tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post1236488670588770997..comments2024-03-25T17:48:53.875-04:00Comments on Heissatopia: BikesAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14785629874138416100noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-89342983508417693072013-09-18T15:29:02.428-04:002013-09-18T15:29:02.428-04:00I learned to ride without training wheels. I remem...I learned to ride without training wheels. I remember crashing into the clothesline pole and being frustrated and wanting to give up. My dad said not to (he's always been one to make me keep doing things when I don't want to). I tend to give up quick so I admire Rachel for trying over and over again.<br /><br />I imagine soon, you'll post about her mastering the bike - just like she did swimming!Susannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115294023069458287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-38259239302718734402013-09-17T10:08:59.624-04:002013-09-17T10:08:59.624-04:00We actually put the pedals back on this past weeke...We actually put the pedals back on this past weekend because she was begging to...but we'll see if they stay on with training wheels or come back off for a balance bike...Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08631734965938273438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-86070752789701233412013-09-17T10:07:50.668-04:002013-09-17T10:07:50.668-04:00She's had her pedals off for ages now. She con...She's had her pedals off for ages now. She constantly falls over still. The minute she feels the bike tipping she basically lets go of the handle bars and bails. We've even practiced just sitting on the bike and leaning from side to side (no forward motion) and she still falls over. It's pure talent! :)Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08631734965938273438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-73715761884389276402013-09-17T00:17:15.769-04:002013-09-17T00:17:15.769-04:00I would just take the pedals off her current bike....I would just take the pedals off her current bike. She will then learn how to balance and adding the pedals back in isn't nearly as difficult because they don't fall over nearly as much. You can also go pretty fast with just your feet so she can still play with the neighbor kids. Two of my kids have learned with balance bikes and they feel in control since they learn to balance before pedaling. It also takes away the frustrating parent part since once they can balance then they have to figure out the pedal part themselves (meaning we don't have to run behind them; yeah!!) Good luck it is hard. Whitehead Family Funhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17929085264404138405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-28461308460219411602013-09-16T07:36:28.572-04:002013-09-16T07:36:28.572-04:00I'd just throw the wheels on. Sure she cold l...I'd just throw the wheels on. Sure she cold learn to bike in a day without, some kids do, but if she's freaked she probably isn't going to get cruising fast enough to be able to balance easily. We put training wheels back on Gigi's bike and she started loving to ride again...someday, probably next summer we will pull them off and I'm sure she'll do fine. If the training wheels are on right they still have to learn to balance, ie, only one should ever be touching the ground at a time :)Glendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17452404148287263021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-38305586561007036972013-09-16T02:06:15.388-04:002013-09-16T02:06:15.388-04:00The deal we have going is that I teach them to rea...The deal we have going is that I teach them to read, Jeremy teaches them to ride a bike. Teaching a kid to read is hard, but the truth is that some days I think I got the better deal.<br /><br />It is possible to learn without training wheels (do they do balance bikes in the US?). However, we recently put training wheels back ON Magdalena's bike for the reasons you mentioned - sometimes it's more important for them to just be able to cruise around with the neighborhood kids. She'll learn eventually (like your mom, above!).Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11339936940500165901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624978.post-47907339781446970382013-09-16T01:07:37.114-04:002013-09-16T01:07:37.114-04:00And, in her family tree, there is me, who did not ...And, in her family tree, there is me, who did not learn to ride a bike until the summer after Grade SIX. Which means, by junior high, I could ride. Which also means that all through elementary school, I could not. Every spring and summer and fall, I did the whole "If at first you don't succeed, try and try again" thing, and my knees still sport the ugly scars that prove I was a frequent faller. And now that I am big and old and CAN ride a big, the fact of the matter is that riding bikes gives me terrible motion sickness, and if I ride for very long, I throw up. Hope the genes for this (if there are genes for such things) did not get passed to anyone and will not be passed to anyone in the future!Myrnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06450610418971329885noreply@blogger.com