I never learned to ride a bike as a kid so I taught myself in my early 20's. It sucks that there aren't really better avenues for learning to ride as an adult other than falling over hundreds of times until you don't.
Well, probably a bit to late, but maybe it'll help someone else you know.
Drop the saddle low and use your bike as a pushbike. If you can remove the pedals, that makes it easier. This is how you get a feel for the balance and you're not gonna eat shit because you can just use your feet to balance out. Then increase the length of time between your feet touching the ground. Put the pedals back on / your feet back on the pedals (saddle still low) and get a feel for that, then eventually increase saddle height.
It's basically how many children today learn to ride a bike. You put them on a pushbike, which comes quite naturally, and eventually you can just pretty much plop them on a bicycle and they'll figure it out in no time.
I never learned to ride a bike as a kid so I taught myself in my early 20's. It sucks that there aren't really better avenues for learning to ride as an adult other than falling over hundreds of times until you don't.
Well, probably a bit to late, but maybe it'll help someone else you know.
Drop the saddle low and use your bike as a pushbike. If you can remove the pedals, that makes it easier. This is how you get a feel for the balance and you're not gonna eat shit because you can just use your feet to balance out. Then increase the length of time between your feet touching the ground. Put the pedals back on / your feet back on the pedals (saddle still low) and get a feel for that, then eventually increase saddle height.
It's basically how many children today learn to ride a bike. You put them on a pushbike, which comes quite naturally, and eventually you can just pretty much plop them on a bicycle and they'll figure it out in no time.