How to teach a child to ride a two-wheeled bike

Bicycle ride is a very exciting lesson for the child. It gives the feeling of speed and the ability to manage a two-wheeled friend.

In addition, a bicycle ride is good for health: it strengthens the lungs, almost all muscle groups, cardiovascular and immune systems.

Rezopy and suffering obesity to children recommend riding a bike.

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How to teach a child to ride a two-wheeled bike - Preparation

First of all, the child should have a desire to learn to ride a bike. You can form it in advance. A good example will be the parents who ride a bike and take the kids with them on the trip. The preparatory stage in cycling ride can be: scooter, hunched and tricycle. A 4-year-old child may well learn ride on a 2-wheel bike.

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Required equipment to learn how to ride a two-wheeled bike

For learning needed

• bike, easy and convenient, which is adjusted by the growth of the child. Young ride should get from the seat to the bottom pedal with a straightened foot, the steering wheel is located at the chest level,
• protective helmet. It can be put on it at the stage of cycling with parents,
• knee pads and elbows,
• comfortable shoes that does not slip with legs or pedals.

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Training ride on a two-wheeled bike

As a rule, the child really wants to learn how to ride a bike, but it is afraid to lose the balance and fall. Without the habit, it is difficult to simultaneously manage the steering wheel, twist pedals and follow the road. Therefore, we do everything consistently.

Preliminary training

First we teach the child to skills: sit on a bike, keep the balance, rely on the leg when loss of equilibrium, twist pedals, steering, slow down and rooted with a bicycle.
It is better to do when the adult holds the bike. After slowing down, we learn the leg immediately put on the ground. You need to pin down from the bike, slightly tilting it on myself, resting my leg about the ground. You can and useful to learn from different sides.
Only after the development of all these skills proceed to the following.

Child learning a 2-wheel bike riding

• We choose a small, smooth, easy to drive a place where there are no cars.
• If the child is afraid to immediately go on 2 wheels, you can attach small safety wheels while the baby learns to confidently ride a bike and keep the balance.
• Hold the child for the safety belt / bicycle saddle and let go when it turns out exactly yourself ride. We definitely encourage the success of the child and accompany during riding.
• Even if it turns out to ride well, the first 2-3 days accompany the young cyclist, holding the bike when landing and when stopping the movement.
• We learn the child with the rules of movement on the road.

At the training stages, do not allow the young biker accelerate and drive at high speed from tilt.

Following simple instructions, your child will be able to quickly and easily master cycling. Minutes of success, experienced with you, will stay in child memory for a long time.