A step-by-step guide to teaching an adult to learn to cycle from Cycling UK (formerly CTC).
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I need to teach my 14-YO granddaughter how to ride. How can I get myself one of those spiffy safety-yellow vests? (And shouldn't I get a helmet for my granddaughter??)
This was one of the videos that helped me master (well, almost) cycling at the age of 47. Thank you!
Okay I am 24 and trying out today for the first time… 🙏🥲
Just don’t watch gcn or your gonna have a bad time
I am so afraid of learning, I’m 47 but I want to. Hopefully I will!
https://youtu.be/SG0Gc5Eut5E
What have we forgotten
I learned to ride a bike when I was 5y or 6y. It only took a few days. I was riding bikes till 14y or 15y, then I stopped. Now, I'm 23y, I'm planning to ride a bike again. It's a very easy learning and a nice choice. It will be easier for adults, I think it will only take minutes or hours.
now i need a bike first
These are the rules:
1) Ignore the urge to look at the top of the front wheel. You will wander off. You should look straight ahead. 20 feet ahead.
2) Cycle won't stay up if it doesn't move(pedal). Move to balance.
3) You arms will automatically navigate(the handlebar) to the direction of your eyes. Some evolutionary trait. Look at where you have to go. If you keep looking at a person, or a rock(on the road) you want to avoid hitting, you WILL hit it head on. Don't look at them. A bizarre phenomenon indeed.
4) Actual navigation(turning left or right) on a bicycle is done by shifting your body weight. A beginner wont be able to do it. Instead, press down on the handbar in the direction you want to turn. You will learn weight shifting turning on your own, trust me.
5) Don't put your weight on the arms, you'll regret the pain and give up cycling.
As an adult I really appreciate this, when I was a little boy, I was being overprotected, didn't have a chance to learn to ride a bike, when I was teenager, I got the chance, but I was too afraid people would make fun of me, when I failed to ride, my instructor yelled at me, at a public location, then I simply give up, today when my colleagues ask me to go ride together, I just smiled, and say I don't have time😊
Great! Left legged people can start with the bike on the left. I did. Cheers.
I have tried my best to learn how to ride a bike on my own, thanks I would try to apply this when next I am practicing,
I would come back to this comment when I can ride my bike well 👌
Yes, I can ride a bicycle now
Me when I was 8 I just learnt it by my self
the easiest way to ride a bike
1) Put one foot on the peddle and with the other push off
2) If you feel like your gonna fall or lean just turn the bicycle
There are many people who will laugh on you but just ignore them and motivate yourself I had learned at the age of 12 Day 1 first time I was nervous but I was not scared motivated by some people Day2 embarassed by someone peoples but I remembered about the people who motivated me and keep going Day3 I was progressing slowly and in these way many days past I had taken a lot of time to learn but after learning it was a nice experience because when other people will try to embarrase others who can't ride you can help them motivate them.
Thank you so much! This video helped me a lot and I'm sharing this to my friends and family who are willing to learn how to ride a bike!
This is my third time to ride bicycle, honestly it's frustating 😭
Alright great! … Now I need a bike :/
Lol im a teen watching this bc i never learned when i was younger
still in the middle of it. I struggle with balancing and keeping my head ahead.
As I kid I was always afraid to ride a bicycle. My parents bought me a bicycle when I turned 5 but I never rode it . Then in 8th grade they again bought me a bigger one hoping that I might ride this time but again I was too afraid to ride . Then when I went to highschool my mom gifted me a motorcycle and even paid for riding classes but I even failed to clear those . Fast forward last year eventually at the age of 23 I finally got over my fear and learned to ride motorcycle. It's Ben a year since I'm riding motorbike & now I've decided to learn to ride bicycle too .
I feel too proud of myself ❤
Thank you for this. My uni friend wants me to teach him and I am a bit nervous. Such a helpful tutorial.
Can everyone regardless of their weights ride a bike? I rlly wanna ride one uk and I'm a teenager but a lil overweight i love myself but ppl around me keeps demotivating me
Helmet missing
The problem i m facing is that when i was maybe 9,10 or 11 years old i learned to ride cycle almost perfectly at first i learned to ride in open areas as well as in difficult roads and small streets but now i m 16 and when i tried to balance on the motorcycle i was not able to.I practiced with my father(1st day of practice) it improved a little bit still i m not able to balance it.I don't know why i m not able ti balance it infact i learned ti balance it perfectly.Well now i m doing some practice keep my balance.
I've just bought an ebike and haven't ridden a bike for decades. I couldn't remember how to mount and dismount the bicycle and toppled over twice. This You Tube guide has helped me greatly. I am persevering and can now mount, dismount and ride it. I just need to develop my confidence and get used to the traffic around me, so I aim to do regular practice to continue to progress.
my one critique for this video is the editing. increase the dialogue volume or cut out the cheesy music altogether. the instructor was in-audible.
How can I be a special bicycle queue and I want how to know how to attend not international times
I can't hear well because of the music.
I always want to learn but I find it hard to balance
I’m 16 and I always worry I feel people will laugh
My family was very poor growing up, living in a bad neighborhood, in an apartment complex run by a tyrannical octogenarian. My bike was stolen not long after I started trying to learn how to ride, and the opportunity never came up again.
I'm 12 but learning now
Going to use this as a reference 🙂 I’m learning on my own, so going to adapt this for being solo
I am so glad I thougt I was the only one! And indeed of the embarassement I did not made my biking hours to feel confident.
I am glad to read there is still hope for me at 47.
Missed it a lot!
If you can't ride a bike, you definitely need a helmet.
Girls feel physical sensations moving their ass on the saddle
as someone whose parents didnt even really try to teach me how to ride a bike and is now trying to learn on their own as an adult, all i can say is parents should really make that effort whether their kid is enthusiastic about it or not. Its feels genuinely humiliating to practice balancing and working my way towards pedaling in a straight line as a 24 year old in front of a bunch of people at the park, but I'm still gonna try cause I really feel like I would enjoy riding one around and not want to drive anymore if I could just get comfortable with it first.
Hi. I'm trying to teach my wife. We bought a second hand bike and started practices. Her bike has shock absorbers so the seat does not go below a certain level and its feet do not touch the ground. Therefore, he cannot sit and pedal in the first place. Will this prevent him from learning?
Super
I hate u
Potrebbe aggiungere i sottotitoli in italiano?? Grazie