[blparent] Big Girl Bike

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Thanks.  These suggestions are helpful.  Sarah pedals the tricycle when the 
ground is flat, but she tends to put her feet down and push if there are 
small dips or hills.  This wouldn't be an option with the bike.  I'm leaning 
toward leaving the bike in the garage for another year.  The tricycle wasn't 
the best investment I ever made because it won't fit Sarah for too long, 
maybe just this summer, but fortunately I got a good deal on it.

Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of 
the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of 
these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

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From: "Melissa Ann Riccobono" <melissa at riccobono.us>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 9:51 AM
To: "'Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] Big Girl Bike

> Hello Jo Elizabeth and list,
> I think it totally depends on Sarah's coordination and ability to handle 
> the
> bike, as well as how the bike fits her height.  We actually bought Austin 
> a
> two wheeler with training wheels when he was almost 3.5.  We did this 
> mostly
> because the tricycles we saw seemed as if he would outgrow them very
> quickly, and we didn't want to invest in something he would just ride for 
> a
> little while and then be too big for.  The bike we got had an adjustable
> seat, so we knew it would last him for at least a couple of years.  It was
> his first experience pedaling a bike.  He had a truck that he just pushed
> with his feet, and pedaling proved pretty challenging for him.  The bike 
> we
> got has foot brakes.  This is great because the child doesn't have to
> remember to push the hand brake to stop, but not so great because Austin
> kept trying to pedal backwards, and of course he wouldn't go anywhere and 
> he
> would get frustrated.  We tried riding the bike on and off for the summer 
> he
> was three, then again on and off the next summer, but it has only been
> recently that he has really mastered the art of pedaling and is really
> enjoying riding his bike.  If Sarah doesn't have any trouble pedaling and
> steering her tricycle, and the bike fits her well, and it has training
> wheels, then I'd say give it a try.  But, there is probably no harm in
> letting it stay in the garage for another year if she is happy with the
> tricycle she has...  Again, this is completely your call.  I've all ready
> told Austin I'd like him to have a few months really getting used to his
> bike the way it is before we try to take the training wheels off.  He is
> fine with that arrangement, at least for now.
> Melissa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 11:41 AM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: [blparent] Big Girl Bike
>
> Hi.  For those of you with older kids, when did they start riding a
> two-wheeled bike with training wheels?  Sarah got a Dora tricycle for her
> birthday, and she's happy with that for now, but we were given a 
> two-wheeler
> from someone at church.  Another girl in the neighborhood has a 
> two-wheeler,
> and she's about six months older than Sarah, but she was riding it last
> summer.  Am I being overprotective to think I should keep the two-wheeled
> bike in the garage for another year?
>
> Jo Elizabeth
>
> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young,
> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant 
> of
> the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all 
> of
> these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
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