Teach your child to pedal with this simple and efficient technique

Is your child starting to learn to pedal? Can’t get out of the ‘training wheels’ stage? If the answer, in both cases, was ‘yes’, we have the solution.

O awesome.club discovered a simple and practical technique created here in Brazil by the Bike Anjo group — we’ll talk about them later. Through this technique, it is possible to teach, without trauma, children and adults to pedal. Check it out.

First of all, choose a flat, wide and well paved place for the ‘lessons’. A sports court, for example, can be a great space.

First, you need to lower the bicycle seats to a height that allows the child (or the beginning adult) to be able to support their feet on the ground. It’s also important to check the brakes and teach the little one to use them before starting. Finally, still at this stage of preparation, invite the child to sit on the bicycle and hold it, helping it to balance.

Now, you can move on to the next step.

Once the child feels comfortable and reasonably balanced, it’s time to move. Invite her to ‘ride her bike’ with her feet on the ground, as if she were walking — this part is called ‘rowing’ by the Bike Anjo team.

Once the child gets used to this movement, move on to the next step. Ask her to place her feet on the pedals and really start pedaling while you push her—always holding the bike so it doesn’t fall off. We are almost there! Now, teach her how to pull off, starting to pedal and push the bike, if possible with just one hand. The idea is for the child to get used to the balance of pedaling. When you realize that the child already feels some security, start to release him little by little, so that he can walk a few meters alone. From then on, just repeat the technique until the child gets used to it and starts pedaling for longer and longer distances.

According to Bike Anjo, there is no standard time for children to learn this technique. But most of them learn in the first class, in two or three hours of training.

This video shows the entire teaching process.

Ok, we already taught the technique. But we know that many parents are not comfortable trying this system out on their own with their children. If you are one of those parents, how about learning directly with Bike Anjo?

The group, created here in Brazil, offers free classes and has representatives in 250 cities in the country and in 33 other countries, such as Australia, Ecuador, France, United States and Portugal. A free job carried out with the support of volunteers who love cycling. In all, just last year, the group taught more than 7 thousand people pedaling, only here in Brazil

In addition to classes that teach how to pedal, the group offers courses in bicycle mechanics, traffic behavior tips and other information for safe pedaling.

So, were you excited to learn to ride a bike or to teach your children? Did you know Bike Anjo’s work? Tell us!