new cyclist in the family

[alecstilleyedye]

at the ripe old age of 4.5 my youngest son has become a bike rider. he's had a scoot bike for six months and yesterday i got the smallest proper bike fixed up for him.

we went to the park and he just scooted off and pedalled!

 

[david1701]

dear of him, are the scoot bikes the ones that are like a wooden bike with no pedals that you sit on and push along?

Looking at one for Christmas @ 2.5 yr

 

[alecstilleyedye]

pretty much exactly the same. don't waste time with stabilisers, get them him/her to balancing and the rest is easy as soon as they are ready.

 

[david1701]

aye, well she loves her trike but doesn't get pedalling so it seems like a logical solution

 

[fossyant]

Brill ! Well done young man.

 

[HLaB]

well done that man (at 4.5 can you be considered a man )

 

[asterix]

at the ripe old age of 4.5 my youngest son has become a bike rider. he's had a scoot bike for six months and yesterday i got the smallest proper bike fixed up for him.

we went to the park and he just scooted off and pedalled!

When I read the preview I missed the decimal point! It made strange reading after that!

 

[Arch]

at the ripe old age of 4.5 my youngest son has become a bike rider. he's had a scoot bike for six months and yesterday i got the smallest proper bike fixed up for him.

we went to the park and he just scooted off and pedalled!

I skim read that as 'got the smallest fixed bike for him' - seems a bit radical, going fixed at 4.5...

Well done to him.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Way Hey young ATID . Must be genetic that

 

[alecstilleyedye]

Way Hey young ATID . Must be genetic that

maybe not, took me 'till 8…

 

[XmisterIS]

at the ripe old age of 4.5 my youngest son has become a bike rider. he's had a scoot bike for six months and yesterday i got the smallest proper bike fixed up for him.

we went to the park and he just scooted off and pedalled!

At 4 and a half, that is impressive! The kid must have natural balance. I couldn't ride a bike without stabilisers until I was 9. on just two wheels I was ok with my mum holding the saddle, I was actually ok without my mum holding the saddle ... but I fell off the moment I realised that she wasn't holding the saddle!

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I couldn't ride a bike without stabilisers until I was 9.

I couldn't do it until I was 8, but then, my excuse was that I had had brain damage. What was your excuse XmisterIS?? :