my daughter, 5 and a bit, is struggling with riding without stabalisers. All her friends are managing it.
We started off with a balance bike couple of years back which she loved and managed quite easily.
Didn't migrate straight to a bike without stabalisers (despite this being the idea of balance bike) as even the smallest seem designed so that if saddle is low enough for legs to touch floor when on saddle then very cramped for peddling and at top of pedal stroke the knee is still higher than hip. Obviously not a problem if put seat up, making peddling easier, (she does have quite short legs for age/height) but doesn't yet have balance skill while peddling.
She loves riding with stabalisers on but does not try to really balance and gets frustrated can't keep up with friends. If take stabalizers off she tends to lean heavily on the support of parent rather defeating the object. She is cautious that means often she won't go fast enough to make easier, she is quite thoughtful about accidents (there is some history that won't go into, nothing too serious just makes her think).
At the moment I have taken the stabalisers off as she seemed to be losing the balancing bit with them on, and for the moment taken the pedals off as well so she uses a bit like a balance bike so she gets use to bigger bike than before with balance and steering.
Sure lots of people on here have taught their kids to ride, so any tips gratefully received.
We started off with a balance bike couple of years back which she loved and managed quite easily.
Didn't migrate straight to a bike without stabalisers (despite this being the idea of balance bike) as even the smallest seem designed so that if saddle is low enough for legs to touch floor when on saddle then very cramped for peddling and at top of pedal stroke the knee is still higher than hip. Obviously not a problem if put seat up, making peddling easier, (she does have quite short legs for age/height) but doesn't yet have balance skill while peddling.
She loves riding with stabalisers on but does not try to really balance and gets frustrated can't keep up with friends. If take stabalizers off she tends to lean heavily on the support of parent rather defeating the object. She is cautious that means often she won't go fast enough to make easier, she is quite thoughtful about accidents (there is some history that won't go into, nothing too serious just makes her think).
At the moment I have taken the stabalisers off as she seemed to be losing the balancing bit with them on, and for the moment taken the pedals off as well so she uses a bit like a balance bike so she gets use to bigger bike than before with balance and steering.
Sure lots of people on here have taught their kids to ride, so any tips gratefully received.