Age-Learning to ride bike

[lph]

Whoa! Denmark is cool!

Okay, that sounded a little dorky, but still...

No. Denmark IS cool. At least to a cyclist it is. They do a lot of things right.

[Koronin]

I voted 5-6 however, I am not really sure. I actually think it was more like 4-5. I know I had a tricycle before I was 3 as I had it before my sisters were born, as I turned 3 a couple of months before they were born. I had a bicycle with training wheels definitely by the time I was 4. But I cannot for anything remember when the training wheels were taken off. I can tell you where all my bikes as a child came from. Actually the same bike shop we just bought my mountain bike at. Who'd thought I'd buy a bike while visiting my parents in Ohio, while I live in NC. LOL The owner is the 3rd generation of the family to own and run that bike shop. I remember riding a lot as a child, actually through at least Jr High school age. I think it's around that time I started having a hard time finding bikes that would fit me properly, which has continued to this day.

[colorisnt]

Well, I was about 3 learning with training wheels. I was always on a bike for about my entire childhood/teenage years.

My parents didn't let me have a car, so my bike let me go everywhere.

I even rode to my first job grooming for a saddlebred trainer. It was about 4 miles each way, but it didn't matter. I just loved going out to the horses!

[cervelogirl]

I never even used training wheels!!!
Learned when I was 4 or 5, with my parents hanging on to the back saddle, first on the grass in the back yard, then the roads. One day they let go of the saddle and I was riding all by myself...and then I fell haha. I've loved riding ever since, and 20 year later I still fall! Got a nice big road rash on my arm to prove it...oops

[buffybike]

5 or 6 without training wheels. I rode my Big Wheel (remember those??!) earlier than that, I think. My dad taught me to ride by holding onto the back of the bike, running with me a bit, then letting go. I LOVED MY BIKE! Used to pretend that my Big Wheels was my "sports car" and my 2 wheel bike was my "station wagon" (like my mom's). I rode all the time until I was old enough to drive a car, and then I barely rode again until a year and a half ago. Now, I'm sad that I missed all those years...but grateful that I've rediscovered the joy of riding. Now, I'm trying to teach my 6 year old to ride without training wheels, to no avail. She's just not ready.

[moonfroggy]

buffybike for teaching your six year old have you tried lowering the seat a lot and removing the pedals so she can coast with two wheels? it is supposed to be a really good way to learn to balance on two wheels and then once that is down add pedals back and it is pretty easy to learn to pedal once the balancing is figured out.