What age did your child learn to ride a bike?

[2022IamHavingYa]

Exactly that. Ride a 2 wheeled bike without any stabilisers? What bike did they have to learn on and what did they progress onto?

Thanks

6 they did have bikes with stabilisers before which I'm told slows them down though.

3 after using a balance bike

@2022IamHavingYa

So he’s 3.5. Had a balance bike for a year and we go everywhere on it. He’d happily stride his bike 10k with me running.

Yesterday he asked for his pedals (strider bike) so put them on and off he went, confident as ever! Did our usual 10k route today and he cycled the whole way like he’s been doing it forever and I couldn’t keep up so got a 20k pb 😂

He’s pretty tall for 3 and I noticed he was pedalling faster than the bike would go if that makes sense? Like it needed a bigger crank or gears. So where do I go from here? I’m not sure the strider will last too long tbh as he has long legs and needs another gear I’d say. Any suggestions on either a bike with 3 easy change gears and light or a bike where the pedals don’t go round so fast without getting anywhere?

He’s confident, can use his brakes and bell all at the same time it seems!

I doubt he needs gears, he probably just needs bigger wheels.

What size bike/wheels does he have now?

Check his inside leg measurement and see what bikes would fit - the Cyclesprog website has very helpful articles for this. Off the top of my head I think the Islabikes Cnoc 16 Small might be good. They're expensive but you could look for a second hand one.

To answer your question, my DS learned to pedal aged 3y9m. He'd been riding a balance bike (12" Strider) for a year. Got him a pedal bike for Christmas and he just got on and rode it straight away. No stabilisers.

Sorry, there's no such thing as a Cnoc 16 Small, it turns out. Just Cnoc 16 which is for inside leg 42cm and up. He might not be tall enough? In which case you'll need 14" wheels instead. See www.cyclesprog.co.uk/bikes/best-bikes-3-4-year-old/

4, stabilizers for couple months then learnt in a couple hours when we took them off. Never had balance bikes but had used 2 wheel scooters since age 3

I think my son was about 6. We didn't have a balance bike or similar.

I think I was a similar age. I don't remember learning, so it must have been when I was young. I do remember hurtling over the handlebars going down a steep hill when I was about 7 and I got a new bike for my 7th birthday without stabilisers so I could definitely ride alone by then.