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02-06.-2008, 07:07 AM
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training adults to learn to ride for 1st time?
I'm curious b/c this situation will apply to me in a few short
months... Is there a technique that has been proven for training adults to learn to ride for 1st time? They don't exactly make training wheels for adults, do they? Here's my idea. To just sit on the bike and see if the adult can propel themselves along just by moving their feet (not even pedaling) and pushing the bike along. They can use their feet as crutches by letting them hang just above the surface of the asphalt. Same as motorcyclists do just before they get enough speed to take off. Maybe if they can hold their balance long enough and often enough, pedaling will come easy. What do you think of that? |
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02-06.-2008, 07:22 AM
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Re: training adults to learn to ride for 1st time?
Ablang wrote:
> I'm curious b/c this situation will apply to me in a few short > months... Is there a technique that has been proven for training > adults to learn to ride for 1st time? They don't exactly make training > wheels for adults, do they? > > Here's my idea. To just sit on the bike and see if the adult can > propel themselves along just by moving their feet (not even pedaling) > and pushing the bike along. They can use their feet as crutches by > letting them hang just above the surface of the asphalt. Same as > motorcyclists do just before they get enough speed to take off. Maybe > if they can hold their balance long enough and often enough, pedaling > will come easy. What do you think of that? That seems to be the standard method. Lower the seat and remove the pedals to make all this even easier. -- Paul M. Hobson ..:change the f to ph to reply:. |
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10-06.-2008, 07:51 AM
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Re: training adults to learn to ride for 1st time?
On Jun 1, 4:22*pm, "Paul M. Hobson" <fob...@gatech.edu> wrote:
> Ablang wrote: > > *I'm curious b/c this situation will apply to me in a few short > > months... Is there a technique that has been proven for training > > adults tolearnto ride for 1st time? They don't exactly make training > > wheels for adults, do they? > > > Here's my idea. To just sit on thebikeand see if the adult can > > propel themselves along just by moving their feet (not even pedaling) > > and pushing thebikealong. They can use their feet as crutches by > > letting them hang just above the surface of the asphalt. Same as > > motorcyclists do just before they get enough speed to take off. Maybe > > if they can hold theirbalancelong enough and often enough, pedaling > > will come easy. What do you think of that? > > That seems to be the standard method. *Lower the seat and remove the > pedals to make all this even easier. > > -- > Paul M. Hobson > .:change the f to ph to reply:. This blog should have some helpful hints for you: http://www.squidoo.com/easyriding I hope it helps! Cheers! |
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