Teach Your Kids How To Ride A Bike!

Having kids certainly doesn't mean your riding time needs to be any less than it can be and with the huge array of child-friendly MTB products out there, there's never been a better time to turn those Sprogs Into Shredders! In this video, Neil Donoghue shows you how best to take your kids for a ride and the do's and don'ts of their first experiences in the Mountain biking world!

⏱ Timestamps ⏱
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - When to start
0:57 - Start in the house
1:27 - Required kit
1:47 - Bike sizing
2:33 - Keep it fun!
3:11 - Other options

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Do you have any great MTB tips for getting the kids out riding? Share your thoughts with the GMBN community below! 👇

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[underbikedoverconfident]

Having stuff lying around is a great point. I have a My first PUKY in the house and some plastic balance bikes in the garden. My daughters were never really interested but my son just picks them up and has a ride around. Scooters (the two wheeled ones) are another great way for kids to learn balance and improve core strength. Our daughters physio recommend them to us for kids struggling to ride without stabilisers.

[lekamula]

Great video! Another thing to keep in mind when choosing a bike for a kid is the weight. Kids bikes are often very heavy and a bad, often not working, suspension fork could make it even heavier. And lever brakes make pedaling easier as the back strokes won't stop the bike. When a bike and the brakes are high quality, hand brakes even work better with the kids compared to the pedal brakes.

[gabandkisheeemp]

Love the video neil!My daughter too just got into mountain biking.she loves it so much riding with me in a beginner mtb trails.This is really a great family content!Nice job GMBN!

[RidesWithJake]

Really good insights here, I have a 20 month old sister and we just keep her balance bike in the living room, always ready for her to hop into. We have a Yepp Mini seat but we don't use it as much, maybe in couple of months move her to a shotgun seat and we can ride with her on the trails.

Good info on choosing bikes as well.

[simo]

Don't make the mistake of skipping sizes.
My kid went from loving his balance bike to a size 16" and not wanting to ride, for nearly a year. I then took the pedals off and he used it as a balance bike, for a few weeks. Put the pedals back on, then pushed him down a gentle incline and he hasn't stopped since.

[nickmassey]

Great video 👍getting the partner involved gave my lad the extra push to go from his balance bike to his first bike .as he wanted to
"beat mummy in a race "🤣

[burningatthetrailhead]

The dandy horse was the key to getting my daughter going on two wheels

[jessicaholton]

Gets even more interesting when your tot transitions to a pedal bike at 2. Its fun though. Hoping to get my little guy on a kids trail this week

[blayde_mtb]

Lucas looks like he is having such a good time, raising him well .

[CyclingMartialartswithMusic]

The bike with no cranks and pedals takes me back. 😅 its not by choice though, we are just broke. It really help with the balance. 😅

[wookdatook]

Niiiice
Just the video i needed for my little kid 💛

[Mrfrerob]

Lol struggling to get the little guy to pedal cause he loves his balance bike. Struggling to get my daughter to ditch training wheels because she didn’t start out on the balance bike. Each has its pros and cons for sure.

[MultiPlew]

Started both my kids on a balance bike. Neither had stablelizers when they went up to a peddle bike.

[joshwaaa]

Great video, which kids bike seat do you have on the E-Bike at the end of the video ?

[ashpunting]

yes some good tips for getting your kids to start riding a bike my son just took to everything bikes scooters ice skating Eventually we bought him a 50cc kids yamaha because electric bikes weren't out yet and I know whst you are doing using you super cute children to get more likes well you've won me over and it's a ten from me 👌😂

[ryansroad]

Where can we find those knee and elbow pads? ☺️🙌🙌

[epGTT]

What kind of bike seat and pegs do you have to take your kids?

[ManeMtb]

Do you have to adjust your fork pressure when having kid in that upfront seat - or its ok to leave it as it is for some mellow trail or tarmac. It wont do any harm to fork to add like 20kg while having same pressure as before?

[jayc]

Thank you for the tips as I can not get my grandson on to his pedel bike 🚴

[vagg]

That kid is probably gonna turn into a MTBer