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Not really. Riding a bike is probably easier than driving a car but if you never ridden a bike you’re not likely to just be able to pick one up and go with it.

jacquesm 9y ago
> but if you never ridden a bike you’re not likely to just be able to pick one up and go with it. All my kids disagree with you.
- tossaway1 9y ago
  Seems like a weird place to brag about how gifted your kids are.
  - jacquesm 9y ago
    Riding a bike is nothing special here, if my kids are gifted so is the rest of the neighborhood.
    - Twisol 9y ago
      While the plural of anecdote is not evidence, I may as well pitch mine in: I hit practically every parked car in the neighborhood trying to learn how to ride my bicycle. So the original point rings pretty true for me.
      - ghaff 9y ago
        And I absolutely did not find it easy to learn to ride as an adult--and I'm still not good enough at it to ride on a road.
- pbhjpbhj 9y ago
  No balance bike or stabilisers or gyroscopic wheel hubs? They just got on a bike and rode without falling off or hitting anything? I'd say that's incredibly rare.
  - jacquesm 9y ago
    Well, it isn't where I live. Kids from about 1-3 years old get these little 'walker bikes' that have no sidewheels or anything (no chain or pedals either), they use those to learn balance, then after that they get their first bike (age 3 and up) which they usually can ride on right away. By the time they go to grade school they can cycle with the best of them. Learning how to cycle at a much later age is far harder.
    - pbhjpbhj 9y ago
      Yeah, that's what I know if as a balance bike. Once mastered moving to a pedal bike is much easier because you've done the balance bit. We did that bit by removing the pedals and lowering the seat. Once they can cruise then stick the pedals on, adjust the seat, and they're away ... but that's not just "getting on a bike", that's a progression of training. The thread parent said "never picked up a bike", you transmuted that to "used a training bike and then picked up a full one". Not pertinent to the thread but the flaw in this technique (balance bike) with my kids has been they learn to brake with their feet and that instinct is hard to break.
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jacquesm 9y ago

> but if you never ridden a bike you’re not likely to just be able to pick one up and go with it. All my kids disagree with you.

tossaway1 9y ago
Seems like a weird place to brag about how gifted your kids are.
- jacquesm 9y ago
  Riding a bike is nothing special here, if my kids are gifted so is the rest of the neighborhood.
  - Twisol 9y ago
    While the plural of anecdote is not evidence, I may as well pitch mine in: I hit practically every parked car in the neighborhood trying to learn how to ride my bicycle. So the original point rings pretty true for me.
    - ghaff 9y ago
      And I absolutely did not find it easy to learn to ride as an adult--and I'm still not good enough at it to ride on a road.
pbhjpbhj 9y ago
No balance bike or stabilisers or gyroscopic wheel hubs? They just got on a bike and rode without falling off or hitting anything? I'd say that's incredibly rare.
- jacquesm 9y ago
  Well, it isn't where I live. Kids from about 1-3 years old get these little 'walker bikes' that have no sidewheels or anything (no chain or pedals either), they use those to learn balance, then after that they get their first bike (age 3 and up) which they usually can ride on right away. By the time they go to grade school they can cycle with the best of them. Learning how to cycle at a much later age is far harder.
  - pbhjpbhj 9y ago
    Yeah, that's what I know if as a balance bike. Once mastered moving to a pedal bike is much easier because you've done the balance bit. We did that bit by removing the pedals and lowering the seat. Once they can cruise then stick the pedals on, adjust the seat, and they're away ... but that's not just "getting on a bike", that's a progression of training. The thread parent said "never picked up a bike", you transmuted that to "used a training bike and then picked up a full one". Not pertinent to the thread but the flaw in this technique (balance bike) with my kids has been they learn to brake with their feet and that instinct is hard to break.
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