Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
DD doesn't have a 2e issue which affects this, but she's just physically cautious. By the time she was ready to learn, she was tall and heavy enough that training wheels weren't a very effective thing.

We used one of these: Balance Buddy and an inexpensive used bmx-style bike that was a smidge on the SMALL side for her.

We are fortunate to have a university nearby with lovely paved paths along large flat quads-- PERFECT for learning to ride a bicycle. It took a couple of weekend afternoons, but she was riding independently in just a few hours, really. smile

My kid learned to ride a bike (without training wheels) last summer. We used the Balance Buddy, like HowlerKarma. We practiced in a school parking lot and on some random cul-de-sacs. I think it took 3 days or 4 hours. We also got knee pads, elbow pads etc (obviously, a helmet, too) -- he was scared about getting hurt. We also used a very smallish bike -- so he could just stop easily, if he needed to.