How to Learn Riding a Bike

How many of you started with those little wheel attached to the rear of your bike when you were a kid? I know a handful. Question is, is that an effective way of teaching the kids how to ride a bike? For me, No. Yes you read it right. I’ll say it clearly it is not a n effective way of teaching kids how to ride a bike. First thing you need to teach a kid is balancing on a bike and not pedalling. He needs to get his balance first, he needs to to learn how to keep him and his bike upright. I learned to ride my bike pretty much on my own. This is a bit embarrassing since I’m already in 6th grade and still learning to ride a bike. I borrowed a bike from my friends younger brother, Jason, he is also technically a friend. I first practiced on their garage(they have 4 jeepneys that can fit in to that garage.) I started off by sitting on the saddle and pushing off with my feet while and lifting my feet off the ground when it’s fast enough. Such a thrill. But that’s how I started. Then one afternoon while practising, Jason (the guy who owned the bike) and his friend MJ said why not try it on the street, we’ll watch you, we promise we will not laugh if you fall. they coached me saying, you just keep pedalling and turn your bike where you think your falling. So off we go, I kept pedalling and wobbling turning the handle bars to the direction where I feel like I’m falling, they cheered and shouted keep pedalling, faster, faster until we reached the end of the street. They helped my make a u-turn and did the same thing again and again for the whole afternoon. We were all excited and happy we laughed and exchanged high-fives. The 2 guys feel really accomplished. So that’s how we supposed to do it. Another case, my nephew Sam. He wants to learn to ride a bike. So they bought him a bike, tried teaching him using those little trainer wheels. No go. He will just stop pedalling because he feel he will fall. So his grandpa Papa Fred, removed the trainer wheels and decided he will teach him by just pushing him and helping with balance. Still no go. He then removed the cranks and chain, he made it a balance bike. Within few days Sam learned to balance and within that week learned to ride his bike. So there you have it. If you want to teach you kids how to ride a bike, get him/her a balance bike.