A few weeks ago I finally caved in to all the begging and took Oliver to the Herriman Skate Park on his balance bike. He did great but he left the park pretty depressed about the fact that his bike didn't have pedals like the other kids. After that he started asking for a pedal bike for his birthday. All he could talk about was taking his pedal bike to the skate park. I explained to him that he would not be able to ride the bike at the skate park because of the training wheels. After a few minutes of thought he came back to me and told me that he didn't want any training wheels. Of course Sam was more than happy to comply so we took the training wheels off before we ever gave it to him.
He has been riding a balance bike for the past year. These are two-wheel bikes that have no pedals so kids propel themselves with their legs and learn how to balance. The idea being that it is easier to learn how to balance first and pedal later. Well, Oliver is a living testimony to that. In under five minutes he had mastered riding his pedal bike with no training wheels. I don't think he ever even crashed.
The bike is still a bit too big for him, so starting and stopping are still difficult, but Sam clocked our block and we figure he rides 2-3 miles everyday just doing loops around that thing.
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