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electric_blue68

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29. I learned to ride at my suburban cousin's town, not much traffic by them.

Tue Jul 22, 2025, 06:23 PM

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Adult bike.
I think I remember my uncle letting go of the back. I was OK.
In '66 or so. No helmets, let alone anything else.

Had an accident at some point (could of been worse) I turned on the pebbly, gravelly drive way on the hourse around the corner. Down I went with some little rocks part embedded in my right elbow.
I guess I walked back.
Red Mercurichrome. Ouchie!

Had a big scar for decades! I think it's all gone or very faint. and

At another cousin's, too, another burb town and there we went further; whether we had foot, or hand brakes I don't remember.

I even rented bicycles in Central Park, NYC.
Fun!

I'd love to have the sit back adult tricycle!

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Did you have training wheels on your bike or did you go all out and not use any training wheels. I didn't use training [View all] debm55 Tuesday OP

I had training wheels. SheltieLover Tuesday #1

I had an adult sized bike. My parents did buy training wheels. for a kids bike. Needless to say it didn;t work, and the debm55 Tuesday #3

Oh no! SheltieLover Tuesday #8

I'm so old that we didn't have training wheels then. You just went off your trike and onto a bike and that was that. CTyankee Tuesday #2

Thank you CTyankee. I did the same, And like me you did it without the helmet, shin pads, etc. debm55 Tuesday #5

I don't think bike helmets, knee & elbow pads were invented SheltieLover Tuesday #10

No. We were just lucky! Or at least I was, don't know about you! CTyankee Tuesday #21

I was mostly lucky. Took one bad spill in gravel. Still remember mom picking gravel out of my knee, but it could've SheltieLover Tuesday #22

No training wheels ihaveaquestion Tuesday #4

Thank you ihaveaquestion.for sharing with us. debm55 Tuesday #7

I used them in the 1970s. IbogaProject Tuesday #6

Thank you very IbogaProject. I never heard of a Balance Bike before. That sounds very good for the kids using them. I debm55 Tuesday #12

My father told me he'd hang on to the seat while I pedaled and worked on balance. Harker Tuesday #9

Same here!!!! Lookin back. I wonder if that is how most of us learned to ride a bike?? Thanks Harker. debm55 Tuesday #14

Yes, looking back in horror with my mouth agape. Harker Tuesday #26

Same here. Rver Tuesday #19

Old Knevil was the inspiration for more broken bones than anybody else, I'd bet. Harker Tuesday #24

A slight decline in front of our house ran for a block randr Tuesday #11

Thank you very much for sharing that adventure with us, randr. I did a going through the hedges once also. Live and debm55 Tuesday #15

I had older cousins, who scoffed at me using training wheels. viva la Tuesday #13

Thank you very much for sharing with us, viva la. I borrowed my cousin's bike once. She had hand brakes. I had feet debm55 Tuesday #16

I've never learned how to use the speed either. viva la Tuesday #23

I didn't use training wheels, but ... JustABozoOnThisBus Tuesday #17

Thank you very much for sharing with us. JustABozoOnThisBus. debm55 Tuesday #39

No training wheels my dad held the bike doc03 Tuesday #18

We started off the same way. Harker Tuesday #25

It seems that most of us on the thread started with our dad's as training wheels. Thank you so much for sharing, doc03 debm55 Tuesday #40

Never had training wheels PJMcK Tuesday #20

That's wonderful PJMcK. Thank you for sharing with us. You helped your son reach a milestone in life. Congratulations. debm55 Tuesday #38

yes AllaN01Bear Tuesday #27

Good for you, Bear. Way to go!!!!! debm55 Tuesday #37

My training wheels were my Dad. pandr32 Tuesday #28

Yes, pandr32, that's the way I learned too, Thank you very much for sharing. debm55 Tuesday #36

I learned to ride at my suburban cousin's town, not much traffic by them. electric_blue68 Tuesday #29

Thank you very much for sharing with us electric_blue68. I hated the red mercurichrome. Wow did it burn. PS one of those debm55 Tuesday #35

Luckily I didn't need the red mecurichrome often.... electric_blue68 Wednesday #44

Training wheels ? No way Brother Buzz Tuesday #30

HAHAHAHHAH. I love your sense of humor, Brother Buzz. debm55 Tuesday #34

Had training wheels but not for long. kimbutgar Tuesday #31

Thank you very much, kimbutgar.for sharing your story. debm55 Tuesday #42

Had Them ProfessorGAC Tuesday #32

Thank you very much, ProfessorGAC . Riding a bike for the first time is a milestone in life. Like many milestones we debm55 Tuesday #33

Without training wheels LogDog75 Tuesday #41

Thank you very much for sharing with us, LogDog75 debm55 Tuesday #43

No training wheels. 🚲....nt Figarosmom Wednesday #45

Thank you very much. Figarosmom. debm55 Wednesday #47

We didn't have a bike with training wheels. I was still riding KitFox Wednesday #46

Thank you very much, KitFox. When you took your sister's bike, you joined the big kids world. debm55 Wednesday #48