My six year old daughter learned to ride her bike at the weekend

[D0m1n1c Burford]

I took the stabilisers off my daughters bike at the weekend, and showed her how to ride her bike without them. Within an hour she was pedalling all by herself.

I was nearly bursting with joy as she rode around with a huge grin on her face.

We went riding together down some of the quieter roads where we live (slowly of course).

Chuffed to bits 

[CrinklyLion]

Hooray!

It's fabulous isn't it   I found that it hugely increased the options of where to go for an afternoon, as my eldest's range on a bike was so much more than on foot.  And the loooong walk home from the park is so much less 'challenging' with a bike.  Although I then scuppered longer journeys by having no. 2 and being too much of a chicken-hearted wuss to try cycling with a baby seat on!

[Wendy]

That's so awesome!!!!

[toekneep]

No pictures? Big congratulations to her, it's a magic moment in any child's life.

[D0m1n1c Burford]

I think it was as a big a mark in my life as hers!

I can't keep her off her bike now, she loves it 

[Oaky]

I think it was as a big a mark in my life as hers!

Yep -- same here.

My daughter seemed to forget how to brake once her stabilisers came off though... stopping reverted to lots of foot scuffing.  She'd getting the hang of it again now (including a stretch along the Flitch Way on Sunday).

[Polar Bear]

Awesome 

[ed_o_brain]

Good good news. Very heartening.

The other week in Wythenshawe park I met a family out on bikes, it looked like three generations including very youngen's in a cycle trailer. They were on a tour originating in Cheshire.

[agagisgroovy]

 

[clarion]

Brilliant!

[andygates]

...one of us...

...one of us...

 

[rogerzilla]

My 6 year old finally got the hang of it two weeks ago.  We have done some light off-roading (jumps!) and a tour of the East Swindon badlands, where you can cycle for miles on (occasionally glass-strewn) cyclepaths.  I don't think she has the hazard perception to try the road yet, and she can't take a hand off the bars to signal.

We went out after dinner on Sunday evening.  I had a wobble and had to do a quick drop down off the kerb (we were riding slowly on the pavement).  I thought it was a pretty good recovery, but no.

"When I get older I want to drink too much wine and fall in the road," she said.  Oh dear.

[Mike J]

That's great news