Learning to ride a bicycle: 5 steps to teach children
For many children, learn to ride in bike It is one of his first great achievements in life and has an advantage: that it is not forgotten, although we have been a long season without riding. From 3 years old, your child is ready to start shooting with the initiation bicycle, although the ideal age coincides with his fourth birthday, when he has finished developing all his motor skills necessary for both cycling and swimming.
The initiation bike, which is the one that leads rollers, it serves to control the technique of pedaling and to master the direction. After 4 years, the most difficult challenge begins to stay stable on a bicycle, the domain of balance.
Tips for preparing your children's bicycle
Before riding a bicycle, check that your height It corresponds to the child's height, that the saddle is properly positioned so that the children can reach with their feet on the ground, brakes they work well and smoothly so that you can press them without difficulty and that the pedals and the chain rotate without difficulty.
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How to teach them to ride a bike?
It is possible that your children need more than a day of training, so it is recommended to be a teacher with great doses of patience. With dedication and help, the children will soon learn how to get along two wheels:
1. Initiation. The first steps without rollers should be given in a park. The best thing is a flat and calm road to avoid bothering other people. During the first lessons it is best to remove the pedals from the bicycle and ensure that the child touches the ground with the tips of his feet. The purpose of these steps in teaching the correct operation of the bike brakes
2. Impulse. The next step is for the child to learn to gain momentum with his feet and learn to maintain balance without rollers. Keep in mind that you must always practice on a flat surface to avoid accidents caused by irregularities in the terrain.
3. Trust. When the child gains confidence without rollers and has some notions of balance, some slopes can be introduced in his journey to get the child to further increase his skill without any help.
4. Balance. After having achieved that the child already has the necessary balance without the need for rollers, the pedals must be replaced. The mission now is for the little one to master the balance while pedaling so as not to lose power in his vehicle
5. Speed and braking. Once the child has become accustomed to maintaining balance and pedaling at the same time, play back to the beginning and teach to brake. The speed that is reached in these cases is greater than when the momentum was with the feet, so this notion must be clear.
Safety notions for riding a bicycle
Once the child has learned to move by bicycle, it is necessary to make clear some notions of safety. These are the rules that every child should know before starting a bicycle trip:
- Helmet. Whenever you ride a bicycle, the case must be present. In this way, in case of accident or fall, the risk of major damage to the head will be reduced.
- No headphones. On the bicycle, all five senses must be on the road. You can not do without hatred. The headphones to listen to music or answer a call are forbidden. If you have to use your mobile, it is best to stop the march.
- Bike lane or driveway. You can always move around the bike lane, this must be the decision. In areas where this is finished, you have to travel on the road like any other vehicle. The sidewalk is for pedestrians. In case the journey must be on asphalt, there must always be an adult watching over safety.
- Always visible. It is recommended to carry the front and rear lights on the bicycle. It is also advisable to wear a reflective vest so that other drivers can see the cyclist and avoid accidents.
Damián Montero
