Re: When are you going to take your childs training off their bike?
It all depends on how good their balance is. On average, so Im told, boys will be ahead of girls as they are usually earlier at physical skills like balance. However, my DD1 is a tomboy, so I can only tell you about her.
She learned very quicly to use her bike with training wheels at around her 3rd birthday, having mastered her 2 wheel scooter at about 2 years 9 months. About 2 months before her 4th birthday she was up the park and befriended a 5 year old who was being taught by her long-suffering dad to ride without training wheels. The girl decided to give my DD1 a try on her bike, and her dad thoughtfully took over. Afterwards he commented to me that my DD1 was ahead of his DD and she'd been practising for a few days/week already (and was a year older). However, I was 7 months pregnant and wasnt ready to start teaching her! So a year later we went for it on holiday and she cracked it in a morning. She was beginning to hit her knees on that bike so once she was good at it we moved her up to the next bike.
And yes, I have a feeling my 2 year old will not be far behind her sister as she is already using the 3 wheel scooter and her tricycle scarily well!
Hope that helps!
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