My 5 yo finally learned to ride a bike

[michaels]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zUbaccx9LhQ

He instantly said now I can get a dirtbike since I told him once he learns to ride a bike I will get him one.

 

[Ultralight]

It is a neat time when they learn to ride.

 

[krunchykrome]

Do you make him, or will you make him wear a helmet?

 

[Queasy]

Funny, he looks nothing like your avatar.

I've got to take my son out to somewhere flat so he learn to ride his bike. Our driveway and cul-de-sac are steep and it gets tough for him to pedal.

We have that exact same three-wheeler too.

 

[michaels]

For a pedal bike? No, but he has a 50 cc four wheeler that i make him wear a helmet with.

 

[BAMAVOO]

That is not a bike, that is a trike.

 

[michaels]

Watch longer than a few seconds

 

[JujuFish]

Heh, the little guy was copying his big brother.

 

[BAMAVOO]

Originally posted by: michaels
Watch longer than a few seconds

I just thought you had a small 5 year old.

He is ready for a dirtbike now!!!!!

 

[JulesMaximus]

Nice! I need to get my son to take the training wheels off his bike.

He's 4 years old and I think he's ready.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: michaels
For a pedal bike? No, but he has a 50 cc four wheeler that i make him wear a helmet with.

No helmet? Bad idea, in my opinion. My grandmother goes on bike trips rather frequently, and her helmet's probably saved her life a few times. Sometimes you just take a spill on some stones, or bad road or something. I'd rather have a backup for my skull, than have to rely on it alone.
My sister was lucky. She was riding without a helmet once, and somehow didn't know that you do NOT apply great pressure to the front brakes when going down a hill. She flipped the bike, and hurt her hands, arms, and banged her head. She was alright, but given the steep hill she was on, with rocks about the size of a baby's head along the side of the road, it could have been a lot worse.


I don't know how old I was before I would ride a bike without training wheels. The idea that a thing with only 2 contact points could be stable just seemed absoltely crazy to me. Round, free-rotating contact points, no less. I was familiar with gyroscopes at the time, but never put the two ideas together.