First Bike

Tyler got his first bike today and he is so excited about it! We got him a Strider PreBike with no pedals. This style of bike is called many things: running bike, gravity bike, balance bike, etc. The basic concept is that Tyler uses his legs to propel the bike. Most kids start off walking the bike slowly (like in Tyler's video) and then they eventually learn to run to gain speed and to glide along with their feet on the footrest. Since they are so low to the ground they just use their feet to stop or to regain balance if they start to feel wobbly. Using this bike we should bypass the tricycle and training wheels. We had to keep reminding Tyler to sit on the seat but overall we were pretty impressed with how well he handled the bike and really seemed to enjoy it.