Removing the Training Wheels

See below a step by step guide to ditching the training wheels!

Training Wheel Balance 

• To increase the balance challenge without removing training wheels raise one training wheel slightly off the ground
• If they are feeling confident, raise both wheels

Static Bike Balance 

• Remove training wheels from bike Parent stands in position pictured so that they are able to control bike sway. Sway bike all the way to left. 
• Encourage your child to place left foot downto stop from falling. 
• Repeat on other side 
  

Gliding

• Remove training wheels from bike If you would like you can removal their pedals, however this is not necessary 
• Lower your child’s bike seat so their feet touch the ground 
• Encourage them to take LONG steps and glides so that both feet are off the ground for a few seconds 
• When your child is confident ask them to glide with 1 foot and keep the other foot other pedal 

Riding without wheels

• When first riding without wheels, hold on to your child’s body rather than their bike, this helps them feel safe and also keeps them in control of the bike 
• When they are getting more confident you can hold on to the back of their clothes and provide less support 

Pedal, pedal, pedal! 

• Consistently pedalling can be challenging but is key for independent bike riding! See below for some tips to help!
• Singing songs like “The wheels on the bike” 
• Use a toy or physical object in the distance as a motivator eg. pedal to the stop sign 
• Make pedalling easier with: sturdy closed in shoes, a foot strap or a heel cup