I was terrified the first time my dad decided it was time I learnt to ride without them
My sister, on the other hand, hadn't even got the hang of brakes; she'd been quite happy for her stabilised bike to just roll to a halt. So when my dad took the stabilisers off hers, instead of learning to use the brakes, she'd just jump off the bike.
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 11:55, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I was a gobshite
My mum and dad were running up and down the street for hours holding the seat of my bike to no avail.
My uncle, on witnessing this poncery, sat me on a very high Budgie and just pushed me into the distance, thus meaning I HAD to learn to ride without stabilisers.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 12:06, Reply)

I know you're not very big...
but a budgie?
Not an eagle?
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 12:16, Reply)

Hahaha
I have just pictured the young Roota, with her home-cut bob, giant fringe and body of a pipe-cleaner doll, zooming around the estate on the back of a budgerigar!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 30 Jun 2010, 12:22, Reply)