My eight-year-old daughter still can't ride a bike without training wheels (and isn't all the comfortable riding her bike WITH training wheels -- too nervous about falling, I think).

I wonder if I rented a tandem and took her out on that a few times it would help her learn to get over some fears. And I wonder if it would help her at all with the skills needed to ride on her own without training wheels.

Or is riding a tandem such a totally different experience from riding solo that it wouldn't help her learn to ride at all?

Any thoughts?