Noah has loved biking since Paul taught him to ride a tricycle before his 2nd birthday. He picked up on it fast and was quite the little pro. He is on his 2nd big boy bike (first one got stolen) and has worn out the 2nd set of training wheels on said bike. Paul took the bike in to the bike shop for the 2nd time to fix the training wheels/get new ones and he got suckered into buying one of these strider running bikes. I have to admit I was skeptical and kind of annoyed he didn't come home with fixed training wheels.
These bikes have no pedals and the idea is you just walk/run with them and then kids naturally learn to lift feet and balance at a very young age. By 3 they should be able to ride bikes without training wheels. For a kid as advanced as Noah has always been in all things athletic and biking-wise there is no reason he shouldn't be able to do this at his age. But, going from training wheels to taking them off is a huge leap of faith and not a natural way to learn. I have to admit, once I researched it more, I was sold. And Noah is already doing awesome on it. He goes fast and is learning to lift his feet for short periods of time and glide. I'm hoping by the Fall we can put him back on his other bike without training wheels and hand this one down to Elliot in the Spring when he is two.
I will take some video soon to post of Noah, but check out this video on why these bikes are so much better than tricycles and bikes with training wheels for yourself.
3 comments:
I love it. Too bad I already learned how. It looks fun. :)
Loved the video, shouldn't have laughed, but I did.
Me too, Dena. That little guy on the green trike that was hauling ass? Cracked me up! But, the one I lost it on is the girl on her big girl bike running into the mailbox. Classic! LOL!
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