Mine is 2E and the no pedals worked for her. She resisted for quite some time but we took the pedals off last fall on her 14" bike and told her to just use her feet (she was 48" tall then). It was May when she figured out balancing and we put the pedals back on. After a few wobbly weeks she figured it out and just moved up to a 16" bike. A 20" would be more appropriate and she can ride it but she's more comfortable on the smaller bikes. She's wobbly and not as confident as I expected after two months but doing great for a child with motor control issues! She just turned 7 Saturday, BTW.
