Our boy has been riding bikes since he was 13 months old: he started out on his balance bike and by 23 months old he was learning to pedal on his indoor home made ‘turbo trainer’ with his 12inch Cult Juvenile BMX bike… every child is different at when they're ready to start on a bike, just like they all start crawling/walking and talking at different ages. We'd love to see more little riders getting out on their bikes so if you wanna know more about how to get them started... or for any hints and tips... just drop a question in the comments and we'll get back to you!!!!
These aren't strict rules, and by no means are we professionals at this bike riding stuff BUT we think the things to look out for to know if they may be ready to learn to ride include:
* For a balance bike - are they able to walk? When they are sat on a balance bike are they able to keep hold of the bars?
* For pedals - are they lifting both feet off the floor and 'cruising' along? When on a pedal bike do they keep their feet on the pedals?
These are just some of the things to look out for - other parents will have their versions of what shows that a child is ready and that's OK but this is what worked for us :)
I'll be the first to admit that Harley wasn't actually ready for his balance bike when he first got on it. We started off by walking around our front room helping him on his balance bike until he was ready to do it solo outside at around 15 months old. By 18 months old he was riding around our local skate park during the day when no one else was there... fast forward by another 18 months and here we are with a 3 year old ripping around on his BMX, MTB and motocross bikes most days! For Harleys 'learning' videos click the link below and have a watch to see how we helped him progress!
Harley - a year of 'being 2': • Riding on my Kuberg St...
We're now making some videos to show more of the behind the scenes to how we teach him new things, what we dress him in to ride and videos of the places that we take him to ride... let us know in the comments what you think of our videos so far and if there's anything else you want to see!
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Негізгі бет Спорт We taught our boy to pedal a bike and ride motorbikes at 2 years old - BUT is he too young?!
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