Originally Posted by
Maelochs
Yeah .... care to prove that?
"Results revealed that when the balance bike’s approach was used, learning age (LA) occurred earlier (M=4.16 ± 1.34 years) than with the bicycle with training wheels’ approach (M=5.97 ± 2.16 years) (p<0,001); or than when there was only the single use of the traditional bicycle (TB) (M=7.27 ± 3.74 years) (p<0,001). Children who used the BB as the first bike had a significant lower LA than children who didn ́t use it (p<0.001). To maximize its effects, the BB should be used in the beginning of the learning process."
https://assets.researchsquare.com/fi...f?c=1631855551
Granted, this paper is thoroughly unscientific as it's subject to sampling bias and hasn't been peer reviewed. And I will admit that the waddling stage, especially for an adult, is short. But how long does it take to take off the pedals? Like 2 minutes? It's low cost, low reward. Do it... or don't. It doesn't really matter. I don't know how we ended up here.