Paul Brooks
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my 5 year old is really struggling to ride his bike.... Any tips on helping him would be greatly appreciatedl
Thanks for this.... He's had a balance bike for some time and zooms around brilliantly. It's since we moved on to pedals the problem has arisen.... He just doesn't appear to be able to coordinate pedalling & balancing ...Is he learning to ride with a balance bike - if it's an ordinary bike just take the pedals off and lower the seat. Allow him to scoot around on this and he'll quickly find his balance and become confident on stopping and starting. Then it's really it's a natural progression to putting the pedals back on and watching him getting used to that.
Reply thanks Steve.... I think we will go back to the balance bike for a whileAre you using stabilisers?
If you are take them off. If you can borrow a balance bike it will get him away, or if you are of a practical bent take the pedals off his bike. set the saddle so he can touch down with his feet & let him scoot.
steve
Thank you^^^^^+1 to both of the above.................................."That's The Way To Do It"
That's good advice ... Thank youAlso, if you need to hold on to him, do not hold the saddle like a lot of parents do. Hold the child. This will enable him to feel the bike move naturally under him and quite soon he will feel the balance point.
My lad struggled a bit and it turned out to be the bike's fault. We had a sort of mini Chopper sort of thing that put him too far behind the bottom bracket. Once I got him his Islabike, whoosh, he was off.