Why Your Stabilisers Bike Is Not Doing It’s Job

Your child has been using stabilisers bikes for a couple of years. You want them to move onto a bigger, better, two-wheeled bike but with minimal success. Your child is either extremely comfortable with their training wheels or they are afraid of moving onto a two-wheeled bike. This article will document while your stabilisers bike is simply not doing it’s job – and keeping your child away from fully enjoying a true bicycle experienced.

It’s not pedalling that’s a problem, it’s balance.

When you were a child, what was the biggest problem you had when learning to ride a bicycle? It definitely was not learning to pedal that was the problem. I could easily pedal – as long as someone was holding the bicycle up right for me. It was learning to BALANCE that was the problem WHILE pedalling. I couldn’t manage both the balance and pedalling. It took a lot of falling and a lot of bruises for me to finally get the hang of it. In order for your child to be taught how to balance, you cannot use a bicycle with training wheels. This is why a balance bike is becoming a more popular feature for parents. Your child will be able to learn how to balance, without focusing on pedalling. They can simply use their feet to push themselves. They learn how to balance, so when they finally decide to move onto a bigger, two-wheeled bicycle – the transition is easy.

Your stabilisers bike creates a dependency.

A bicycle with training wheels creates a dependency for your child. Your child learns how to depend on those wheels. Ideally, in their world, they never have to move onto anything else because they have something that is working perfectly for them. You don’t want your child to be dependant on a bicycle at such an early age. You want them to prosper and flourish. By doing these two things – your child’s confidence will increase.

Don’t use bikes with training wheels – they’re simply out of date and a thing of the past!