Nah. I just helped an ex-gf’s kid learn to ride a bike and he was 17. He learned in a single day, and it was an 18-speed mountain bike, no problem. It’s a lot faster to learn when you’re older, you should be able to get it down in a single trip, or at most a few trips. Ideally with some good in-person instruction Reply reply ...
Balance bike. Training wheels prevent a kid from learning how a bike naturally leans and moves when riding. Get a decent bike. The lighter the better. No coaster (pedal) brakes. Being able to move pedals backwards can help with balance and prevents accidentally stopping and crashing, which is discouraging during the learning process. Make sure her feet can touch the ground while sitting on the ...
I've been trying to get my sims to teach their kids to ride a bike, but every time I click "Teach [Kid] to Ride a Bike" or "Ask [Parent] for Help With Bike Riding", nothing happens? The kid can practice on their own but they can't get any help from their parents. I did have mods in my game, but I started a fresh vanilla save and the problem is still there? Is anyone else experiencing this or ...
I ride a slow, old bike for 7-20 miles and I average around 8-12 mph. I am older, I ride for enjoyment more than fitness, and this makes me happy. Reply reply cwmoo740 • you're not building a lot of aerobic fitness for performance but casual rides done consistently are fantastic for health and longevity Reply reply brunonicocam •
Also, while the next step of teaching how to ride a bike is maintaining speed, which includes balance and steering, let me point out if a rider's steering was necessary, how does this bike stay upright?
If you have a bike on the lot, you can click on it with your child sim and it'll say something like "ask [x] to teach riding a bike from..." or if it is in their inventory, it will pop up when you click an adult sim like a social interaction.
Just search for a youtube video of learning to ride a bike as an adult. As an adult you don't even need to remove the peddles, your legs are likely long enough to skoot the bike outside the peddles.
When my kids were taking too long to learn how to ride their bikes, I took the pedals off their bikes and had them practice like it was a balance bike. It didn't take long for them to figure out how to balance and then we put the pedals back.
I ride in the rain 9 months out of the year (live in pacific northwestern US). Constant road crap can accumulate and wear your rims down way faster than riding in dry conditions. Expect to replace rims every couple of yeas if you really ride in rain a lot, especially lighter rain (heavy rains wash away road grit from pads and rim).
Learning to ride a bicycle is about learning to balance on two wheels. How to ride in a straight line on two wheels. How to turn on two wheels. How to come to a stop on two wheels. How to transition from stopped to motion on two wheels. Once you can do all that fluently, then you add pedaling, and it's all perfectly natural. Not the other way ...
