After a week of consistently taking Holly out for short 10-15 min sessions on her bike, I am pleased to confirm that she can now pedal a bike on her own. She has the balance nailed now and can even turn around corners which is good. We still need to do a bit more work on the strength in her initial push off and she needs to remember to put one leg on the ground when she brings the bike to a stop (she learnt this the hard way when I let her fall to the ground!).
I feel quite proud of this achievement for both Holly and myself. I feel I let Holly down last year as it was one of my objectives to get her cycling and I failed dismally due to so much going on with the house extension etc. Having said that, this year was perfect timing as a felt she was ready to learn where as last year I am not sure it would have happened. For myself, I have taught all 3 of our children to ride a bike and I also helped my nieces, Amy and Zoe to learn so I must be doing something right. I hope I am still around and able enough the help my own grand kids to learn how to ride one day.
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| A sweaty Dad running alongside, but Holly has final mastered pedaling a bike. |
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| Still need to work a bit on her push-off strength, but I think the balance buddy can come off the bike now. |
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| And she's off, with her bunny riding on the back. Can't wait until the lock down ends so we can all got to Hadleigh Olympic Mountain bike course for a cycle. |
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