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I dunno about that. I think it's probably easier to learn to ride a bike with someone experienced helping you. If someone sets up the seat for you and explain

• nopassrecover 15y ago
  Not to detract from your point necessarily, but my anecdotal experience contrasts with this. I had no luck being told how to ride (I guess someone skilled in teaching rather than bike riding may have helped). In the end I was literally left in the driveway with a bike and not allowed back inside until I could ride. I picked it up in an afternoon.
• noahc 15y ago
  When learning to ride a bike brakes and shifters are really irrelevant. You're going to crash anyway. As for how I learned to ride, my dad took me to a hill, sat me on the bike and pushed me down. I learned how to ride pretty quick...well until I hit a small stump hidden by the grass. After that I was mostly fine and learned to ride pretty quick.
  • buff-a 15y ago
    Indeed. If you want a kid to learn to ride a bike, remove the fear of failure. Do it on a gently sloping grassy hill that levels out, for example. When I first learned to ice skate I learned that falling on ice fucking hurts. I didn't learn to ice skate. I learned to not fall over. Then my friend dressed me up in his team's goalie's pads - I pretty much bounced back up again if I fell over. By the end of an hour I could do the sprint exercises with the team and keep up (over short distances anyway!).