should walk along and stabilize the bicycle as she gets the hang of pedaling. Won't take long before she'll be zipping around as long as she's got even minimal coordination.
I helped my granddaughter learn to ride by slowly bending the training wheels up further and further. Training wheels should come with a way to easily adjust their height. Bending the support frame was not easy. Maybe they do. I haven't checked.
How do I teach my 8 year old how to ride a bike?
meggus31
How do I teach my 8 year old how to ride a bike? His father doesn't live with us. Are there any certain tips or tricks? He still uses training wheels. Thanks!
Answer
First, ignore all these terrible answers!!!
Next, forget about training wheels and get him a Strider bike or other similar running bike or modify his current bike by removing the pedals and lowering the seat so that he can easily put his feet on the ground... Running bikes are huge in Europe but not as much here in the states for some reason, though they work amazing well. That pinkbike photo that someone linked to is actually a running bike in action. Here's another great photo & video to go with it...
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/3822679/
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/92454/
To give you an idea of what they're about... they eliminate the need for the child to focus on balancing and pedaling since it complicates the learning curve. By eliminating the pedals, you child can focus on balancing without having to worry about the pedals and it also provides them the comfort level of knowing that they can just put their feet down at any time if they begin to lose balance. After they've got the balancing down, they can step up to a 'real' bike and the pedaling comes as second nature.
If your child already has a bike, you dont need to buy a dedicated running bike... you can mimic a running bike by just removing the pedals from the crank arms and dropping the seat all the way down so that they can comfortably put their feet down.
First, ignore all these terrible answers!!!
Next, forget about training wheels and get him a Strider bike or other similar running bike or modify his current bike by removing the pedals and lowering the seat so that he can easily put his feet on the ground... Running bikes are huge in Europe but not as much here in the states for some reason, though they work amazing well. That pinkbike photo that someone linked to is actually a running bike in action. Here's another great photo & video to go with it...
http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/3822679/
http://www.pinkbike.com/video/92454/
To give you an idea of what they're about... they eliminate the need for the child to focus on balancing and pedaling since it complicates the learning curve. By eliminating the pedals, you child can focus on balancing without having to worry about the pedals and it also provides them the comfort level of knowing that they can just put their feet down at any time if they begin to lose balance. After they've got the balancing down, they can step up to a 'real' bike and the pedaling comes as second nature.
If your child already has a bike, you dont need to buy a dedicated running bike... you can mimic a running bike by just removing the pedals from the crank arms and dropping the seat all the way down so that they can comfortably put their feet down.
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