Can you ride a (pedal) bike?

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I cant remember when i learnt to ride a bike but i do remember just getting on a bike with stablizars, then taking them off after a while.

Reply 21

PinkMobilePhone

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I was about 8 when I learned to ride a bike. Haven't ridden one now for about 12 years thereabouts, but I'm not afraid to try, I don't think it would take long to re-master it.

My daughter learned to ride last summer when she was 5 years 6 months (she smashed out her front teeth on the handle-bars in the process!).

https://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=10100158818280669

(that's not actually her bike. It's a lad's bike who lives 3 doors down from us. She does have her own though - a pink one).

My eldest son is 4 yrs 9 months and he learned to ride a couple of weeks ago. I was so proud :

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=181169418676561&set=vb.100003505123718&type=2&theater

(that's not his bike either by the way - his is blue - in case you were wondering why I bought my lad a pink bike lol. That's a neighbour's little girl's bike. They ride each others bikes all the time).

I do think it really is a standard thing to do as a child!

My 2 year old son can't ride yet :wink:

He has just about mastered a 3 wheeled scooter though lol

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 22

Palatial Veranda

I can but unfortunately this was me . . .

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7095134.stm

Reply 23

Herr

I do use a bicycle all the time, just I don't do it on paved roads, I use it on off road trails as I do enjoy mountain biking.

As for when I started riding a bicycle, I was 4 when I started, though wasn't allowed anywhere near a street, only within the house compound.

Reply 24

Clare~Bear

Original post by Palatial Veranda

I can but unfortunately this was me . . .

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/7095134.stm

He was in his own room! Doesn't make it normal, but still.

Reply 25

Palatial Veranda

Original post by Clare~Bear

He was in his own room!

I know, I can't help but feel that he was maybe a little hard done-by whilst in the privacy of his own quarters. It's odd but come on, it was only a bike. Would it have been the same outcome if he was trying to have sex with a calculator or a crisp packet? It's almost like the authorities have considered the years of emotional torment that the bike will suffer when handing out their punishment.

Reply 26

Emelynaki

Yes, of course!
And I was about 7-8 when I've first learnt to do so.

Reply 27

No Man

Yes, although I haven't ridden one for about 10 years...

Reply 28

Origami Bullets

I had a trike, and then a bike with stabilisers, and the stabilisers came off when I was about 7 and dad taught me by running along behind me, keeping the bike upright as I pedalled :biggrin:

I didn't have a bike between the ages of 11 and 20, so I was rather wobbly and nervous when I got back on one. Six months down the line, and it's my main mode of transport :smile: