:rolleyes: kids don't even have to learn how to ride a bike anymore
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I don't understand why you think this causes laziness. The wheel doesn't power your bike. It's just an alternative to training wheels.
I taught my son with a Trek "Float" that we borrowed from a friend. I think training wheels become a crutch that keep kids from learning how to ride a bike sooner.
The float is simply a bike where the wheels come off so you can learn by getting started with your feet and learning the feel of turning and such.
He learned how to ride over a weekend with this method.
That being said, I think the gyro-wheel in the video will be highly over-priced.
I taught my son with a Trek "Float" that we borrowed from a friend. I think training wheels become a crutch that keep kids from learning how to ride a bike sooner.
The float is simply a bike where the wheels come off so you can learn by getting started with your feet and learning the feel of turning and such.
He learned how to ride over a weekend with this method.
That being said, I think the gyro-wheel in the video will be highly over-priced.
Part of learning how to ride a bike for a child is learning how to master balance and weight shifting. This completely removes that. I'd love to see what happens when they go from that wheel to the real thing.
Another part is teaching your kid to take a fall and not cry like a pussy and man up and try again. That life lesson called not giving up and then tasting success.
i don't understand this new thing in our society about never allowing kids to fail. IMO by removing any failure in their life all it does is make them less prepared to deal with it when the inevitable comes.
Another part is teaching your kid to take a fall and not cry like a pussy and man up and try again. That life lesson called not giving up and then tasting success.
i don't understand this new thing in our society about never allowing kids to fail. IMO by removing any failure in their life all it does is make them less prepared to deal with it when the inevitable comes.
I learned w/o training wheels in about 30 minutes and so did all the other kids back in the 50's and 60's :shrug:
i remember dad giving me a push and off i went. it took a few minutes to learn how to get started on my own.
ask morris and vinnie and them. they did it the way i did too :shrug:
i remember dad giving me a push and off i went. it took a few minutes to learn how to get started on my own.
ask morris and vinnie and them. they did it the way i did too :shrug:
That's why you learned quickly :mj07: Kids today love to fall it's a fuvking game. Remove the safety stuff and they figure it out real quickly. I was riding a 2-wheeler when I was 3 years old.
wussification of America...
I didn't either although I did learn with training wheels in the late 70's
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So my question is how is this thing any different than training wheels.
I don't remember if I used training wheels or not, but I remember my biggest problem was braking/slowing down.
Just ask my neighbor's brick wall I attempted to take out! That shit hurt!
I don't remember if I used training wheels or not, but I remember my biggest problem was braking/slowing down.
Just ask my neighbor's brick wall I attempted to take out! That shit hurt!
If I have any say in the matter, my kids won't wear that crap, either. A lot of kids in my small town were riding around this summer without it.
I'd hate to be the idiot that will decide to tell me I'm endangering my kids lives by letting them ride without a helmet....:stfu:
