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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a physical therapist . Training wheels teach your child how NOT to balance. Any time before the training wheels are off is not really teaching a hold how to ride a bicycle . It is the same as them riding a tricycle, other riding you with wheels, etc.  not that training wheels are bad, but they are basically to allow parents buy a bike for a child who is too young to be able to balance. Not to help them learn to ride[/quote]

I'm not a PT. But there are positives of buying a bike with training wheels.  My child got really good at steering and braking, going up and down small hills on a bike.  Then we moved the training wheels up so that he never had more than one on the ground at a time. Then is is a little harder to ride the bike.  Then after he learned all the skills, besides balancing, we took the training wheels off and worked on balancing on he bike.

First I took of the pedals, and lowered the seat.  Then he glided down a grass hill (not at all steep, barely a hill).  Then when he was comfortable, I put the pedals back on.  and then I put the seat up a little bit.  We stayed on grass for awhile, learning to bike.  Then we went to our neighborhood court, with knee pads and wrist pads  (my kid wanted them) and started learning for short periods of time. [/quote]

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