Age-Learning to ride bike

[sgtiger]

A little after turning six. I had training wheels for what seemed like forever. I really wanted to try to ride without them but my dad was hesitant to take them off. This despite the fact that they were coming loose and weren't even engaged a third of the time. Then I saw my one of my friends who was just a couple weeks shy of his 5th birthday start to ride without his training wheels and that was it. I was going to take them off myself if I had to! I got out the wrench and was in the processing of getting the first one off when my dad caught me. I think he figured if I was that determined, he'd help get them off but he gave me the dad lecture that if I hurt myself he wasn't to blame. I did alright. I think I only fell a couple of times with minor scrapes.

[sempronialou]

I got a pink Huffy bike complete with a banana seat for my 7th birthday. I never had training wheels. My parents, my brother, and most of the neighborhood helped me to learn how to stay upright. It didn't take me too long before I was riding on my own. By 11 or 12, I was on a Schwinn 10-speed bike (I guess it'd be called a road bike now days). It was mint green, nice little bike. It'd probably still fit me now since I didn't grow much after that. I wish I still had it.

[Catrin]

I was 50 years old when I first tossed a leg over a bike - a mere 9.5 months ago! It would, no doubt, have been much easier if I had learned as a child, but it is pretty cool to watch people's expression when they ask me how long I've been riding

[shootingstar]

Yay, Catrin! You just might learn as the oldest learner. Real child at heart.

You've come a long way "baby"!

I love it, sgtiger. I can imagine you wielding that wrench as a kid!