Anyone have a bicycle with training wheels that I could borrow?

[thedave1164]

My youngest daughter desperately want to ride a bike, but over the years and 4 other children I some how have managed to lose the the training wheel set for our 16" bicycle.

It would not take her long to learn how to ride with a set of wheels.

I would return it in as good shape or better than received.

Thanks in advance

[JohnnyEgo]

Yep. You are welcome to borrow the bike or the wheels.

[Ramsker]

Go to Walmart and buy the cheapest kid bike (WITH a hand brake!) that fits her (or find one on CL or whatever) and remove the crank/pedals altogether . . . she'll have to push herself along with her feet and she'll learn to balance the bike better and before long will start finding herself keeping her feet off the ground for longer and longer coasting. And then she's got the balance down to a "T". Add a bike with pedals after that and it's a piece of cake.

I did that with both my kids and ended up giving that training "scooter" to a friend when he wanted to teach his daughter to ride. Worked quickly and like a charm.

[newracer]

Yep, just take the pedals off. Did that with my son and he learned in a day.


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[CS1983]

Here's my 2 year old, Dominic. He has been at this level about 1.5-2 months. When he got it, he was a little short for it. He coasts along on open stretches. I'd agree with Ramsker on the transition aspect. Dominic understands things like leaning to turn (albeit with his feet on the ground), etc., and I dunno that he would have that with training wheels.



Anything with two wheels is a "momo" (motorcycle) to him.

[Irving]

I tried to take the pedals off of a bike a bunch of years ago to teach my daughter. That was back before I had a garage and tools and I just couldn't do it. Otherwise, I agree.

I've got a girl bike sitting on the curb right now. We're timing to see how long it takes before someone picks it up.

[thedave1164]

Yep. You are welcome to borrow the bike or the wheels.

Awesome!

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[JohnnyDrama]

I'm another advocate for removing the pedals. I think Ramsker sums up the learning process nicely. I watched my daughter struggle with trying to manage her balance while trying to operate the pedals and steer the bike all at the same time while using the training wheels as a crutch. After I removed the pedals and training wheels she mastered balance and steering in a couple of days and I put the bike back together maybe a week later.

[Ramsker]

I tried to take the pedals off of a bike a bunch of years ago to teach my daughter. That was back before I had a garage and tools and I just couldn't do it. Otherwise, I agree.

I've got a girl bike sitting on the curb right now. We're timing to see how long it takes before someone picks it up.

This is another reason why our "trainer" was the absolute cheapest bike I could find that I thought would work. I was pretty sure I was going to ruin whatever I took out in the process and wouldn't be able to assemble it correctly again.