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| *Vultures Knob>>>Kids Bike |
How do i ride a bike?? |
ok so im 17 and have not been able to ride a bike since i was a little kid!! i try all the time but i never seem to ride more than 5 feet!! please help me!! Buy a helmet and some skating pads for your knees and elbows for protection. Get a bicycle,preferably a mountainbike with no suspension. Remove the cranks,pedals and chain (ask a friend or local bike shop to help you with this). Lower the saddle until you can easily push the bike with your feet (but not too low, you'll want to have a portion of your weight on the saddle at all times). To balance a bicycle, you'll need to get it going at a fast walking speed so its self-correcting steering geometry can become activated. The only trick you need to know is to steer the front wheel in the direction that the bicycle leans. This will bring it upright again. Paddle around a large empty parking lot (Churches are usually empty during the week) and, without worrying about going any particular direction, if the bike leans left, steer left until you are balanced. When it leans right, steer right. Once you can paddle and coast with a degree of security, have your bike shop put the drivetrain back on. When you start pedaling,you will already have the basics in your brain, so you'll be circling with ease--but stay in the parking lot until you have mastered the brakes, and have at least a notion of how to shift. Source(s): This is how I was taught to ride a bike. This is how I taught my younger sister to ride. I also used this method when I taught my girlfriend to ride her bike. She was 20 years old then. This system is also recommended by Richard Cunningham of Mountainike Action. Thie website http://www.mbaction.com/ has an "Ask RC" component so that riders can ask him about tech,parts,bikes,riding and all that stuff. He often answers questions on how to learn to ride a bike with this system. Just tell a friend to push you down a hill thats how i learned how to balance a bike. You have to be going fast enough, at least 4-5 mph (which is really slow) to keep upright. Riding on a trainer might help, since the bike in entirely supported for you. You could also try riding a small bike like a BMX to start with, so you''ll be less worried about falling etc. Then work your way up. omg!! maybe if you weren't sooo lazy...you would have got up and learned when you were a kid!! lol ii loooovvvveee yyoouuu! First your bike has to be the right size for you. The bike has to be in excellent working order. It helps if you're physically fit... The hard part: you'll have to get used to balancing...One day I was watching the Olympics games on T.V and a cycling event was on... I saw one of the riders slow down and completely stop his bike on the track....no joke it's possible to sit on a bike and balance it without falling.... I tried it and my record is 45 seconds standing still on a bike at a traffic light..... I tell you this because if you learn how to do this you'll learn to ride much sooner... btw... don't give up....you'll only get it if you're persistent... You have to gain your balance back, after that you will go far.Try taking off the Bicycle Pedals and coasting as far as you can until you learn your balance back, A much safer way to practice so that you dont get a pedal embedded into your leg from falling. After your balance is back, Put the pedals back on and try pedalling. Good luck |
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