gummi_worm
ok so im 17 and have not been able to ride a bike since i was a little kid!! i try all the time but i never seem to ride more than 5 feet!! please help me!!
please dont tell me to balance! i am a gymnast and can balance very well on the beam, just not on a bike!!
Answer
Buy a helmet and some skating pads for your knees and elbows for protection.
Get a bicycle,preferably a mountainbike with no suspension. Remove the cranks,pedals and chain (ask a friend or local bike shop to help you with this). Lower the saddle until you can easily push the bike with your feet (but not too low, you'll want to have a portion of your weight on the saddle at all times).
To balance a bicycle, you'll need to get it going at a fast walking speed so its self-correcting steering geometry can become activated. The only trick you need to know is to steer the front wheel in the direction that the bicycle leans. This will bring it upright again.
Paddle around a large empty parking lot (Churches are usually empty during the week) and, without worrying about going any particular direction, if the bike leans left, steer left
until you are balanced. When it leans right, steer right.
Once you can paddle and coast with a degree of security, have your bike shop put the drivetrain back on.
When you start pedaling,you will already have the basics in your brain, so you'll be circling with ease--but stay in the parking lot until you have mastered the brakes, and have at least a notion of how to shift.
Buy a helmet and some skating pads for your knees and elbows for protection.
Get a bicycle,preferably a mountainbike with no suspension. Remove the cranks,pedals and chain (ask a friend or local bike shop to help you with this). Lower the saddle until you can easily push the bike with your feet (but not too low, you'll want to have a portion of your weight on the saddle at all times).
To balance a bicycle, you'll need to get it going at a fast walking speed so its self-correcting steering geometry can become activated. The only trick you need to know is to steer the front wheel in the direction that the bicycle leans. This will bring it upright again.
Paddle around a large empty parking lot (Churches are usually empty during the week) and, without worrying about going any particular direction, if the bike leans left, steer left
until you are balanced. When it leans right, steer right.
Once you can paddle and coast with a degree of security, have your bike shop put the drivetrain back on.
When you start pedaling,you will already have the basics in your brain, so you'll be circling with ease--but stay in the parking lot until you have mastered the brakes, and have at least a notion of how to shift.
Parents: When you see your kids riding a bike?
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Are you worry about them falling off the bike and scraping their knees and getting hurt?
Or do they wear knee pads and elbow pads? How do you feel?
Answer
My kids generally only ride their bikes in the yard at our house (we live on 2 acres on a backroad where people drive like maniacs, it's not HEAVY traffic, but people drive stupid on this road regardless, so no way in Hell are they rakin their bikes on the road, even with me there), so we don't usually bother with helmets. This year I'm going to get a helmet for each of them to keep at their grandpa's house where they can ride the sidewalk, etc... (he lives on a culdasack -probably spelled that wrong- so the kids can ride down, around, and back). I have 3 boys, ages 6, 3 and 2, that are very much all boy, and scrapes, bumps, bruises, etc... come with the territory for us, so I don't worry too much about that. The 6 year old's a typical boy who got his mommy's Klutz gene, the 3 year old is a daredevil that's not scared of anything, and the 2 year old is a ruthless climber that's also not scared of anything. This tends to make me a nervous wreck, but I try not to worry too much!
My kids generally only ride their bikes in the yard at our house (we live on 2 acres on a backroad where people drive like maniacs, it's not HEAVY traffic, but people drive stupid on this road regardless, so no way in Hell are they rakin their bikes on the road, even with me there), so we don't usually bother with helmets. This year I'm going to get a helmet for each of them to keep at their grandpa's house where they can ride the sidewalk, etc... (he lives on a culdasack -probably spelled that wrong- so the kids can ride down, around, and back). I have 3 boys, ages 6, 3 and 2, that are very much all boy, and scrapes, bumps, bruises, etc... come with the territory for us, so I don't worry too much about that. The 6 year old's a typical boy who got his mommy's Klutz gene, the 3 year old is a daredevil that's not scared of anything, and the 2 year old is a ruthless climber that's also not scared of anything. This tends to make me a nervous wreck, but I try not to worry too much!
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