WOOHOO! It's done! He can ride the two-wheeler! He learned on Tuesday. Crazy stuff. I ended up getting one of those handles that sticks up. That didn't work. He ended up leaning on the handle. Removed that... still didn't work. Then... my mother-in-law brought up my brother-in-law's old bike from France that he learned on. He made it his mission to fix the bike up... and he did it. Just got it on Sunday. Came out great... as the bike's downtube was really low to the ground, and there really isn't a top tube. It's so low that he can easily step off and stop himself if he's starting to fall. I had a feeling that this bike would be perfect. It was. It took about three tries up and down the sidewalk until he could keep his balance. What a great feeling. "You're doing it!" "I AM?!" "Yes, I let go a while ago!" Awesome. Now, we'll work on steering and starting off himself. He still has a bit of trouble with that... but the steering is getting better.
there's still one hurdle to go over... eventually he will take a fall, and just like when babies start to walk that first tumble resets the confidence level back near zero. nothing to really worry about though. in fact it's 1000% necessary to growing up. in the same way, the best thing to happen to a kid who's afraid of bees... is to get stung. hell, it's only a bee sting, it's not like getting eaten by a crocodile!
Good work on the bike riding front. To get over one's fear, one must go to the extreme ... in this particular case, take up apiculture, and lose all the extraneous "safety" gear.
The local middle school here has one of those rubberized tracks for running track and field, which I think would be a good place to try it out, solid enough, yet a little more forgiving then asphalt/concrete.
then you're only one step away from riding a bike thru a croc-infested swamp being chased by bees. now there's a rush...
We did it by raising the training wheels up. Most will adjust like this. when you do this they will hold the bike up with nobody on it, but when being riddent the training wheels aren't even on the ground. If he needs the help, they will stop the fall and bounce him back up. Just listen while he rides, you can hear when the wheels hit the ground. The take em off and run beside him, let go once in a while. Won't take long.
my suggestion is you should teach your child in soil area soft soil if you don't want to see your child hurt... it fall down but not so hurting...... keep your child safe always Good luck