How was your first bike riding experience?
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How was your first bike riding experience?
I was 7 years old the first time I rode a bike. It’s quite obscure but I still retain few parts as they will be one of my ideal memories. Grandpa brought me to the garden sub the corner from his space with a borrowed bike that was a bit too large for my size. Grandpa didn't trust in trainer wheels. He credits in stiff lessons and the value of falling and failing. At first, I was like, ‘yeah I’m going to fall’. Of course, I fall. But I just kept learning until I felt satisfied and at last, I felt this perception of perception, I felt like a falcon flying through the sky.
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Just like your description, except Grandpa never rode a bike and I was 8 years old. My cousins, age 7 and 9, taught me the same way. Then when I figured it out, we pushed my 7 year old brother up and down til he stopped falling over.
I had a beautiful, new, red 24" Roadmaster bike that was too big for me. We sure scratched it up that first week.
These days, I think the toddlers get push bikes with no pedals. They scoot along with their feet, and get their balance. Some advocate teaching adults like that. Don't worry about the pedals. Keep your feet out to stop the fall. Just learn to coast.
I had a beautiful, new, red 24" Roadmaster bike that was too big for me. We sure scratched it up that first week.
These days, I think the toddlers get push bikes with no pedals. They scoot along with their feet, and get their balance. Some advocate teaching adults like that. Don't worry about the pedals. Keep your feet out to stop the fall. Just learn to coast.
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I think I learned to ride a bike a little bit later... i think i was around 10 and learned it with my uncle and cousins. Back in my place i was to scared to ride without wheelies and I could not trust my mum, but once i visited my uncle he thought me without wheelies.
At the beginning I was a bit scared but afterwards I just enjoyed it to much and went for a bike ride that lasted hours
At the beginning I was a bit scared but afterwards I just enjoyed it to much and went for a bike ride that lasted hours
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I learnt to ride when I had just turned 5. It was a case of falling off until we learnt how to balance.
At 5 and a half, I started riding 3 miles to school, and 3 miles home every day. We lived in a farming area.
My father before me, rode a horse to school.
I know, I am showing my age.
At 5 and a half, I started riding 3 miles to school, and 3 miles home every day. We lived in a farming area.
My father before me, rode a horse to school.
I know, I am showing my age.
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First bicycle experience. Sears Spyder in the 1970s. First Ebike Experience Yamaha Cross Core last March.