Tips for adult first time rider

Skewer wrote:

So, make the task simpler.
Take the pedals off and lower the seat so she can comfortably put both
feet flat on the ground. Let her then scoot around on level ground,
preferably grass, so she can concentrate on just balance & steering.


Yep, just got my daughter riding after 2 years of getting nowhere with
training wheels, and 1 week of practice without pedals and a lower seat.

DaveB

Get rid of the trainer wheels.

Find a gentle grassy slope.

I taught my daughter on the grassy slope outside the Boatshed Cafe next
to the bike path in South Perth.

Lots of gentle coasting down the slope.

Graduating to the bike path.

Rewarded by coffee/milkshake/muffin from the cafe.

Steve


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SteveA

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 04:28:14 -0800 (PST), Travis
wrote in aus.bicycle:


I'm not prepared to concede that some people are just unteachable and
that there is no hope whatsoever of her learning to ride a bike, so if
anyone has any coaching tips which don't involve too much risk of
injury I'd like to hear them!

I have taught 5 kids to ride bikes over the last 40 years and
generally running behind and holding them upright behind the saddle
has been sufficient. With one I removed the pedals and lowered the
seat so they could scoot along for about half an hour to get the
"feel" of balance

My youngest however was looking impossible to teach, absolutely
nothing worked. In a stroke of genious (OK luck) I bought a scooter
for a few dollars from the Sally Army shop. This seemed to be the
perfect platform for learning about balance and once he got the hang
of that getting on the bike took about 5 minutes. Then it was a battle
to get him off the bike.

So iff nothing else works try a scooter first until they can stand on
and balance then the bike will be easy.


Regards
Harold

Tantum religio potuit suadere malorum - Lucretius

On Jan 20, 11:22 pm, "Theo Bekkers" wrote:

Note that gyroscopic action is not what causes a bike to stay upright
too - you can have two identical wheels rotating in the opposite
direction as well as your two wheels contacting the ground, and still
be able to balance your bike.

I didn't understand what you said then. Please explain. I believe the
primary stabilisation factor is the wheels turning, no matter how light you
think they are.

You are incorrect.