what is the best way to teach my 7 year old duaghter how to ride a bike without training wheels?
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I found stabilisers were worse than not using them!\n\nThe most important thing is to make sure you have the right size bike! If your daughter can put her feet flat on the floor when the bike is still and she is sat on the saddle then you have the right size!\nOnce you have the right bike, you must make sure they wear at least a helmet for safety.\n\nNow find yourself a large area, like a park where she has plenty of room to wobble!\n\nGet your daughter to sit on the bike and just free wheel it a bit...... by this I mean get her to push the bike forward with her feet and then lift her feet off the floor so she can feel the balance of the bike. Once she can move the bike a few feet on her own without wobbling too much she can go on to stage 2.\nDepending on what foot is the most comfy, get her to put the pedal to the top and then rest her foot on it, with her other foot on the floor. When she is ready get her to push down on the pedal and feel the bike move forward.\nOnce she has mastered this she can then go to stage 3.\nDo as stage 2 then get her to quickly put her foot on the other pedal as it comes up................. with a lot of practice and determination she will master it very quickly.\n\nJust be prepared to nurse some cuts and bruises and maybe a little hurt pride!\nDon't push her, she will take her own time and her confidence will grow with each stage passed.\nIt took me a couple of hours to get both my boys riding bikes. It was a wonderful feeling seeing them acheive it.\n\nGood luck!
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Learning to skate is a lot like learing to ride a bike.  You can't really TELL someone how to ride a bike, you know?  You just have to practice.  Go to a skating ring sometime after school on your own & try to get comfortable on skates.  Use the regular roller skates that they have available to borrow.  Don't use rollerblades or speed skates.  Most skating rinks have rails around the floor to help beginners keep their balance.  Feel free to use those, until you feel ok to stand on your own.  Good luck and have fun!!!
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Another method might be to buy the training book from Lance Armstrong. It contains some schedules on how to train, what to eat and what kind of exercises to do to get in shape again. There is a schedule for beginners and also for more advanced riders. But I would recommend your sister to get a normal race cycle and ride outdoors. At least I can't bear to ride inside I go crazy mostly.
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The best dirtbike is the safest one.  That usually means a snickers-powered one.  These are also known by the more common name of mountain bikes.  The best ones are made by Cannondale and Trek, and start at about $400.  They require relatively inexpensive tune-ups every so often, and new brake and shifter cables about once a year.  This will get him off his tuches and out in the wilderness.  Remember that a $100 helmet will protect him more than a $100 pair of shoes!
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Everyone's lessons are different... I've learned that a saddle that feels great for 30 miles can be agony at 75 miles. Always check the tightness of components. A crank coming off 30 miles from home just sucks. Sometimes, leave the thorn in the tire until you get home! Carry a spare tube AND a patch kit. And if the worst that happens is that you have to walk your bike home 5 miles and it's a nice day out, hey, it's a nice day. You're still alive.\n\nI've learned that road bikes, with wide enough tires, can tackle about 70 percent of the trails designed for mountain bikes. Sometimes you should slow down and enjoy the ride, look at the scenery. Not every ride is a training ride - take the kids along and show them how to bunny hop and pull wheelies. I've found out that if you are out riding your MTB and come upon a motocross track the locals have built, ride all the way around it before you try to ride the 8' hill or you'll do the concusion confusion. Don't do wheelies when you're clipped in unless you're Floyd Landis. Realise that sometimes, if all's quiet, your Grandfather is there with you, having a good time. \n\nI've learned the "ugly" side, too: That some drivers are not only just plain ignorant, but vindictive as well. I've learned that if you flip someone off for driving like a jerk, most loudmouths won't get out of the security of thier car.  The ones that do are most likely small but scrappy women (more balls then most men). I've learned that most drivers who swear at you have a very limited vocabulary, and if you point this out to them, they get so frustrated they will sit thru a green light. And I've learned that when a vehicle does strike a rider it's never, ever a pretty sight and even worse when it's a kid (ran as an EMT/Firefighter for a while).\n\nAnd I've learned that if you empty your mind while riding that your God will reveal him/herself.\n\nGo. Ride. Enjoy.
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that age, he'd start off in go carting or karting.\n\njust ask the local round tracks or look on the web under karts.
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What they are setting their bikes on is a trainer.  I have a bike set up on one right next to me.  Trainers vary in price.  You can check several of the online bike stores and find them on sale at this time of year.\n\nIdea is simple.  Put your back wheel in a stand so it is off the ground.  You have a resistance unit that rubs against the tire.  The resistance unit allows you to adjust the amount of the resistance you can make it harder or easier.  The biggest difference between trainer is how the resistance unit acheives its resistance. The more expensive units are generally quieter.  The cheaper units use wind  and are very noisy.
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practice practice practice. my fiance is big into trials. if you want shoot me an email and i know he'll be more than happy to help you get started. the kid was practically born on a bike.\n\njust found a site worth looking into...\n\nhttp://biketrials.com/
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i don't really understand this question but heres how u ride a bike.\n1.) get your a.s.s off the couch\n2.) get on the bike\n3.) pedal foward\n4.) if u want to stop suddenly push the back break.\ngood luck!
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Build a ramp and go really, really fast.  Use Pedro's bike it has pegs!
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i have a 6 yr old grandson , we bought him a 20" bike with training wheels, was not long til the training wheels were off and he's rideing like a pro, if u get a smaller one in a few week u may be getting a bigger one
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Simple approach:\n\n1 Take courage\n2 Sit on the bike\n3 Spin the bars\n4 Get off\n\nAdvanced users:\n\n\n1 Take courage\n2 Sit on the bike\n3 Pedal furiously until you're blatting along\n4 Lift front wheel to about 30 degrees from horizontal (keep pedalling)\n5 Lean back in the saddle, back straight, finger-tips on bars\n6 Spin the bars\n7 Miss the catch, crash forwards, absorb handlebars through your facial tissues, hit ground at speed\n8 Go to hospital
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walk to a road with no traffic.\nget your bum on the seat.\nand find out for yourself.\n\nthat is how i learned, and i am Dutch ( which means bicycle mad)\ngood luck
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The only suggestion I can give you is what my son does, just go to the skate park and practice. You may fall, you may get hurt, but the only way to learn is to just do it. If you don't have a park available, just watch some Tony Hawk stuff, and go try it in the driveway or where ever you can. Just watch out for cars, please. GOOD LUCK!
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go on www.bmxtrix.com and have a look at the top of the page\nit sais HOW TO click and select what you want to learn
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I learned by \n1. Practicing just turning my board 180 degrees\n2. Then lifting the front edge of the board as I turned\n3. And then finally by going off a bump and jumping as I began to turn.   \n\nAbout.com has good information on basic tricks- here is what they say:\n\n1.   Ride straight at a small bump or roller with the base of your board flat.\n\n2.   Stay flat-based until you're just about to take off.\n\n3.   At the lip of the jump, spring off of your toes.\n\n4.   Rotate slowly because you're only going to spin 180 degrees.\n\n5.   Look down between your legs to spot your landing.\n\n6.   Let go of your grab and extend your legs for the landing.\n\n7.   As you absorb the landing, continue looking uphill for just a second until your board is firmly planted. Then turn and ride away smoothly.\n\n(I deleted a step- they threw in an Indy grab...)\n\nAlso, check out some of their other basic trick instructions- they're pretty good!
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How long has he been off the track? Most OTTB need control - do a lot of circles, serpentines, patterns at a walk and trot. Teach him to bend, work on being supple and relaxed. If he speeds up spiral in the circle. Stand for several minutes. Flex his nose around both ways. While doing the circles and other things - at a walk and trot (control - you know he has speed) - teach him to move around your leg. Teach him to legnthen and shorten his stride. Keep his mind busy and learning - not able to predict what you're going to ask next. When he learns what you want and succeeds at the basics he'll feed off that. Keep yourself centered and relaxed also.