i didn't. my sister pushed me down a hill to learn - it was do or die. I tried that method on my younger friends, they got hurt pretty bad - I just ran away - their parents eventually found them.
2007-07-04 01:10:06 · 10 answers · asked by proofofignorance 3 in Sports ➔ Cycling
I fell down, I got up again.
I fell down, I got up again.
I fell down, I got up again.
I fell down, I got up again.
At least a hundred times......
Seriously, when I was about 9, I picked up my brothers bike and tried to ride it (on grass in our back yard). I fell a lot. But almost 50 years later, I can still remember the sheer joy when it finally "took." I rode around the house three or for times before I realized another challenge - while I now knew how to get on a bike and go, I had no idea of how to stop and get off a bike.
Thanks for the memory.
2007-07-04 01:48:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
In San Diego, there are service lanes running behind houses of the neighborhood I learned to ride a bike in.
They are narrow and lined with telephone poles, garbage cans and rear access driveways.
I pin-balled down the service lanes trying to avoid the above obstacles without the benefit of training wheels.
2007-07-04 08:26:17 · answer #2 · answered by surffsav 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I did have training wheels,and to say that "I know how to ride a bike now" is a bit of a stretch, there is something about balancing on a bike, cement, cars,pedestrians,downhill...oh the bad memories!!!
2007-07-11 07:40:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, some people could seriously get hurt that way, and the "throw your kid into the deep side of the pool at the YMCA to teach him how to swim" is pretty dangerous too, but anyways, yes i grew up with training wheels...and a little horn...and pompoms on the handles. God, sometimes its so hard to believe what you actually used to do! lol
2007-07-04 08:15:45 · answer #4 · answered by cookie gal 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
lmao thats the best thing ive ever read on yahoo answers i love that but yea i had training wheels but i alwayz rode my next door neighbors bike cuz she didnt have training wheels i tought myself i had them taken off when i was 2
2007-07-12 03:06:36 · answer #5 · answered by superdawg42091 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, didn't learn how to ride withouth them until I was about 6.
2007-07-08 09:47:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anomaly 17 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep. I was 4 years old.
2007-07-04 08:15:33 · answer #7 · answered by harmonv 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, I had the training wheels
2007-07-04 09:18:53 · answer #8 · answered by borracho111 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep
2007-07-04 09:19:25 · answer #9 · answered by zander 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DUH who didnt boy what is wrong with you
2007-07-11 09:53:48 · answer #10 · answered by briana e 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋