readyrider
Unregistered User
(1/7/03 4:02 pm) Reply
Training Handle/Tool
A friend of mine sells an excellent product that assists in teaching both young and not-so-young to learn to ride a bike. It fits all 12" to 24" Wheel, Single,
and Multi-speed Bicycles! It's called the Ready Rider, and can be purchased at www.readyrider.com. I've used this handle on my children's bicycles and it not only made them feel better and learn faster, but it made it much easier on my back!!!
gadget16
Unregistered User
(1/21/03 7:02 pm) Reply
Learn 2 Ride EZ for all ages
There is now a product on the market that truly teaches bike riders of all ages and size to ride a bike safely. The invention is called the E-ZBar. It was introduced at InterBike and was called one of the top 10 hottest new products. Check out the website www.goezbar.com or www.pacelineproducts.com for more info.
donthaveone
Unregistered User
(7/10/03 8:10 am) Reply
LEARNING TO RIDE A BIKE AS AN ADULT
This is my fifteenth attempt to post this!!!
"I'm an adult, and I'd like to learn how to ride a bike. I never learned when I was a kid. But I can't find anything or anyone willing to help me. I've checked online and found nothing. I've e-mailed bicycle advocacy groups in the area and was never even graced with a reply. I e-mailed one of the larger bike shops here, and they e-mailed back telling me that I could join a women's cycling class or get in on one of their spinning classes. Spinning classes are not what I asked about. I don't know how they came up with that. And wouldn't I need to know how to ride a bike *before* I started bicycling with a group?
I'm beginning to think that it's impossible. If you don't learn to ride when you're 12, the window of opportunity is gone forever."
Learning to ride
I would like to share this story because its truly unbelievable. My stepson has been dying to ride since he was 6. Unfortunately he was slow in develping his gross motor skills and therefore was very uncomfortable doing normal kid things like climbing etc. He desperately wanted his dad to teach him but with a bad back and running along side of him, it was too difficult. I offered to try and teach him , so we tried the running along side routine at age 13. He clung on to me for dear life and got so frustrated he took his bike and threw it over the fence. So I went on the internet and found the website that suggested reomoving the pedals until he could coast and push himself in a circle. It took him 4 days of practicing for about 20 minutes each day. By the 5th day he was able to coast halfway down the block. I told him it was time. We put the pedals on his bike . He pushed himself down the driveway lifted his feet up on to his pedals and he rode down the street, the next block and hasn't stopped riding since. Removing pedals does work.
charmed4eternity
Unregistered User
(8/8/03 7:43 pm) Reply
dunno how2ride&college-bound
Wow, I never imagined that quite a few adults didn't know how to ride a bike! I've been feeling bad for years because I'll be senior and I just never learned how to ride--probably because I moved around so much.
Anyway, everyone says that a bike is really important in college. I better learn to ride then...bah humbug. For those of you who didn't know how to ride a bike in college, did that make life harder? thanks
re how2ride
Okay, had to add my two cents to this.
I'm 34 years old, and for years felt embarrased over the fact that I can't ride a bike. Incredulous laughter from friends didn't exactly help; "You can't ride a bike? You're kidding?"
I've finally decided to do something about it, but amazingly there are no classes for adults for this, anywhere! Finding this forum at least gave me some sense of relief, knowing that I'm not alone out there and others close to my age are in the same predictament.
I've looked at the two products mentioned earlier, and while the intent was to be helpful - they're basically leash/bars for kids on small bikes, not at all helpful for the adult trying to learn on his or her own.
So, all that said, I've read the tips website suggested earlier and decided to just chuck all caution to the wind and go for it! I figure if I learned how to drive a car, snowboard, kneeboard, raft and rollerblade after the age of 25 then there's no reason I shouldn't be able to do this as well.
The hardest part, I think, will be between walking into the bike shop and having the gum-chewing 17yr old at the counter smirk when I tell him I'm looking to buy a bike as a beginner , and the moment when I carry the bike out for the first time and hope no one strolls by and sees me making a fool of myself!
Anyway, it is good to know I'm not alone in this; I'm planning a trip to Thailand at the end of the year with the goal of doing some bike riding while I'm there! Good luck to everyone else!
Re: re how2ride
Good luck to everyone with learning to ride. It's not as tough as it is daunting. If you keep the saddle low for starters and push yourself about (preferably with the pedals off, so they don't catch your ankles) you should learn pretty quickly.
The main difficulty is the mental block and the frustration in it all. It will annoy pretty much anyone for a little while (sorry if that sounds negative) but it's one of those 'things' where you can't get it and then, all of a sudden, you're able to balance and cycle around.
I'll rabbit on no more, go away and wish you all more luck and enjoyment with your cycling.
Take care and have fun.
bfb2003 Registered User
Posts: 1
(10/2/03 7:47 pm) Reply
Want to learn to ride a bike
I'm 24 and I'd thought about learning to ride a bike but I never had the urge to do it although I didn't have a bike and was feeling a bit embarrassed to ask a family member or anyone to teach me. When I saw a bike at my aunt's house today, I started thinking about it again,
Hello again
I posted a long while back and just wanted to pass along this bit of info. I happened to read the NY Times a few weeks back, and apparently there ARE bike riding classes in many areas for adults. If anyone is still having trouble, don't have access to bike, no one you know has time to teach you or just feel embarassed (don't! obviously, you are not alone!), these classes sound like a good way to go. My friend found one by typing in "never learned how to ride a bike" on Google. Hope that is of some use to someone.
, and the moment when I carry the bike out for the first time and hope no one strolls by and sees me making a fool of myself! 
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