My nephew is 13 and cannot ride a bike. I have just had an email from my sister who says that they are thinking of getting him a recumbent trike so he can go out with his mates. Does anyone have any recommendations? Type, supplier etc. They are near Southampton.
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Is that 'cannot ride a bike' as in 'has some mitigating physical issue that prevents him from using a normal bike' or as in 'has not yet got around to learning'.
£425 sees him sorted with a two wheeler Estrellita 2 wheel recumbent, suitable for kids up to about 5ft 2. KMX is the cheapest entry point in the trike world.
I don't know why he cannot ride a bike, I need to find that out!! I will pass on the info gleaned so far, thanks folks.
I think he suffers from dyspraxia, some suffers are unable to coordinate enough to ride on 2 wheels. They are waiting to hear if and when they can try a KMX.
If he has it bad, then a trike might be just the thing - and a KMX has the advantage of being the cheapest, and actually intended to be thrown about a bit - many other trikes might be a bit too 'precious'. As a Catrike Dash owner, I can heartily recommend it, but I don't tend to ride it off kerbs and so on.
One thought though - how has he tried to learn? If he's tried to master it all in one go it might well be too much for him - it might be worth seeing if he's ever tried the scooting method (pedals off, saddle low, scoot the bike along to get the feel of balance and steering. When confident free wheeling and 'running' the bike along, pedals can go back on).
If he's tried to master it all in one go it might well be too much for him - it might be worth seeing if he's ever tried the scooting method (pedals off, saddle low, scoot the bike along to get the feel of balance and steering. When confident free wheeling and 'running' the bike along, pedals can go back on).
If he's tried this, apologies for the presumption.
Just to clarify (and potentially save a broken leg) Arch's learning approach should NOT be attempted on a trike, or indeed any recumbent.