Teaching someone to ride a bike

Fixed, lo pro, brakeless, shimano spd pedals cranked up to tightest.

That'll get the beggar riding.

SPD + clips and straps .

Haha, tynan. And powergrips. with metal plates either side of the pedal so she can't turn her ankles even more.

And on the m25.

Haha, tynan. And powergrips. with metal plates either side of the pedal so she can't turn her ankles even more.

And on the m25.

. . . at rush hour.

Fact: Pianists who are beaten learn almost 3 times as fast as the non-beaten, this is why most reputable piano teachers use tazers.

taking this to its logical conclusion, shouldn't they use shotguns to properly weed out the weak?

(not saying i disagree)

taking this to its logical conclusion, shouldn't they use shotguns to properly weed out the weak?

(not saying i disagree)

The more you pay to piano teachers the more heavily armed they tend to be.

Punish mistakes, and punish them with a hunger you can't find in the rest of your life.

Fact: Pianists who are beaten learn almost 3 times as fast as the non-beaten, this is why most reputable piano teachers use tazers.

If only I'd read tynan about 7 years ago. He'd definitely have been a candidate for William's (un)godfather.
Whenever I suggest to his (Will's not tynan's) mother that he needs a beating she either scowls at me or thinks that I'm joking.

Three years ago I managed to teach my wife to ride a bike. She had never riden before and had a fear of bikes and claimed to have no balance. I had tried a number of time before and failed. It was only after managing to teach my then 13 year old daughter to ride that I suddenly clicked as to how to do it.

My wife had used stationary execise bikes in gyms. She therefore knew how to pedal. The trick to starting her actually balancing and cycling (without holding the back of the bike which with an adult, even a slim adult, is very hard) was to get her to focus on the first push. One foot on the ground, one on a pedal at 10 o'clock. Push off with the foot on the ground and down with the one on the pedal. More the ground foot up and keep moving.

Her earlier mistake and disbelief in balance stemmed from an attempt to have both feet on the pedals before moving. Trackstands come much later. Momentum is needed to cycle. If you learnt as a kid, as I did, you do things instinctively which you have to explain. It is difficult but I found this way worked.

Within a year of learning to ride my wife managed a 40 mile ride on Frenchg cycle routes. It is worth persevering.

so in summary:
cattle prods, encouragement, don't try and maintain their balance for them.

got it.

tynan, can i borrow your taser? or can you tell me where i can get one from? on the grey market?

right, i definitely won't be looking in to building my own.

You can check riding YouTube - Big Train-Teaching Kid to Ride Bike
on youtube.