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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 |
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Tips for adult first time rider
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 -- SteveA |
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Tips for adult first time rider
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 |
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Tips for adult first time rider
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. |
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