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My father in law got my first boy one of those glide bikes....and he rode it randomly...still needed some training wheels time on a pedal bike to get going...but only a week or two. He just didn't really have the interest and drive to ride a bike, so he wouldn't really put the work into it.
My second boy, rode that glide bike constantly...he would ride it down hills at 2 years old with his feet up. He had no issues balancing. When we got him a pedal bike, I took the training wheels off immediately, he never even saw them. I gave him the bike, gave him a few pointers on starting off with the pedals and he was riding that pedal bike at 3 years old in about 15 minutes of getting used to pedaling. It was the fastest I've ever seen a kid ride a bike. I never even helped him other than those few pointers on where to position the pedals and how to pedal backwards to stop.
Third boy, he just turned 2 and is getting the glide bike down pretty good. So we'll see if he skips the training wheels as well. He's not quite as advanced as the second one was at this age...but my second one is kind of a different animal. When he puts his mind to something, he's going to do it. He saw a kid on a skateboard a few weeks ago...spent all day at a skate park while my first son was at a baseball tournament. Someone gave him a skateboard, and at this point, he can take it down some small ramps and ride it around better than I can. He decided he wanted to skateboard and that was it, he was doing it.
My second boy, rode that glide bike constantly...he would ride it down hills at 2 years old with his feet up. He had no issues balancing. When we got him a pedal bike, I took the training wheels off immediately, he never even saw them. I gave him the bike, gave him a few pointers on starting off with the pedals and he was riding that pedal bike at 3 years old in about 15 minutes of getting used to pedaling. It was the fastest I've ever seen a kid ride a bike. I never even helped him other than those few pointers on where to position the pedals and how to pedal backwards to stop.
Third boy, he just turned 2 and is getting the glide bike down pretty good. So we'll see if he skips the training wheels as well. He's not quite as advanced as the second one was at this age...but my second one is kind of a different animal. When he puts his mind to something, he's going to do it. He saw a kid on a skateboard a few weeks ago...spent all day at a skate park while my first son was at a baseball tournament. Someone gave him a skateboard, and at this point, he can take it down some small ramps and ride it around better than I can. He decided he wanted to skateboard and that was it, he was doing it.