Does your little person ride a bike?

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DS2 has autism and dyspraxia, would really like a bike for his birthday (in August). We tried him on his brothers bike yesterday and he cannot pedal very well and has zero balance (already knew this anyway).

Does your child ride a bike? Or do they have trikes? A bit reluctant to get him a trike.

He is 6, but the size of a 10 year old, so would need to be a bigger bike, so most of the ones you can get stabilisers for are too small.

Thanks for the link SteeleV. It looks like that may work.

Think the taking pedals off may work seeming as he cannot pedal.

CrappyPatty, he would probably be better on one of those, but gets tired quite easily and needs something I he can push.

Would something like one of these cool looking scooters be useful? www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003GUGFRI/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=httpwwwsq0496-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B003GUGFRI

DS1 has one of those and DS2 cannot get the momentum. He does have a scooter which he is ok on, but wants a bike.

My DS 7 refuses to have a bike without stabilisers, we recently bought him a new bike with stabilisers at a local bike shop which he still manages to fall off and tip, he constantly complains his legs and back hurts so my dh has seen a recumbent trike which can go anywhere, very fast, and is very comfy (so i am told). We have shown Ds this and he thinks it looks cool like a go-kart so now he wants one of those!

DS cannot ride a bike for the life of him. With or without stabilisers he topples, crashes or just cant get moving. However he is a whiz kid on roller skates/blades and his JD Bug Scooter. I am assuming its the control these and himself easier on them.

He is quite happy to avoid bikes though :)

My daughter, with mild CP and therefore weakness and bad balance plus hearing loss is finally, at 10, riding a bike with no stabilisers - massive breakthrough that I thought would never happen.
A year or so ago, I got her a new bike that was small enough/seat low enough that she could touch the ground with both feet and got the stabilisers put back on. Then she practised and practised until she could go in a straight line with the stabilisers hardly needing to touch the ground with her confidence improving day by day.

Then one day, only a couple of months ago, we took the stabilisers off. And with no warning, she sailed off happily into the distance and the rest is history.