Two months ago, Little Buddy–who is four-and-a-half–surprised us by reaching a big milestone much earlier than we had expected. While we were at someone’s house, he walked over to a two-wheeler bike, sat on it, and rode it. Just like that. No running behind him holding the seat. No coaxing him to keep trying. He just did it.
Until that point, he had been riding a traditional bike with training wheels some of the time but had been spending more time on a balance bike that a friend gave us. I really think that the balance bike is what helped him develop the balance and coordination that he needed to be able to ride without training wheels.
He was so proud of himself, and we were proud, too. When we got home, he begged us to remove his training wheels, so we did, and he has been practicing ever since.
Balance bikes or THE way to learn! Made life so much easier when we borrowed one from a friend.
My cousin was riding a two wheeler at age three and so was a former neighbor girl, and they were way before balance bikes were around. lol
That’s impressive. I’ve never seen a child that young riding a bike.
Next comes car keys. Get ready.
Haha! I know! It goes by quickly.
Good job Little Buddy!!!! Time for a bigger bike.
Congratulations to little Buddy.
Joan, Marion and Marilyn
What an accomplishment! Great job!
What a fun achievement! Little Buddy must be very proud of himself! Cycling is such a great lifelong activity. Hours of pleasure. If the pic at the top is him, oh my, he is all boy, not much little there anymore! I think of him as the baby pic we have seen. I hope he enjoys the rest of the warm months cycling away. 🙂
Congratulations Little Buddy! I was about 5 when the training wheels came off my bike.
Congratulations Better then I did. My training wheels came off when I was 6 but still had troubles learning to ride a bike with out training wheels tell I was in 6th grade. A friend from school taught me and I got it.