How Old Were You When You Learned to Ride a Bike?

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How Old Were You When You Learned to Ride a Bike?

July 7, 2009

After watching the Tour de France as a family yesterday morning, my daughter asked me to take the training wheels off her bike. She wanted to ride. We spent the evening going up and down the street. I ran behind, steadying her by the seat of the bike, while she built up momentum and confidence. It was quite a workout, and exhilarating for us both. What about you? When did you take your training wheels off and learn to ride a bike?

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33 Comments

elysiamann 3 years 44 weeks

penguin- i'm in the exact same sitch! i'm 18, in college, and can't ride a bike. i have balance issues and i don't like the feeling of not having my feet on the ground. people cannot believe i dont know how! i want to learn, but the process isn't really worth it.

Blue24 3 years 44 weeks

Oh, I don't even remember! I think maybe I was 6-7? I don't really like riding a bike though, I've always prefered rollerblading!

Blue24 3 years 44 weeks

Oh, I don't even remember! I think maybe I was 6-7?I don't really like riding a bike though, I've always prefered rollerblading!

bchicgrl 3 years 45 weeks

same here penguin, ppl are shocked to hear I never learned. I did the whole training wheels thing when I was younger but I could never master the 2 wheels. I know it can't be because of balance because I loved rollerskating and I did the balance beam in gymnastics and rode horses all the time. It's one of those things now that I'm almost 30 it just doesn't seem important to learn now.

soosixty 3 years 45 weeks

I just learnt to ride a bike, and I'm 31! It feels awesome, and it was really not as difficult as I thought it would be.

doogirl 3 years 45 weeks

I was 8, I got my first bike on my 8th birthday and after two painful weeks, I learned! Still love riding a bike! My daughter taught herself how to ride a bike when she was 5! I'm still impressed with that!

kristints 3 years 45 weeks

I know I had just started kindergarten and I started when I was 4 1/2 so about 4 1/2. We lived across the street from my grandmother and all my friends lived on the street too so I was ALWAYS outside as a kid and riding a bike just came naturally to me.

meereesa 3 years 45 weeks

I didn't learn how to bike until I was in high school! I always rode around in training wheels when I was younger, and much to my parent's dismay, I gave up trying to ride when they wanted to take my wheelies off. Then, one day in high school, I was determined to learn, and I did it- all on my own!Sad that I still don't know how to swim.... apparently I didn't come from a very active family!

meereesa 3 years 45 weeks

I didn't learn how to bike until I was in high school! I always rode around in training wheels when I was younger, and much to my parent's dismay, I gave up trying to ride when they wanted to take my wheelies off. Then, one day in high school, I was determined to learn, and I did it- all on my own! Sad that I still don't know how to swim.... apparently I didn't come from a very active family!

cg130 3 years 45 weeks

I got a tricycle for my 4th birthday, and a bicycle for my fifth, and then I think I took the training wheels off when I was about 5 and a half.

nutrihuney 3 years 45 weeks

i was scared to death - we had a kinda steep driveway and i just went from ours across to our neighbors. sad to say my younger brother taught me. he must have been 5 or 6 so i was 7 or 8. we enjoyed riding our bikes around the neighborhood together once i got more steady on my two wheels!

ClassicalTorture 3 years 45 weeks

I learned when I was about 5 or 6 and then continued when I was 10. Then we moved and it sort of fell out of favor. I tried to get on one a few years later and failed miserably. I think the common aphorism "you never forget how to ride a bike" isn't entirely true... I still technically remember how, but my body no longer knows how to balance.

fuzzles 3 years 45 weeks

About four years of age. I drove Dad bat shit crazy when it came to taking the training wheels off and putting them back on again, then taking them off....

zenwoman 3 years 45 weeks

Yeah I was a late one too. 6th grade. My younger neighbors taught me. So embarrassing. At least I learned on a big bike.

penguins268 3 years 45 weeks

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who doesn't know how to ride a bike! Most people are shocked, shocked I tell you (!) when they find out my little secret! :D

penguins268 3 years 45 weeks

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who doesn't know how to ride a bike! Most people are shocked, shocked I tell you (!) when they find out my little secret! :D

Talldiva45 3 years 45 weeks

I was about 5 Ii think...

Talldiva45 3 years 45 weeks

I was about 5 Ii think...

simplyfab87 3 years 45 weeks

I still can't ride a bike. I've only been on once and as soon as I got on my cousin let the bike go and I fell, never tried again. Now I have no interest in learning.

Renee3327 3 years 45 weeks

I think the training wheels came off my bike when I was 4 or 5 - everyone in my neighborhood rode bikes so all of the little kids wanted to ride like the big kids. I also grew up with my dad, uncle and their friends going on long rides every week in the summer. Riding bikes was just something everyone did so I started at an early age!