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12-23-2009, 11:54 AM #1
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12-23-2009, 12:56 PM #2
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Awwwwwww.
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12-23-2009, 05:10 PM #3
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Adorable. Made my day to see that happy kid!
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12-23-2009, 05:51 PM #4
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Nice. Bike Love is True Love.
Cute.
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12-23-2009, 06:14 PM #5
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Okay, so I'm looking at this adorable kid on this cute little bike. My kids are waaaayyy past this stage and I'd never seen anything like it. No pedals, no motor. Well, how does it go? So, feeling kinda stupid since no one else asked where the pedals were, I went and looked it up. In case anybody else is clueless about this, here ya go: http://www.runbikes.com/home.jsp Be sure to watch the video! I think I want one!
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12-23-2009, 07:35 PM #6
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Yep, they just push along
Once they really get the hang of it they can go surprisingly fast... and they get used to picking their feet up and "balancing" while moving, which seems to the be hard part of learning to ride for most kids, but it's much more natural/intuitive this way... they do it without knowing they are.
That's essentially how my oldest learned to ride (though not on a balance bike - he just didn't use the pedals, and we took the training wheels off a 12" bike and he was ALL over the place on it, and eventually figured out how to use the pedals once he had the balance thing down) and he was riding without training wheels at 3 years and 5 months
He doesn't even remember "learning to ride a bike" because for him, it's just something he's always known how to do.
Of course, my middle kid has to break the mold and she's already worn out one skuut knock off and wants nothing to do with a "real" bike yet at 4 1/2.. I'm still toying with the idea of getting her a pink Strider
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12-24-2009, 03:44 PM #7
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You can always just pull the cranks on a regular bike for her.
I WISH these balance bikes had been around when my kids were small. The idea is you skip the whole training wheel crutch thing, and go right to pedaling. They teach themselves to balance, and get comfortable with balance AND speed, and the pedals come naturally, later.
The homemade way to make one is to put the seat all the way down, and take off the pedals and cranks.
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12-25-2009, 09:06 AM #8
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