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[quote=Anonymous]OP, both my boys learned at age 8. My older was reasonably athletic, just scared. And DH did a crappy job trying to teach him at age 6 which made things worse. We just didn't know what we were doing.

But at age 8 I wanted to try again so I watched some youtube videos and got a balance bike. DS was riding a regular bike with pedals in less than 2 weeks. My younger DS has delays and motor issues so I didn't even try to teach him until he was 8. I used the balance bike again and he learned almost as quickly as his brother.

The balance bike method is great. You put the seat low and they literally just sit and scoot around using their feet. As they get more comfortable they start balancing. Then you let them ride down very gradual inclines. They can always put their feet down, but quickly learn just to balance. After they go down a few steep inclines, they can usually switch to a pedal bike. They start by gliding down a hill (not pedaling from a dead stop) and learn to pedal to keep themselves going. Last step is learning to start by pedaling.

It's so easy. Just search on youtube for some videos that make sense to you.
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