Kids on Bikes
Not so very long ago, there was a television commercial that caused outrage in the parental community. This commercial was for a video game. The video game came with a tiny stationary bicycle that was hooked to the gaming console much the same way a normal controller would connect and the game was, basically, a long video of a path winding its way through towns and cities and through the countryside. The idea behind the game was “get your kids to exercise! Now your kids can go for long bicycle rides! The answer from the parental community was “why not just put the kids on real bicycles and let them ride around?
The truth is that kids start loving bicycles from the time that they are very little. To most small children, riding a bicycle is the epitome of independence. With that bicycle they will be able to go wherever they want to go! They’ll be able to go faster and travel farther than they can by just walking! In addition to the lust for independence, children naturally gravitate toward activities that use their bodies-exercise, play and bicycle riding are among the most popular hobbies for children.
Even infants love to bicycle, though obviously they do not do the peddling themselves. As soon as an infant is old enough and big enough to sit upright on his or her own and not rely on a parent for steadiness, he or she is old enough to don a bicycle helmet and be perched into the infant seat and taken for a ride. Infants love the motion of bicycles and are excited by how quickly the scenery passes them by.
So what age should a child be when you buy him his first bicycle? That depends on the nature of the child himself. Some kids are ready for two wheeled bicycles when they are four or five while others feel that waiting until they are six or seven is a better idea. Luckily bicycle manufacturers make children’s bicycles in almost every size imaginable. Deciding to make the transition from tricycle or hot wheels to a bicycle is up to you. You know your son and daughter best. Are they ready to learn how to ride on two wheels? Are you ready for them to ride on two wheels?
Bicycling is an activity that is impossible to forget. It is something that people from all walks of life enjoy. If you needed further evidence of this, simply consider the amount of people who choose a bicycle as their primary mode of transportation! The love of bicycling can start at infancy, when you first strap your daughter into her extra safe infant seat and take her for a slow ride around the block. Before you know it, she’ll be dragging you along the bike rack at the store and begging for two wheels of her own to ride around on!
By John Parks
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