@ssfckdt@grue
If you have enough balance and leg strength to walk, then you have enough balance and leg strength to ride a bicycle. Keep your shoulders level and your head and eyes up just like when you walk.
If you have enough balance and leg strength to walk
That’s factually not true. I know you try to cheer them up and telling them, you don’t need special abillity or to be fit and sportive to bike, which is true, but what you are saying is not true. They is people with disabilities that affect balance that can walk but not bike at all.
Had one as a kid, with training wheels that weren’t on right, and I never felt safe on it. Constantly felt like I was going to tip. Gave it away to a friend years later.
Bought another one about 10 years ago, never rode it, my wife did something with it idk.
As a kid I mostly did scooters, also had a razer scooter a few years back that I would use to commute when I lived near work, but these days arthritis in my knees makes that less fun.
I tried one of those electric scooters, and didn’t feel safe on it, decided to walk instead. Which I’m a pretty fast walker, even still now with the bad knees.
Wish they’d make narrow trikes, which I think I’d do better on, but most of them are like 2-3 feet wide in the back which is way too big for most purposes.
All I need now is the knowledge, sense of balance, and confidence to ride a bicycle
@ssfckdt @grue
If you have enough balance and leg strength to walk, then you have enough balance and leg strength to ride a bicycle. Keep your shoulders level and your head and eyes up just like when you walk.
That’s factually not true. I know you try to cheer them up and telling them, you don’t need special abillity or to be fit and sportive to bike, which is true, but what you are saying is not true. They is people with disabilities that affect balance that can walk but not bike at all.
My country runs courses for adults to learn how to bike - maybe yours does the same?
The more you ride, the better you get. Try include cycling into your exercise, and within a year you should be better with it.
If you’re in need of some inspiration; Tom Scott on YouTube made a video of himself learning how to ride a bike. Seeing someone else learn something can be useful, and there’s a lot of little things in the video one can pick up on to avoid common mistakes.
do you have a bicycle?
Had one as a kid, with training wheels that weren’t on right, and I never felt safe on it. Constantly felt like I was going to tip. Gave it away to a friend years later.
Bought another one about 10 years ago, never rode it, my wife did something with it idk.
As a kid I mostly did scooters, also had a razer scooter a few years back that I would use to commute when I lived near work, but these days arthritis in my knees makes that less fun.
I tried one of those electric scooters, and didn’t feel safe on it, decided to walk instead. Which I’m a pretty fast walker, even still now with the bad knees.
Wish they’d make narrow trikes, which I think I’d do better on, but most of them are like 2-3 feet wide in the back which is way too big for most purposes.