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Lose the Training Wheels/Your first time on two wheels
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 2010-07-30 9:31 AM |
Extreme Veteran  386   West Hartford, CT |  Subject: Lose the Training Wheels/Your first time on two wheelsI just finished a week of volunteering for "Lose the Training Wheels", a great organization that teaches kids with various disabilities how to ride their two-wheeled bike over the span of five days. The look on their faces as they realized they were riding on two wheels - by themselves - was priceless, and took me back to the first time I did the same thing. My stepdad had spent quite a bit of time running behind me on my new, green, two-wheeled bike (I was in 1st grade). Every time he let go, I would fall over. One day, his son came over to visit and was running behind me. He stopped to talk to someone and told me to stop, but I didn't hear him. Next thing I knew, I looked back and I WAS RIDING BY MYSELF!!! Such joy! I'm of the belief that nearly everyone remembers that moment. Anyone care to share their first successful two-wheeled ride? |
| 2010-07-30 9:33 AM in reply to: #3014108 |
| Subject: RE: Lose the Training Wheels/Your first time on two wheels I'm trying to remember and I honestly cannot remember ever using training wheels. I found a POS BMX-type bike in the junk pile and just started riding it. Good for you! I'm glad to hear the volunteer spirit is still alive and kicking. |
| 2010-07-30 11:56 AM in reply to: #3014108 |
Master 1795  Boynton Beach, FL | Subject: RE: Lose the Training Wheels/Your first time on two wheels I do remember it. My dad didn't have the guts to see me fall so my Uncle came over to teach me. Took one lesson and a few scrapes, but worked out. |
| 2010-07-30 12:05 PM in reply to: #3014108 |
Member 118 Upon the Rock | Subject: RE: Lose the Training Wheels/Your first time on two wheels Funny this thread pops up as I am in the process of teaching my 5 year old daughter to ride without the training wheels. She is doing great and the this weekend I am pretty sure she'll be able to take off and ride by herself. In our first 2 "lessons" as she calls it, she has been able to go 50 yards with me running with her and letting go. She doesn't know it until she starts to fall and I catch her. There is nothing better than the look on her face when she realizes that she was riding by herself, priceless. It has been so much fun that I find myself daydreaming about it at work, thinking of ways to help her succeed. I remember when I first learned to ride a bicycle. I was 6 but I had been riding my JR 50 motorcycle for a year when I finally decided I wanted to ride a bicycle also. It didn't take long to get going since Dad had already put in many hours with me on the morotcycle. Its one of my most vivid and favorite childhood memories, I hope to do the same for my kids. |
| 2010-07-30 12:17 PM in reply to: #3014108 |
Elite 3091 Spokane, WA | Subject: RE: Lose the Training Wheels/Your first time on two wheels Wow, what a great organization. Good for you volunteering! Yep, I remember vividly dad teaching me to ride. It was on an old, black bike. Never used training wheels, just dad's help. Great memories. |
| 2010-07-30 5:52 PM in reply to: #3014108 |
| Subject: RE: Lose the Training Wheels/Your first time on two wheels The easiest way to teach a kid to lose the training wheels is to explain how much time savings he'll have per hour by riding on two wheels. The difference in weight, aerodynamics, and rolling resistance makes it a no brainer. |
| 2010-07-30 6:32 PM in reply to: #3014108 |
Pro 4089 Without house | Subject: RE: Lose the Training Wheels/Your first time on two wheels I think it was the summer between when I was 5 and 6 and my dad realized that, even though I had the training wheels on (they were on crooked, evidently...great job, Dad) I was riding on just the 2 wheels. He took the training wheels off and off I went on my little pink bike. |
| 2010-07-31 4:33 PM in reply to: #3015058 |
Extreme Veteran 745 Colo Springs, CO | Subject: RE: Lose the Training Wheels/Your first time on two wheels maggyruth - 2010-07-30 5:32 PM I think it was the summer between when I was 5 and 6 and my dad realized that, even though I had the training wheels on (they were on crooked, evidently...great job, Dad) I was riding on just the 2 wheels. He took the training wheels off and off I went on my little pink bike. I always thought that was how they were supposed to be, so that you could "lean" on them but then get the balance on two wheels. Anyway, I never had them because I saw my older brother didn't have them, so there was no way I was going to. I learned when I was 4 on my ultra-cool red bike with streamers and a banana seat. I was incredibly tall at 4 (funny, and I still am), so it wasn't even a real "little" kid bike. |
| 2010-07-31 7:39 PM in reply to: #3015856 |
Pro 4089 Without house | Subject: RE: Lose the Training Wheels/Your first time on two wheels lodewey - 2010-07-31 4:33 PM maggyruth - 2010-07-30 5:32 PM I think it was the summer between when I was 5 and 6 and my dad realized that, even though I had the training wheels on (they were on crooked, evidently...great job, Dad) I was riding on just the 2 wheels. He took the training wheels off and off I went on my little pink bike. I always thought that was how they were supposed to be, so that you could "lean" on them but then get the balance on two wheels. Maybe it was...but it just doesn't make sense in my brain (I don't have kids, so I really couldn't tell you.) It just seems to me that 'leaning' would make you more likely to fall over...and I was already a clutzy kid... |
| 2010-07-31 9:01 PM in reply to: #3014108 |
Extreme Veteran 590 Sioux Falls, SD | Subject: RE: Lose the Training Wheels/Your first time on two wheels A while back I wrote an article on my website about my first bicycle, which includes a portion of when I learned to ride without training wheels. http://tundraman.com/Other/Bicycles/FirstBike.cfm I'm working on writing an article about every bike I've owned. |
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