Teach Your Kid How To Ride A Bike | BikeRadar's Ultimate Guide
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- Teaching your child to ride a bike is a huge moment for any parent, so you'll want to make sure you get it right. As a former racer and founder of kids' bike brand Islabikes, Isla Rowntree is somewhat of an expert on the subject.
Let us know how you and your kid gets on! And as always, if you have more tips of your own please let us know in the comments!
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After a very difficult first day teaching my 7 year old (on grass and holding on for him), I felt he would never learn. After watching this and using your tips and using an athletics track, on day two - it’s as if he’s been riding for years! Within 10 minutes he was off independently, thank you so much for making this!
Did you use a small bike like this for training 7 year old.I am trying to teach my 7 year old..
Wow! My 75 year old over weight father learned this in less than 3-months! New sub! Thanks a million.
Great instructions and tips. My 8 year old was scared to learn and I had been putting it off for a while. Within 40 minutes he was riding and peddling on his own. Fantastic, there's no stopping him now. Thanks for posting this video❤.
Truly brilliant video. Thanks so much! I taught my 7 year old and 6 year old to ride in 30 minutes using this method. No exaggeration.
Amazing! Great to hear you found it useful and thanks for watching.
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My 6 Year old learnt to ride in 30 mins using your techniques, lesson by lesson. Its really amazing to see my kid grasp it so fast. Thanks a lot !
That's incredibly fast 💥 Thanks for sharing your experience, from all at BikeRadar!
I taught my 6 year old girl using this method and she learnt in an hour's time! Truly works 💯
Definitely not trying to one-up the previous comment, but I taught my seven year old in about 5-10 minutes with this method today... EXCELLENT advice. Thank you very much!
U did one up them haha
Amazing tips, helped me to teach my 8 years old daughter to ride a bike within 3 hours today. From not being able to keep her ballance for a second to being able to ride on her own for around 1 minute. Obviously a lot of practice is still needed, but I didn't expect that within 3 hours I would be able to let her go and see her ride on her own. Thanks a lot! ❤
THANK YOU!!!!! This took so much frustration out of teaching my 5.5 year old! She picked it up incredibly fast after applying this! She's so happy!
That's great to hear the video helped and thanks for watching!
I am the child and that doesn’t teach me anything
CF TP sorry to read that you are still struggling. It’s all about practicing and knowing it will come as you keep trying! She went from throwing her bike on the ground, being frustrated, to learning to stand on her pedals and riding with friends around the block. Don’t give up! Good luck 😊
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Sorry for being so rude but I can ride a bike all ready!🤩
This is LEGIT! I did this with my 5yr old son yesterday, and he was riding by himself after 2 15min sessions. Today he biked a half mile to our local park without stopping.
He had been riding a balance bike for about 2 years and had only rode with training wheels a few times.
I tried to learn it multiple times with no success. Finally learned it when I was 20 years old on my own.
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It worked for my son 🎉
Thank you so much for this. The hard part was getting him to pedal instead of looking down at the pedal. After awhile they get comfortable and forget you are not holding them under the arms and the rest in history. Felt real good accomplishing this.
Amazing, our 5 year old went from unable to ride to riding on own in 3 days! Outstanding advice here.
OMG!!! My 3 year old son learned in less than 30mins... I’m so excited and overwhelmed! Thank you so much for the tips. Can’t wait to practice starting and stopping alone to save me some sprints 🤣
I fully agree, no training wheels!
My grandson found balance and braking by himself and managed at the age of 2 yrs. At the same time he learned pedalling on a small three wheeled tractor. After 4 months he gradulated to pedalbiking in 30 minutes.
Taught our 7 year old using tips from this video. She learnt in no time. It was 2 days over 2 weekends and away she goes! Less than 2 hours max and that was that. Thank you for making this video available for us parents.
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Great instructions.
My 5 year old boy learnt within less than an hour. This video really helped because i initially thought id have to hold the bike instead of his underarms. Thank god for this video
Used this video with my 5 year old this week (February half term). Absolutely brilliant tips for teaching and his confidence grew quickly. I highly recommend this training video, thank you for posting!
my sister teached me, when I was a lil girl, now it is so easy. I learned how to self-handpump my own bike. stay safe everyone.
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Thank you! Thank you! I did this today. I helped mu daughter to ride the bike and did it! She is now riding her bike. Thanks to your wonderful video. One million thanks to you.
Thank you so much for this video! It took me 20 minutes to teach my 4 year old using the techniques shown. Also her confidence on a balance bike helped a lot 😅
Just to say I watched your video this morning and by following some of your tips my son is riding his bike by himself this afternoon,. I'm amazed and so proud,,, thank you soo much your video is fantastic 👍🏽🙏🏾
No problem at all! Best of luck to you and your son on your riding adventures. From everyone at BikeRadar.
@@bikeradar thanks for uploading that fantastic video ... Am sure it will help many many more people
Thank you for this. My little boy struggles with co-ordination and this really helped. He's just managed a few meters independently on the first session. I had been holding the seat and this method makes so much more sense for rider and helper! I had ordered stabilisers but I'm sure by the time they arrive he won't be needing them!
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I learned to ride about 5 y old. My dad pushed the bike to get going, i started to gain speed in gently sloping farm road, didnt know how to brake but the speed was already slowing so I just falled offed. Fast forward 30 something years the exhilarating feeling is there and still learning new things about riding your bike.
I learnt to ride a bike when I was 7 and I just got a new one and I am 9. I was scared that I would forget how to cycle but now I can ride to school myself and back and I’m very satisfied (And it only took me 3 days)!!😊😊😊😊
3 days! Your school must be very far away. 😉
Fantastic advice! I had been trying to teach my 8 year old for the longest time without success. But after watching this video I was able to teach my kid in a couple of sessions. I think the three main aspects were how to steer the child, learning to brake while walking the bike, and the turning body mechanics. These 3 elements were the key for her to acquire confidence and control.
Great to hear you found the video useful and thanks for watching!
Brilliant vid thx you - got both my kids riding with these tips - fantastic !
My 4 year- old stepdaughter learned in 40 mins. Thank you for the tips!
Great video, I followed this advice with two exceptions, my daughter, 5 years old, had stabilizers and not a very good bike. It took three 10 minute sessions to get her to ride without any assistance. I recommend following Isla's advice shown in this video.
Glad it helped!
I ain’t a parent ( mom or a dad ) I’m just teaching my young cousin
But you parented someone! Awesome.
Me too
And you want a fucking cookie or what ?
Thank you - I am teaching my 4 year old to ride and this has been very helpful.
So taping feet to pedals and sending them down Fort William DH track is a no no?
No he won't die if you tell them you will kill them if they don't . Any way half of the skill in mtb are probably nerves anyway
No the tape bit is cruel, they will never learn superman seat grabs that way.
Jean Bout Staples are more reliable, but tape with glue work too.
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Jean Bout lol
This lady just saved my back!
Yes! 🤣
Mine too😂
Same 😂
exactly!🤣
Thank you for this amazing video. My 7 year old has a low risk appetite and resisted learning how to ride a bike until now. I followed the tips in this video and it's like magic. Within about 30 mins he was up and riding. Thanks again.
It was hard to teach my kid and now after watching this video it has become very easy
Thanks for such good vedieo
That's great to hear! Glad you liked the video and thanks for watching.
Video not vedieo but I agree :)
I would never have believed this works as well as it does. Trained my 5 year old son in 30mins, then my 6 year old niece, then my 4 year old son, then my 5 year old niece. I’m like the go to guy for bike training now. I’d tell anyone about this video, it’s fantastic!
Wish me luck
One more week and you’ll be a hells angel! Lol
Thank you thank you thank you for this vid. It works! My son is now riding his bike without training wheels. And he's only 3 years old. Great technique!
I'm trying to teach BOTH my 5&7 year old to ride a bike
7????
Lamppu Yes. My daughter is learning without her training wheels. Just took them off.
I live in Türkiye 🇹🇷 and I still see parents teaching their kids to bike with stabilizers. It takes days and they struggle a lot, I hope one day most of them will learn this best technique. Thanks to this video I’ve learned to explain why not start with stabilizers: “they have first to unlearn tricycle” Because they learn a different thing, not an exact simulation of bicycle, this is the key point.
I had to come back and thank you!!! My son learned to ride in less than 20 minutes using this method. I couldn’t believe it! THANK YOU!
Thank you so much for this video. Im a mom who cant ride a bicycle and my daughter (5) got her first bicycle today and have to teach her. This has helped me a lot.
I found that starting them out on a tricycle first got them to learn what and how the pedaling part works. then moving to a real bike with adjustable training wheels (stabilizers) worked really well. both mine learned by 3 1/2 this way.
This helped immensely! Thank you so much.
I have no patience but I do want to teach my own kid how to ride a bike. She's 8 and she can't grasp using the paddles. This time I didn't yell. We took a break and will try again later this evening. Too hot out anyways. Love the vid btw
Thank you so much for the tips. I done exactly like here and in first session I let go for a while and my child balanced well alone for a while. Now just more days of training and it will be good 😍.
Great tips. My 3 year old was able to get her own balance after just a few tries (took less than an hour). She had been on supporting wheels since age 2.
That's awesome, well done her! Thanks for watching, from all at BikeRadar.
I learned with my friends , if your kiddo sees that their friends can ride they might wanna do it to! Their friends will most likely help them and it helped me.
Quiet neighbourhoods and caravan sites are great for beginners!
My son learned when he was 2.5, balance bike helped a lot.
3:19 When i was young my brother taught me how to ride a bike he was 19 i was 10 now hes 42 and im 31 and my dad does not care about me. So he made my bike and also taught me and he set the seat high so i can't sit on it with my feet touching ground flat. So he taught me how to ride a bike without sitting on it and just being above the front tube because its too low
And i will never get used to this
Thank you so much, after 30mins my little girl know how to ride alone... 😄😄👏👏👏
Happy to help
Thank you. I could teach my daughter to ride the bike herself within two days by following this.
Thank you so much. This video is so helpful. It helped me get an idea of how to teach my 5 year old. He picked it up in 15 mins and would continue building the skill.
I taught my daughter to ride a bike within an hour with these tips, thank you
My parents taught me how to ride a bike without stabilisers and I learned in 2 hours
How old were you?
@@joycesinkwembe9835 26 years old
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Liar!
We all know your dad didn’t love you!
I come across some people that much to my amazement are unable to ride a bicycle !!! So strange that in all their lives they've had no interest in bicycles. Personally I can't imagine life without bicycles and motorcycles. I loved it so much that I leant to ride from very early age with no trainer wheels, on a bicycle that was too big for me, because that's what there was in our house Now 65 years later I have many bicycles and motorcycles which I repair and collect, and I use all of them, some of which are crazy fast bicycles . thank you for you video.
Thank you for the advice. I myself didn't learn to ride as a child and avoided it until age 28 (I can now ride btw). I'll be taking my son out today without his stabilisers for the first time so I'm hoping I can be a good teacher for him!
I assume clipless pedals are exactly the right ones. They are super efficient and your child will learn how to spin the cranks like a pro in the blink of an eye ;)
Johannes Kastner Kids should use clipless later in their learning so they can learn to hop off. Clipless also is a bit dangerous since they might not be strong enough to take their feet off
Make sure to send them down Fort William and Red Bull Hardline on a carbon dh bike
I self taught myself to ride a bike when I was six
Great video. I bought my 6 year old his first bike today. It's an 18" BMX so we've got some work to do as he's only used to riding scooters, but this video has some great tips and advice.
Thanks for the upload.
im 13 and cant ride a bike :( good luck with your kid though
@@Kyle-fc9ox same except 12
I learn how to ride by myself when i was around 5/6 in 3 days. First day i learned to go straight, then right, then left. It wasn't as easy as you guys teach it and you can ask my knees about it i can still ride perfectly.
Thank you for this video. My 3.5 year old son learned how to ride a bike in approx. 10 minutes. I was using your technics. Thank you!
Thank you was great help. The first thing I did, was to watch this video. I did what she say to do. And before half hour a 5 years old was cycling on his own. Thank you so much.
Thanks for the tips. Reassuring to know I'm on the right track with my 3 year old. I especially like the idea of introducing her to breaking while off the bike.
brilliant video. I'm going to teach my boys at the weekend, thanks so much
Balance bikes are great for learning how to ride, both of my boys were riding by 3 yrs old.
I remember my mom giving up trying to teach me and I was so hungry to learn to ride with my older brother and our friends I kept trying on my own and like 30 min later I got it and was so excited I forgot how to stop and ran through the privacy fence
My child Katy is learning how to drive a bike. She´s 8 and today we´ll buy her first bike. Hope we get it!
I remember being a child and my grandfather teaching me how to ride a bicycle, I fell down and got bruised so many times but I eventually got it.
This video helped me to learn how to ride, I am almost 40 😁
This method is amazing! My 4.5 year old went from nothing bike at all to almost fully independent in an hour, and she's not particularly skilled.
this lady just said using training wheels is wrong. millions of us - me included- learned that way.
but that (for me) was a couple of decades ago, now they have different tools to learn, and training wheels are not designed to hold anything heavier than a 3 year old kid, so if your kid is bigger, it will be better to just buy a normal bike, remove the drivetrain, let him get the balancing thing and then install the drive train and teach him to ride like she said on the video
Now make a video on how to teach an adult to ride a bike. For some it might be useful
Marco Deo If you knew how to ride why didn’t teach your kids?
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@Marco Deo I understand but I didn’t learn till I was 10 years old I never wanted to learn and had thought I would never learn. but once forced to try by realities eventually got the hang of it and I LOVED it and now I ride BMX and I’m pretty good at it I got a good bike and can do a few tricks at the skate park. And cycling is a life skill and can actually led to very fun career choices. I went from NEVER even wanting to think about riding bikes to it being on of my absolute favorite things to do.
@Marco Deo i wonder why that is...
I know how to ride a bike now I’m akid
Brilliant. Taking the training wheels off my kids bike tonight.
I love cycling my friends also know how too some of them go super fast~!
Cool I just learned how to ride a bike
This video was so helpful! My kid learnt how to ride a bike in 5 sessions. Also it helped save my back! EBefore I saw the video I had thought I have to hold on to the seat.
Me and my 4 year old watched this before we went off to have a go! She did so well and only had to stop as my back was breaking haha xx
Our kids used a balance bike for a long time and are pretty good at balancing. Now my husband is convinced they need training wheels to learn how to pedal, I think it would be going backwards because they’d unlearn how to balance.
An absolutely delightful and informative video on learning to ride a bike. Thank you for sharing!
My dad is gonna teach me when im in austrailia i can,t WAIT!!!
Keighley Castillo idc
@@Virgilvandijko lmao
Honestly who cares
Oh, he's a great father! Good explanation!
It is asking a lot to get a child to master balance, pedaling, and braking all at once. To that end there are coasting bikes out there that do not have pedals, only foot pegs, allowing beginners to concentrate on balance, and stopping. Studies have shown the child will learn to ride faster on these kinds of coasting bikes.
We used a balance bike too. it works great.
Thank you - we followed your advice and my son caught on in half an hour!!!
Thank you for this video
Great video BikeRadar teaching my 4 year old not touched training wheels. When to Queen Elizabeth country park for there demo day she's got the basics down, Seemed to struggle keeping her eyes up and was looking down at what her feet were doing...
Gonna make my son watch this video!
Tips: Right size for your bike. Too high will prevent you from getting grip on the handles, and too low will prevent you from turning properly.
Face at the front, you will know your surroundings and have better balance. Looking down will lose your balance.
My dad just pushed me down a steep hill and i learned
XD
Dude literally the same thing happened to me
Same
With my mum tho
What a lovely and obviously very knowledgeable lady. Excellent video 👍
Update : i taught my son to ride who has never road a bike before in 4 hours.
First things first i removed the peddles, it Works wonders. Next i got him use to using the hand brakes by letting him glide and apply the safety brake. Ince he had balance and braking down pack the rest was easy. Added rhe peddles and getting him started was easier
Should really teach them to start the bike without already being in the seat.
I just want to personally thank you for this amazing video. My wife & I have been so frustrated teaching our son how to ride a bike for many months. I watched this video yesterday then I applied what I learned today. In 1 hour, my son & I were cheering because he finally learned to ride a bike without training wheels. Thanks again!
Before I could ride a motorcycle as an adult. I would ride pillion behind my brother. It was a scary experience. Like how much more the bike leaned into the corner. How much engine braking my brother did. What entry speed he could carry into a corner. Both my kids rode behind me on my bicycle. And they had balance bikes. My daughter wasn't even 3 when she first rode a bicycle. My son 3 and a half. Getting the seat height is not easy. When say they could ride. They still had to get a push start and they used their feet as brakes. My daughter at 5 can mostly self start, can control her decent with hand brakes and emergency brake. I remember watching this video before we purchased any ride on toys. We had a tricycle and it hung in the garage most of the time. Both still ride their balance bikes every now and again. Then apply what they learn to the bicycle. The other key thing is the weight of the bicycle. First attempt was with a heavy price friendly bicycle. That was not working. Then we bought a Woom bicycle. Like magic. And easy on the parents backs too. We have two kids that can ride bicycles because of this video. I am grateful.
Real good video!
Thanks!
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+Dolan its me weird day I changed my account
Wow this the best.
Wow amazing video hope this helps my daughter to learn to ride a bike
Glad you found it useful!
Brilliant video will be putting this to use today
Really good job people learn to ride a bike when there 2 and a half or something.
dam she broke it down to a science 🙌🏾💯😂
Whatever you can do this
This lady is great, as is the video...but seriously now, 616 people gave a thumbs down to this?! Hilarious hate here...
Every single thing the lady tells is what I did. My son was able to ride the pedal bike on his very first visit to the park. He had a balance bike to practice on for one day before that though.