We thought Lottie would never get interested in riding a bike. I don't think she figured out how to pedal a trike or training wheeled bike until she was about 4. Well, she'd more than made up for it now. She fell in love with her little green strider bike a while back. Unfortunately, it got run over and smashed while on vacation : (
While we waited for her new BLUE strider bike to come in the mail, we figured we'd just try her on a real bike (no training wheels) and just see what would happen. I'll tell you what would happen - she would ride all by herself the very FIRST time!!! Guess strider bikes really do help with balance?!? She learned at the basketball courts in our neighborhood, just like Lucas. He loved helping her get started (now she can do it by herself), and Lydia just watched...
She still takes her strider bike to the BMX track though...
Charlotte can't be the only one doing new bike things. Lucas got some clip-in pedals and shoes (the experts tell me they're called clipless pedals, but that makes no sense, so I refuse to call them that. They're shoes that CLIP IN to the pedal?!?) The first time or two we practiced, it was rough going... But, then he figured it out. We're not using them yet for races though.
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