Jyrobike - good or bad for teaching children to ride a bicycle?

I guess it's no worse/different than training wheels. Either way, you're just preventing a kid from falling.

I got my 2 year old a balance bike. It's different than this. A balance bike is just a bike with no pedals, but it doesn't self-balance like this Jyrobike.

The child scoots with his feet and gradually learns to lift his feet and sit on the seat and balance and steer. Once they get the hang of this they are ready for a real bike that just adds the pedaling after they have the balance and steering down.

Training wheels don't let you fall but they can slow the ability to learn to balance. The balance bike lets you fall but without having to learn how to pedal and just focusing on balance and steering kids hardly fall at all.

Buy the kid a bike and take the pedals off. Have them use it like the aforementioned balance bike. Once they build their confidence, put the pedals back on and let them go. I've many many kids how to ride bike over the years using this same method. Most are on their own within an hour.

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that idea has been around forever, not sure why it hasn't gone into production

I think a smaller version for 3-5 year olds would be good with bluetooth brakes....if it gets to far from parents phone it applies brakes or something else controlled via smartphone so that kid can "walk" himself but parent still has control so that kid doesn't get too far away

Why don't you just encase the child in a protective shell so he/she doesn't get hurt.

That will work.

Nothing wrong with falling off the bike a few times till they get the hang of it. Remember, bones heal and chicks dig scars!

Find a hill, get a regular bike, give the kid a nudge, and see how well he does. Each time, he will get a bit further until he learns to ride for real.