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Training Wheels or Balance Bike?
The classic image of a child learning to ride a bicycle is a moment in time. This snapshot often captures the breakthrough moment when the child connects their motor skills to pedal, steer and keep their weight over the wheels.
The beauty of two wheels in-line is that the bike can pivot on the axis where the rubber meets the road. You can see this on a micro-level when anyone rides a bicycle. In a straight line, the rider’s weight is always slightly shifting side-to-side. As a rider’s speed increases above 5 miles per hour, less steering is done by turning the handlebars, and more steering is done by leaning/angling the bicycle into the turn.
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Why is children’s bicycle education important?
In the Easton area, there are approximately 6,600 children, ages 5 to 14, who are learning their way in the world. School teaches them math, science and more, but the…
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Launch announcement…
Bike Smart Easton (BSE) will serve the Easton area community with children’s bicycle education programming. Supported through a PennDOT TAP grant that will run from October 2014 through September 2016,…
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VIDEO: Wilson Borough Bike Day 2014
Our first integrated skills course, merging separate skills stations into an intuitive flow course: