06-25-2004, 11:31 AM
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Jeanne Clelland writes:
> What's a good age to get a real bike (with training wheels)? My son
> is almost 4, and I'm thinking of getting him a bike for his
> birthday. My main concern is that we live on a hill with a fair bit
> of traffic, so we don't have a great place for him to practice
> riding without going somewhere else.
Let him ride a tricycle until he's 5 and then get a bicycle that fits.
Children learn rapidly without training wheels if you take the time
and do not offer any doubt that they can do it. Training wheels make
an unstable tricycle of any bicycle and leave the child riding on a
tilt to one side. It does not teach bicycling. The same people who
find conventional tricycles dangerous because they can fall over in a
turn also believe training wheels are useful.
Jobst Brandt
jobst.brandt@stanfordalumni.org
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