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Old November 16th 03, 09:38 AM
Tony Raven
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Default Learning to ride a bicycle

Carl_M wrote:

THere is a difference between balancing on a bike while sitting
still
and while pushing the pedals. You can get stabalisers for a bike,
they are designed for kids bikes but should work on any bike with
fairly small wheels.


With an adult they will not work well and even with children they are
much worse than the taking the pedals off method. Children with
stabilisers start by riding three wheeled with the bike leaned over on
one stabiliser or maybe bouncing alternately between stabiliser
wheels. Over time they learn to dispense with that third wheel
dependency.

With adults the weight is much higher than with a child and the centre
of gravity is much higher so the forces on the stabiliser wheels are
much higher than they were designed for and they are too far inboard
for the stability you need. You may get away with it depending on the
weight and height of the adult but its not a good idea.

Tony


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