This is how I taught myself to ride a bike when I was a kid. I eventually figured out (through trial and error) the actual technique to maintaining balance: if

This is how I taught myself to ride a bike when I was a kid. I eventually figured out (through trial and error) the actual technique to maintaining balance: if you feel yourself falling to the left, turn the handlebars slightly to the left, and if you feel yourself falling to the right, turn the handlebars slightly to the right. I suppose kids these days learn this intuitively with balance bikes but it was a real lightbulb moment for me and I suspect I would have learned much more quickly if someone had explained it that way.