Guest guest Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 Hi all, Today is 's birthday and we wanted to get him a new bike. He has shown some mild interest in bike riding and I want to take advantage of that! My question is, can you put training wheels on a 20 " bike? Anyone have any experience with a child learning to ride a bike independently? Thanks, Mom to (12!! ds), Grace (9) and (3) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 Maverick learned to ride a bike when he was 6. I didn't think he was ready, but one time I was at work and my husband took him to the park with the other kids and taught him. They were all proud and I was freaked. I haven t been back to work since. LOL. Anyway, he does very well riding a two wheeler, but his physical abilities are his strength. Several years ago I had a foster daughter who also had down syndrome. She wanted to ride a bike so badly, but she was not able to keep her balance at all. We finally got her one of this three wheeled bikes and she was so happy! She would go off riding with the boys all the time. My neighbor will not let her son, 18, ride a three wheeler, but he can't learn to ride a two wheeler and it makes me so sad that he wants to ride and isn't given the opportunity. " Attitudes are Contageous. Is YOURS worth catching? " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 I'm back from the baseball game now. Anyway, last summer was talking about riding a bike. He thought he could just get on one when the mood strikes him and go, but we were never successful at teaching him. So someone a few years back sent that website to me that I sent you and I looked into it this bike camp. This past fall Don decided he would take to the 4 day camp at State College (that was the closest location) and see if their program which promotes teaching them how to ride a bike in 4 days works. It did! loved going away with just dad too! The theory is to NOT use training wheels, but use their specially built bikes to train them. Basically, if you checked out the website, the back wheel is a roller type thing. Gradually they decrease the width of the roller, since it is the balance thing that our kids get nervous about. They also attached a long handle out the back so that a person can hold on standing upright and tag behind offering assistance to start. We purchased a bike and one of the handles a week after he got home from camp (which was his birthday!) I couldn't believe my eyes as I watched smiling ear to ear as he pedaled around the huge high school parking lot laughing and yelling " look at me, mom! " The camp was cheap and they offered a cheap rate at a hotel since we were attending the camp. Volunteer college kids helped. still is talking about going back with dad (even though he doesn't need to!) I don't know if you have the time to do something like this.....especially if today is his birthday, LOL. But if you don't have success in your methods, it may be worth checking out. Jackie, Mom to 18ds, 15, and Bradley 12 -------------- Original message -------------- From: <hronca@...> > Hi all, > > Today is 's birthday and we wanted to get him a new bike. He has > shown some mild interest in bike riding and I want to take advantage of > that! My question is, can you put training wheels on a 20 " bike? Anyone > have any experience with a child learning to ride a bike independently? > > Thanks, > > Mom to (12!! ds), Grace (9) and (3) > > > > > Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for messages > to go to the sender of the message. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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