Bike Riding Tips

We try to answer some commonly asked questions about children's learning to ride experiences. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Top Tips for Learning to Ride - Part 4 - Make the First Ride one to Remember

Whether this is the first bike ride or the first ride on a new bike, please make the experience a great one.

Take the extra effort to go to a fun place that your child and you will really love and remember. A small flat park near a coffee shop with ice creams is ideal! Yes, I am saying a little bribing for you and them won't hurt.

Top Tips for Learning to Ride - Part 3 - Helping Your Child Work Out Balance Speed

Knowing what speed your bike will balance at is only learnt from experience. Balance speed is the slowest point where the bike will stay upright under riding without training wheels conditions. This point is so important to learn because it helps break the training wheel syndrome.

Top Tips for Learning to Ride - Part 2 - Training Wheels are Good and Bad

Training wheels are great for learning the unnatural skill of pedalling. At the same time training wheels can be detrimental in learning to balance. By creating the assisted balance, training wheels also create an artificial understanding of balance speed. They can also mislead the rider by simply reducing the effort it takes to ride a bicycle.

Top Tips for Learning to Ride - Part 1 - Smaller is Better than Bigger

Almost every parent I have come across likes the idea of buying a bike that their kids will grow into. Of course this makes sense financially, but there are negatives.

The negatives of a bigger bike are that the extra size, height and weight are quite daunting, and often a child can't actually properly ride the bike or safely control it. Where's the fun in that?

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