Does riding a tricycle on two wheels count? I wanted a bicycle sooooooooo bad. My parents had rules, first bicycle at 10. Only one tricycle so it was a huge one. From the time I was 7 until I was 10 I tilted it and rode it on 2 wheels, I could go up the road turn around and come back and that third wheel never hit the ground. Did I get my bike early? Not a chance. My parents rules were ironclad. Then when I did get my bicycle, I wasn't allowed to choose it, my dad did. I had all of these rules with it...blah blah blah, but when I got on that bike? Oh man, did I love it! I always had a bike from then on. I had (and rode) that particular bike (Sears JC Higgins) until I was 24 and then I picked my own bike.