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cars missing a wheel trim

cars missing a wheel trim

It's my sister's. I'll pass on your comments.

Yip, you're gonna have to re-mortgage or sell an organ!

My oldest got a like-a-bike for his second birthday and took to it really quickly. They can get up to some scary speeds. He's now 4 and it's a struggle to get him to try pedalling his new bike (Islabike Cnoc16)

Well done, can't wait for all that stuff.

it's a struggle to get him to try pedalling his new bike

Mine is on a balance bike, and loves railing curbs and running into walls at high speed. At nursery she plays on a trike with pedals and would like some on her bike..still think that the balance bike is the way forward though to start with, but not sure when to introduce pedals...shes 3 in April..

If thats you sister in the background I dare say her "front garden" could do with a trim too 😉

If thats you sister in the background I dare say her "front garden" could do with a trim too

No. That is my Mary, my mum's next door neighbour. Her husband was a Sergeant Major and would kill you with one flick of his moustache if he caught you being cheeky about his foliage.

Balance bikes are the way to go. My son had one (a Rothan) from age 2. This summer, well before his 4th birthday, he went straight to pedals (a Cnoc 14) without ever having stabilisers.

yetidave, The blurb from Islabikes (that came with the Cnoc) says that kids get the knack of pedalling and balancing simultaneously sometime between 3-and-a-half and 4-and-a-half years old.

I also found my son didn't really get started on the Rothan til he was 2-and-a-half and was fully proficient and looking ready to step up at about 3-and-half. But they're all different.

So you live with your sister and your mum's next door neighbour? Your life sounds complimicated....

Balance bikes worked a treat for both my boys too. Both straight onto pedal bike without stabilisers before they were 4. Also a lot less backache for you running along trying to hold onto the back of the saddle.

Check out my youngest at 3 and a half at glentress if you need any more convincing.

complimicated....

That's easy for you to say.

The Glentress footage is great. 🙂

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That's easy for you to say.

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lol @ glentress footage, brilliant but I can just imaging some weekend warrior on his uber-gnar 6"FS bike getting trail rage cos he can't get passed a balance bike rider on the blue run 🙂

Bet that poor lads shoes were wrecked by the end 🙂

Definitely do a balance bike.

Thump had his from 2 1/2 and rode his Cnoc 14 at just under 3 1/2.
The key thing with the Cnoc was waiting for his legs to stretch enough for him to be able to feel comfortable on the bike.

And he scuffed through several pairs of wellies on his balance bike...

(I'd post up the Youtube clip but I'll get too much flak for the fact Thump's not wearing a helmet in the clip. Bizarrely it was the first time he'd taken it off in 18 months - he even baths wearing it!)

That Glentress vid is fantastic. Loving it 🙂

Dont worry DONK you can have my kids balance bikes when Charlie needs it. Eldest now steering and braking but refusing to try pedals! WIll shout rad to the power of sic whilst going downhill though and tries to ride up tress like Danny. Hopefully by Xmas will be pedalling

You're right about the wear and tear on the shoes!

all the shine off the toes of those hard shiny surface leather shoes in about 4 weeks. Put her in an open space and I struggle to keep up! (the area next to the aquarium at Lomond shores is good, especially the step).

windowshopper - maybe a new bike on her birthday is a little early then...

The biggest limiting factor I found with moving up to a 'real bike' was them being tall enough to touch the ground when pushing off and stopping. Both my boys could pedal the bike for quite a time before actually being able to set off and stop unaided. Until they could they both kept on using the likeabike