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05-28-2008, 11:49 PM
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Teaching Kids to Ride...
Ah, spring is in the air... (or make that Achoo...)
It's that time of year when I see kids taking their bikes out for a spin. I also see so many of them with training wheels. And training wheels aren't the best way to learn... So, I found this on Sheldon Brown's website...Teaching Kids to Ride Don't Forget Your Helmet! And Theirs Too! Rubberside Down! K'Tesh 
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05-29-2008, 12:05 PM
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Bicycling Magazine had an article...
...no longer available. It suggested that you get someone familiar with balancing and braking by having them coast down a grass covered hill. Once they get the hang of this then you have them pedal down the hill.
A recent article that covers some of this is here.
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ORS 811.065 (1)(a): The driver of a motor vehicle may only pass a person operating a bicycle by driving to the left of the bicycle at a safe distance and returning to the lane of travel once the motor vehicle is safely clear of the overtaken bicycle. For the purposes of this paragraph, a “safe distance” means a distance that is sufficient to prevent contact with the person operating the bicycle if the person were to fall into the driver’s lane of traffic.... LCI #2105 Lambchop Rides!
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05-31-2008, 08:34 AM
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yes, I was wondering what the no longer available meant also...
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#5
05-31-2008, 08:29 PM
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one article was available, one wasn't...
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So, I opted not to link to bicycling.com's article because I found Sheldon's article. Upon re-researching bicycling.com I found the article (How To Raise A Cyclist) that I was looking for, but it doesn't have the cool images that I was looking for. It was the missing images that made me think it wasn't the same article. Rubberside Down! K'Tesh Last edited by K'Tesh; 05-31-2008 at 08:40 PM.
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#6
06-06-2008, 04:15 PM
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The grass covered hill worked for my kid. She wanted to take the training wheels off when she was three (the training wheels worked fine, by the way). I waited until she was three-and-a-half and took 'em off, pushed her down the hill. In thirty minutes she was cruising around the park. Amazing, really. No telling if little brother will take to it like that.
I think teaching your kid how to ride a bike (or letting them figure it out on their own) is the easy part. When they're so young, I find it much more difficult to instill a sense of caution, which is somewhat important if you want them to look before crossing a street, stay on the right hand side and keep a straight line while in the street, watch out for other folks at the park, etc. Now I ride like a sheep dog. I'm constantly herding. This is the part that I wish more parents would spend time on. Also, for all the parents wanting to buy one of those fancy-over-priced-German-made-pedal-and-crank-free-wooden-balancing- push bikes - I suggest you go to the thrift store and buy a five dollar Bananas in Pajamas bike (Radio Flyer, Magna, whatever) and take off the pedals. Way cheaper and you aren't paying for all of that novelty and shipping.
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12-05-2008, 08:33 AM
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So this is Christmas
And what have you done?
Another year over And a new bike for the young one... Thought I'd revive this thread in time for the Christmas/Hanaukkah/Kwanzaa gift giving season. A very Merry Christmas And a Happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear K'Tesh
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