Small boys, bikes without stabilisers, riding round the park, when...how?

[sunnywong]

What do you reckon?
When they express and interest or by year1?
And how do you do it? Remove one stabiliser wheel at a time or make them go cold turkey?

Bikrs right.

It is much much easier if you take the staboilisers off when they are still riding the wee totey bikes. dd2 cycled without at age 4 mainly 'cause she was still on a little bike with low centre of gravity - much more stable.

We taught dd1 when she got a new bvigger bike (which wasn't the best idea in resrespect). We were at carcvan site with smooth tarmac paths, grqss either side. Lots of rising up and down, setting her off, she could sort of fall off safely herself. She was 5 coming up for 6.

Cold turkey both times. Patience and determination for dd1. Streak of piss for dd2.

DS can ride his 2 wheel bike! He did do it for a short distance just before his 4th birthday in April but as neither of us carried on taking him out on his bike, he didn't get the hang of it properly.

But now, he has definately got it. I can't take any credit at all, it was all DH's doing. DH got DS to do his coat up and then held him by the scruff of the neck. It didn't look nice but it made DS get his own balance so DH could then let go. I was so impressed with how quickly he got it, it was only the 3rd time on his new bike.

I really must get him a helmet now.

ds3 was 4 when he learned to ride with no stabilisers but we are in Holland where bike riding is the national passion, so he had a lot of encouragement from his peers. Dd was 5 and ds1 was 6.

Kid, I did the same re coat and scruff of neck thing with ds2. Not pretty but it works

I tried being or looking kinder but holding onto the seat, soon changed my mind though when my back started aching. DS is really proud of himself, I keep telling DD that I am pleased she is trying. She is almost 8 though so I am hoping she gets the hang of it sooner rather than later.